Mailman 3 December 2002 - Pycon-interest

hotel group rate.
by Chris Johnson Dec. 19, 2002

Dec. 19, 2002

OK: Are there any plans for any group rates any where. I called the sales dept at George Washington university inn http://www.gwuinn.com . They said a block of ten rooms could hold until Until feb 28 at 196.00 a night. If reservation for the block are not filled by then they will let them go. I have looked on the web and there are several nice hotels around the area or close to the blue train line for around 125.00 a night. That is a much better rate. That week I understand is "cherry … [View More]

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I'm interested.... kinda
by Matt Payne Dec. 19, 2002

Dec. 19, 2002

This morning I received Steve Holden's email alerting a bunch of people to the low cost Python conference coming this March. Thank you Steve! I'm numb to conferences because they are traditionally priced at the corporate level. I had missed previous announcements of http://www.python.org/pycon/... perhaps my head was in the sand. Is this the first time a low cost Python conference has been held in the USA? My main interest in Python is Jython. The wiki (http://www.python.org/cgi- bin/… [View More]

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Re: [Pycon-interest] sprint
by Steve Holden Dec. 19, 2002

Dec. 19, 2002

Brett Cannon > [Steve Holden] > > > Christian Tismer wrote: > > > Chris Johnson wrote: > > > > I am interested in attending a sprint. > > > > > > Ditto here. How is this going to be handled? My impression from reading > about the Zope sprints was that people came in and did XP-style hacking on > the core code. I assumed that meant you had to already know a good amount > about the core, but this little discussion has led me to think … [View More]

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sprint
by Chris Johnson Dec. 19, 2002

Dec. 19, 2002

I am interested in attending a sprint. Why: I am a newbie to python and programming. I have played with asp and php and taken vb classes so I get the basics of programming. I bet i could learn a lot just watching the code come out and hearing discussion about the app. I am coming to pycon just hopeing to learn more becouse greping from books is not a learning style I utilize well. Watching others and listening is the way I learn best. I have no python mentors here where I live. Are … [View More]

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i wanna go.
by Chris Johnson Dec. 18, 2002

Dec. 18, 2002

All: Just posting so ya'll know i am gonna come , if can afford it.I requested vacation days today. Lodging. Maybe we can get a group discount some where in foggy creek. cj Chris Johnson

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DC Weblogger
by Matt Croydon Dec. 18, 2002

Dec. 18, 2002

Hello, My name is Matt Croydon and I dabble in Python, I'm a compsci major, a weblogger, and I live near DC. I've already announced the con on my weblog (http://postneo.com), but I'd like to know what else I can do to help. --Matt ... matt(a)ooiio.com http://postneo.com

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Rich Bowen: [Oscon] Useful comments about conferences
by Guido van Rossum Dec. 11, 2002

Dec. 11, 2002

>From another list on conferences... --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) ------- Forwarded Message Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:45:58 -0500 From: Rich Bowen <rbowen(a)rcbowen.com> To: <oscon(a)labs.oreilly.com> Subject: [Oscon] Useful comments about conferences This blog reiterates things that I've often thought. Worth considering: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000750 - -- Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the sky on … [View More]

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