Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread David Nicol
you could lurk on perl-5-porters and module-authors, that provides an endless stream of practical responses to real problems On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Aaron Leonard wrote: > I hadn't heard of it, but have thought for years now that Perl is way short > on good blogs. It could also give you

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread Andy Lester
On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: I like and recommend chromatic's writings: http://www.modernperlbooks.com/ Thanks for the reminder. They are well worth reading. I've added a link in my blogroll on http://perlbuzz.com/ xoa -- Andy Lester => a...@petdance.com => www.t

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Aaron Leonard # on Friday 24 April 2009 11:51: >thought for years now that Perl is way short on good blogs. I like and recommend chromatic's writings: http://www.modernperlbooks.com/ --Eric -- Speak softly and carry a big carrot. ---

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread ironicface
In my experience, having a project, especially one that needs to be done, is vastly more motivating. There is a certain lack of being able to select objectives when there are no parameters. Teal > > >I'm forever-trying to get myself to just sit and read "Learning Perl" in >its entirety, but kee

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread brant williams
That sounds rad... You'll need a [robust?] box with decent bandwith... I'm not doing much with mine... brant williams FCAA CDCA 20BC 3925 D634 F5C4 7420 6784 4DEB 6002 On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, ironicf...@earthlink.net wrote: Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:00:45 -0400 (EDT) From: ironicf...@eart

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread brant williams
I'm forever-trying to get myself to just sit and read "Learning Perl" in its entirety, but keep getting bored or distracted. A blog for likeminded people (impatient?) may be helpful for new users that don't quite learn in the same way as most others. I recently asked a friend and collegue h

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread ironicface
Cool Garrett, Two meetings ago, I told the group that I, with Stephen, would set up a Wordpress blog for the KC PM group. Guess now is time. (What do we need to do Stephen?) Teal > >Don't know how many of you have read Matt Trout's "We Are Iron Man" >challenge. In short, it is a call for Perl

Re: [Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread Aaron Leonard
I hadn't heard of it, but have thought for years now that Perl is way short on good blogs. Or even poor blogs for that matter. I follow about 30 Oracle blogs and 10 sysadmin blogs. The only Perl blog I ever liked hasn't been updated in a long, long time... S, something coming from this chal

[Kc] We Are Iron Man

2009-04-24 Thread Garrett Goebel
Don't know how many of you have read Matt Trout's "We Are Iron Man" challenge. In short, it is a call for Perl programmers to get blogging and sharing their Perl experience: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I've been meaning to dig back into Perl and Perl6. So what the hell? Why not? http://er