Mailman 3 July 2013 - Inpycon

Encouraging women developers to join PyCon
by Bibhas Ch Debnath Aug. 27, 2013

Aug. 27, 2013

Hi everyone, We have been talking about encouraging women to join PyCon and start working on python. Why not take a step towards it? How about we decrease ticket price to some amount or maybe waive it totally for them? This could bring some questions like how'd we know that the ones joining are bringing some value to the conference. Well, if more women are attending, that's already a plus. To ensure even more, we could start a program, like, ask them to create a github account, create 2-5 repo, show us and they get a free ticker. Sounds odd and silly, but this will also encourage them to start using git or any VCS. And this also shows us that those participants actually made some effort to join the conference. They are not just drove by the offer of freebies. I haven't seen many girls take up the initiative to become a developer, only couple of my college friends did. They have no one to encourage them in becoming developers. So to do that, we might have to put some extra manual effort. But it should be overall good for the community. PS: Should have put the gender field in last year's feedback form. Could get a statistic. This year will definitely do it. ---- Bibhas http://bibhas.in

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Photography
by Mitesh Ashar Aug. 19, 2013

Aug. 19, 2013

Hi! While chatting up with Anand & Vijay at The Fifth Elephant, we were discussing about the photography for PyCon. I was clicking around last year at PyConIndia and have been doing so at various other events. I have added a few albums here: http://bitly.com/bundles/imba/1 I am definitely going to be hopping around with a camera this time around as well. Though, I have a very basic entry-level DSLR. So, I was wondering if I can get help from here to rent equipment from tapprs (http://tapprs.com). That will let me capture the event with possibly better flexibility, as better equipment will remove a few technical constraints. And hence, get tad bit better pictures. -- Mitesh Ashar Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)

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Extending Regular ticket deadline till August 10
by vijay July 31, 2013

July 31, 2013

Hi All, We are extending regular registration ticket till August 10. We have left with limited seat so book your ticket before it get sold out. http://pyconindia2013.doattend.com/ With Thanks Vijay

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[X-post] PyCon India 2013 regular registration closes tomorrow !
by vijay July 30, 2013

July 30, 2013

Sorry for X-post. Hi, This is to inform that the regular registrations for PyCon India 2013 will close by EOD tomorrow. After this, the ticket cost increases and it becomes harder to get a seat at the event. Why take the risk ? Book your tickets today at pyconindia2013.doattend.com !

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Minutes of the Python Month meeting
by Anand Chitipothu July 29, 2013

July 29, 2013

Hello everyone, We had a meeting in Bangalore on Saturday (July 27) to discuss about Python Month and there were about 15 people have attended it. Minutes: * There was a discussion that we should put our efforts to increase the impart of workshops than the number of workshops that we conduct. Couple of suggestions that came out were: - coding contest - why stop at this month, why not continue doing this in long term - engage students for longer term - instead of doing just intro to Python workshops, build practical systems as part of workshops. Couple of suggestions were: - simple recommendation system like amazon - GUI systems - blog engine - web scrapping - games - sudoku solver - engage non-cs students by teaching scipy and other tools. - While it is hard to find scipy and other tools for other non-cs students, it'll have to be done by each instructor. The suggestion was to have volunteers to suggest content that speakers can use. - Srinivas, Ashish and Kamal (? did he?) expressed interest to volunteer for this * One suggestion to sign up more colleges is to ask people to go back to the college where they have studied and do a python workshop. * One important thing that we should be careful about is that the colleges are not charging the students for this workshop. It'll be nice to mention that when we start taking to the college. * For each speaker to reuse, we need the following: - Intro to Python Slides. Elvis volunteered. Anand to provide bullet points. - links for further reading. Elvis volunteered - a blot post about how to configure x (put your favorite here) editor for Python. Ravi volunteered. List of editors: - IDLE - Notepad++ - Sublime text - edit+ - pywin - gvim (anand to provide config) - emacs (will ask noufal for help) * Ashish and Prashanth volunteered to expore how good IPython is on windows and if we can suggest all speakers to use that. * Vijay suggested that it'll be useful to have a volunteer to support the speaker at each workshop. * For each workshop, we should make it clear that the following are prerequisites. - Install Python 2.7 - Setup your editor (will share a link once it is ready) * Suggested things to cover in one-day workshop. - 5 Minute introduction to Python slides - Hello world (in interpreter and as script) - numbers, strings and assignments - conditional statements - functions & methods - Lists - For loop - List operations [Approximate break for lunch] - List comprehensions - String Operations - Working with Files - Modules - time - os, sys - urllib - dictionaries - resources for further reading -- Anand http://anandology.com/

