I am going to the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2003, and now I have no idea what to do. Before I can complete the registration, I have to choose what sessions I attend. There are a lot of sessions that overlap. Take a look here -- OSCON 2003 Grid. Which do I choose?

For example, on the first day, I have a choice between Inside ~damian/bin (it's Damian Conway for chrissakes), Advanced DBI, Perl-XML Survey (that one lasts all day), and Advanced PHP. That's a touch choice between all of those, and that is just on the first day.

Here's an archaic HTML table detailing what I plan on attending plus a listing of the choice sessions I will end up missing:

 10:4511:301:452:304:305:15Missing
MondayWhat Works in Software DevelopmentIntro to Perl Testing
TuesdayEnterprise Java Development on a BudgetManaging Web Services with PHP
WednesdayWhat's New in Perl 6Perl Lightning TalksHow to use XML Security standards in real worldDeciding on an Open Source J2EE Platform
ThursdayLDAP: Integrating Authentication Across Operating Systems and ApplicationsPerl 6 Design PhilosophyMore Technical Challenges in Using Perl for Commercial SoftwareOne Perl to Bind Them AllWhy XML Hasn't Cured Our Ills or Saved the WorldThe Tao of CGI
FridayMixing Open Source and Proprietary Systems: Ironing Out Security WrinklesSingle Signon in Perl 

It's just a very hard thing to decide what to see and what not to see. Anyone have any suggestions? Anyone? Anyone?

Well, anyways, "w00t!! Huzzah!! I am going to OSCON!!"

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#!/usr/bin/perl
J=>money
;$_=ord$"<<s>>$J>,s-.-
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&&print chop;print chr

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You lucky bastard. I was hoping you'd jynx it.

Posted by alw9 on May 29, 2003 07:13 PM