david romano qwbytbwedcsgmailcom hi everyone despite last minute planning 3 members oc pm went damians talk thursday san diego vijay pete david headed around 5pm made good time little traffic werent able enjoy beers vijay cooler excellent food nicos tacos suggested san diego perl mongers near lavish qualcomm facility meeting held chris grau bob kleeman 25 others others also audience us talk started discussion entitled sex violence damian segued history perl starting around 50 billion years ago big bang several instances violence directed java notable quotes way market perl 6 tell manager new version java dollar signs represent money theyre saving westheimers rule schedule estimation g_max x 2u 1 take pessimistic estimate multiply 2 raise power unit increased one unit granularity example pessimistic estimate 3 weeks project take 6 months 3 weeks 2 6 weeks 6 months bulk talk consisted 7 technical 7 social lessons pithy goals project management isnt drones volunteers voluntary optimize common case first kill theorists also lot perl 6 examples along explanations syntax reasons design decisions also good reasons taken 7 years given different times great time bummed looks like gon na another year beta version available david abstraction difficult source practical power bertrand russell abc relativity _______________________________________________ ocpm mailing list pnbopmorg httpmailpmorgmailmanlistinfoocpm tue 05 aug 2008 191924 0700 ocpm damian talk