Mailman 3 September 2009 - Inpycon

received conference dvds
by ashok raavi Oct. 9, 2009

Oct. 9, 2009

Hi, I just received the DVD's of PyCon conference, 5 DVD's & 14 Mini DVD's. Please let me know to whom I have to pass them on or given the server details I will start uploading the DVD's there. -- ashok raavi

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Thanks!
by Noufal Ibrahim Oct. 6, 2009

Oct. 6, 2009

Thank you everyone for making the event a swell success. It was really fun working together. I'm off for a week. We'll have a BangPYpers meetup sometime in October and before that, a party for the Pycon organisers. :) -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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Pycon Stats
by Anand Balachandran Pillai Oct. 3, 2009

Oct. 3, 2009

Hi, If anyone has the approx # for details of the following, please email me or reply to the group. 1 . Approx # of delegates (400 ?) 2. Actual # of talks given including lightning talks (30 ?) I would like to post a follow up post to Pycon blog regarding the conference tonight, hence this information would be useful. If I don't get a reply, I shall assume the #s in parens, since these look approx correct to me. Thanks -- --Anand

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Whether it is possible to see the videos of pycon conference?
by Senthil Kumar M Oct. 1, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009

As I said earlier I could not attend the event , Whether it is possible to see the videos of pycon conference? please send the links.

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Python at Schools
by Abhishek Mishra Sept. 30, 2009

Sept. 30, 2009

At Pycon India Day 1, "National Mission on Education through ICT & Python" was a great talk, and mission is seriously something which is the need of the hour. What I like best about the mission is, engineering students would actually be _utilizing_ computers to do a whole variety of tasks which Python makes as easy as pie, by attaching wings to our imaginations rather than restricting it by [ language specific rules, conventions, the need to understand things at core level ] The impact, sooner or later is going to be huge. As one of the people already questioned about schools, and it was announced that this initiative aims just colleges - engineering and sciences. I would like to ask, are there any parallel initiatives which aim at schools? I wish there are some... one aspect of Python which I appreciate most is - There is very less time between imagination and implementation for short programs. Secondly, being an interpreter, you can always execute on the fly and you can always make live mistakes and know what went wrong. There is inbuilt help as we saw it. What could be more perfect to begin programming. I've heard about how kids in European countries begin with Python. Let's compare that to India, I started with GW-BASIC, which is a very good language to begin with. But don't you think it has become pretty old, and is hardly readily available. People start with LOGO at some places, but that limits them to drawing, though it does introduce one to joy of programming. I don't think teaching C++ actually gets a normal kid excited about programming, rather than that, just like some of us developed maths phobia back then, some kids end up hating the word 'programming'. I've heard that many times from my peers at college. Python is something that can convince them more about the power of programming than C/C++ for sure. And instead of people developing a sort of resistance to programming, can actually appreciate how it actually gives them freedom over huge software suits and tools and instead get their work done the way they want, with outputs in format they want, without having to pay a penny as in case of Python. It happens that at ICSE schools java/c++ is offered for almost last 4 years of schooling, while my CBSE experience was horrible, with no programming in syllabus till class 11th. While way back in an ICSE school, programming started at class 6 with GW-BASIC and that language was fun. My whole point is, wherever programming is taught at school levels, I think Python must replace old almost dying pieces of GWBASIC/QuickBASIC or TurboC++. People usually tend to leave both BASIC, and TurboC++ when they don't realize, the ones who don't end up as teachers at colleges like mine. But had we a generation that knew basics of Python, things would've been different. For whome a TurboC++ IDE became something they depend on, like chain smokers depend on cigarettes, Python would've been a Jetpack they would've never forgotten. What I mean is that learning Python at school won't make Python vanish from your life after you leave school since you can possibly do anything with it. Anyways, So is MHRD/(Whoever cares) doing something at School Level? Wouldn't that solve the demand of Python teachers as needed by "National Mission on Education through ICT & Python" and actually reduce the friction to its adoptibility which I can obviously see at engineering level, I'm sure not many of the profs/teachers at my college would put efforts to try out Python. Regards, Abhishek Mishra out for Day 2 :)

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Videos
by JAGANADH G Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Eagerly waiting for the videos -- ********************************** JAGANADH G http://jaganadhg.freeflux.net/blog

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Those uber cool Tshirts
by Abhishek Mishra Sept. 27, 2009

Sept. 27, 2009

Guys many of us really missed the fossee T Shirts which happened to be ultra-cool with the xkcd strip on the back. Many of us got it yet many have been dying for it... Anyways, just wished to express how much we liked it, and how unlucky we feel because we chose to remain on seats to show some manners, while people who made a crowd near gate ended up getting all :( I guess this isn't directly related to InPyCon, so forgive me for a little offtopicness.. Wondering is there are more XLs in the stock. regards, Abhishek Mishra http://ideamonk.blogspot.com

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Unable to Attend, sincere apology to all
by Sambit Bikas Pal Sept. 26, 2009

Sept. 26, 2009

Hi, Due to some other commitments, I had to cancel my travel plan. I sincerely apologize to all for being unable to attend the conference. Thanking you. Regards, Sambit Bikas Pal Web: http://www.botcyb.org

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site is down again
by bhaskar jain Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

Wanted schedule details.. had to go to the cached pages. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://in.pycon.org/ - "It's not just you! http://in.pycon.org looks down from here."

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volunteers required
by Anand Chitipothu Sept. 25, 2009

Sept. 25, 2009

We require some volunteers during the conference for the tasks is given below. Please signup. * Registration support We need 2-3 people to help at the registration desk during first half of day 1. * Food coordination We need 2-3 people to coordinate food at tea and lunch times. * Direction support We need 2-3 people to answer phone calls and give directions to people coming from other places. * Infrastructure support We need 2-3 volunteers to make sure all the rooms have power strips, wifi and make sure PA system and video recording are functioning well. They should also check from time to time that the quality of recorded video is good. They will be point of contact for any infrastructure related failures. * Session Chairs We need volunteers to act as session chairs to make sure sessions are running on time. The session chair should give a signal to the presenter 5 min in advance and make sure the next speaker is ready. He will be responsible to make sure the talks are running on time. We divide the total time into 6 sessions and we need session chairs for each session in each hall. S1: Day 1 Start - Tea break S2: Day 1 Tea break - Lunch S3: Day 1 Lunch - Tea break S4: Day 1 Tea break - FInish S5: Day 2 Start - Tea break S6: Day 2 Tea break - Lunch Volunteers can signup as session chair for more than one session. It is easier if you plan to become session chair for the sessions that you are going to attend. Did I miss anything? Anand

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