Languages other than English are becoming more common in the U.S. The Internet opens up communication channels to the entire world. The challenge is to communicate with other countries and other cultures. The Unicode standard provides a way to communicate in the printed characters of the worlds many languages. Clyde Forrester will attempt to explain what Unicode is, its history, what it is used for, why it is used, and how to use it.
Clyde's talk will only take the first hour at most, so afterwards at the May 8th meeting, we may work on sharing more cool tricks from perl101.org, and adding new ones to the site. This is a great way for Chicago.PM as a group to help give back to the Perl community.
You'll have two opportunities to hear it:
* May 8th, 2007, 7pm at Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus in Wheaton -- No RSVP required
As with all Chicago Perl Mongers meetings, everyone is welcome, whether or not you consider yourself a member. We look forward to seeing you there!
For comments or questions, contact Andy Lester (andy@petdance.com) or leave a note on the meeting's wiki page.
IIT Rice Campus
Room 103
201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on Butterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.
From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.
From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.
Room 103 is the first room inside the north entrance.Contact Andy Lester at andy@petdance.com for additional information about the meeting.
For more information about UniForum Chicago contact info@UniforumChicago.org.