Perl and undead

Michael Schwern is doing a fun talk about how perl isn't dead, but is so in public perception - largely because of increased competition from and mindshare of Python, PHP and Ruby. Let's see what he has to say about how to address the situation.

Moose

Currently attending the Moose talk. It's a good talk and the speaker knows his stuff, but OMFG the slides suck. If you have an auditorium full of people, don't use a font for code examples that is small enough that you can fit 30 lines of code, plus a headline in a fancy font, all on the same slide. Nobody beyond the second row will be able to read the slides.

The author should be forced to attend five similar talks from the back of the room and pass a test on the slide content. Fail the test, don't go home.

Now back to the content - the talk is interesting and I want to know this stuff.

Catalyst

Am attending the workshop on Catalyst all afternoon. I am not using it right now, but since all the really smart kids are using it, I might as well learn :-)

Update: Matt is a great speaker, but his examples could be a little better. He knows his stuff though - he's clearly seen (or lived through) all the mistakes that can be made, and gives practical advice. I'm not fully convinced I need Catalyst for my apps.