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Re: [Inpycon] Inpycon Digest, Vol 49, Issue 80
by Aditya Atluri July 28, 2013

July 28, 2013

On Jul 28, 2013 3:30 PM, <inpycon-request(a)python.org> wrote: > > Send Inpycon mailing list submissions to > inpycon(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > inpycon-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > inpycon-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Inpycon digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Bad news (Noufal Ibrahim) > 2. Re: Bad news (me kracekumar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:09:41 +0530 > From: Noufal Ibrahim <noufal(a)nibrahim.net.in> > To: Mailing list for the PyCon India conference <inpycon(a)python.org> > Subject: [Inpycon] Bad news > Message-ID: <87d2q4uqgi.fsf(a)sanitarium.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain > > > I just received word that Armin is unwell and unable to attend the > event. His doctor advised him against travelling for a spell. > > We can either go ahead with the 2 keynote speakers we have or try to get > someone else at short notice. > > The latter requires some energy and time which I'm unable to contribute > at this period. > > Shall we go ahead with just 2 speakers this year? > > > -- > Cordially, > Noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:27:04 +0530 > From: me kracekumar <me(a)kracekumar.com> > To: Mailing list for the PyCon India conference <inpycon(a)python.org> > Subject: Re: [Inpycon] Bad news > Message-ID: > < CALWxmCRWxA2NBVL3GR_DbyWzLEvmXZVbAp+KuHKar9dR4QuUEA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > We should stick to current key note speakers. > On Jul 27, 2013 6:24 PM, "Noufal Ibrahim" <noufal(a)nibrahim.net.in> wrote: > > > > > I just received word that Armin is unwell and unable to attend the > > event. His doctor advised him against travelling for a spell. > > > > We can either go ahead with the 2 keynote speakers we have or try to get > > someone else at short notice. > > > > The latter requires some energy and time which I'm unable to contribute > > at this period. > > > > Shall we go ahead with just 2 speakers this year? > > > > > > -- > > Cordially, > > Noufal > > http://nibrahim.net.in > > _______________________________________________ > > Inpycon mailing list > > Inpycon(a)python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/inpycon > > >

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Bad news
by Noufal Ibrahim July 27, 2013

July 27, 2013

I just received word that Armin is unwell and unable to attend the event. His doctor advised him against travelling for a spell. We can either go ahead with the 2 keynote speakers we have or try to get someone else at short notice. The latter requires some energy and time which I'm unable to contribute at this period. Shall we go ahead with just 2 speakers this year? -- Cordially, Noufal http://nibrahim.net.in

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New Website
by Anand Chitipothu July 27, 2013

July 27, 2013

Hello everyone, I've been busy working with Prateek on the new website design and finally I've something to show. http://in.pycon.org:8080/2013/ We are along working on to make sure it looks nice on mobile etc. Still lot of things still need to be fixed. You can welcome to contribute, the list of issues are at: https://github.com/pythonindia/pyconindia2013/issues Instructions to setup are available at: https://github.com/pythonindia/pyconindia2012/blob/new-design/Readme.md For those of you in bangalore, I'll at the PythonMonth meeting tomorrow. The meeting starts at 3PM. I'll be there 2ish and will be hacking on the website. Interested folks can join. Venue and other details: http://www.meetup.com/BangPypers/events/131476972/ Please let me know your comments & suggestions. -- Anand http://anandology.com/

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Re: [Inpycon] PyCon logo drafts
by Kiran Gangadharan July 25, 2013

July 25, 2013

+1 for using these atleast for stickers. We could even use one on the T-shirt IMO. Cheers, Kiran Gangadharan

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PyCon India 2013 regular registrations closing soon
by Kiran Gangadharan July 24, 2013

July 24, 2013

Hi, This is to inform you that the regular registrations for PyCon India 2013 will close in 7 days. After this, the ticket cost increases to Rs 1500 and your chances of getting a ticket reduces. Why go through all of this trouble ? Book your tickets now ! Cheers, Kiran Gangadharan for PyCon India

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