Greetings The draft schedule is up at https://docs.google.com/a/praekeltfoundation.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArtGEj... . Now is the time to give feedback. There's still quite a lot of work to be done to firm up the draft and confirm everything with the speakers. Thank you Jeremy, Neil, Adrianna and Maciej for helping me hash it out on Saturday. Notes: * Gustav: We'd like you to give an example of a lightning talk so people know what the format is like. Probably during the opening. Maybe we should get some of the other sponsors to do one too. Ideally should just be fun and inspiring. * We're a little short on scientific talks that cover numpy and scipy. I'm hitting people up for them but assistance with that would be helpful. * We're short a proper talk on Django and web talks in general (I'm trying to get Alex and maybe St James Software to give a talk). * There are potentially about ten talk slots still available. * All the organizers should wear funny hats so they're easily identifiable (although Wendy is getting shirts made for them). Schiavo Simon
Line-up looking great! On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
Greetings
The draft schedule is up at https://docs.google.com/a/praekeltfoundation.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArtGEj... .
Now is the time to give feedback. There's still quite a lot of work to be done to firm up the draft and confirm everything with the speakers.
Thank you Jeremy, Neil, Adrianna and Maciej for helping me hash it out on Saturday.
Notes:
* Gustav: We'd like you to give an example of a lightning talk so people know what the format is like. Probably during the opening. Maybe we should get some of the other sponsors to do one too. Ideally should just be fun and inspiring. * We're a little short on scientific talks that cover numpy and scipy. I'm hitting people up for them but assistance with that would be helpful. * We're short a proper talk on Django and web talks in general (I'm trying to get Alex and maybe St James Software to give a talk). * There are potentially about ten talk slots still available. * All the organizers should wear funny hats so they're easily identifiable (although Wendy is getting shirts made for them).
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Should we not allow 5 minutes between sessions, just in-case someone wants to move from one venue to another to catch another session there? I'm interested in a session in one room but am afraid I won't make the start of the next in the other room and find a seat before it starts. #just a thought - I may be way off on this. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Simon Cross < simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
Greetings
The draft schedule is up at
https://docs.google.com/a/praekeltfoundation.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArtGEj... .
Now is the time to give feedback. There's still quite a lot of work to be done to firm up the draft and confirm everything with the speakers.
Thank you Jeremy, Neil, Adrianna and Maciej for helping me hash it out on Saturday.
Notes:
* Gustav: We'd like you to give an example of a lightning talk so people know what the format is like. Probably during the opening. Maybe we should get some of the other sponsors to do one too. Ideally should just be fun and inspiring. * We're a little short on scientific talks that cover numpy and scipy. I'm hitting people up for them but assistance with that would be helpful. * We're short a proper talk on Django and web talks in general (I'm trying to get Alex and maybe St James Software to give a talk). * There are potentially about ten talk slots still available. * All the organizers should wear funny hats so they're easily identifiable (although Wendy is getting shirts made for them).
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On 12 September 2012 09:41, Euan Jonker <euan@unomena.com> wrote:
Should we not allow 5 minutes between sessions, just in-case someone wants to move from one venue to another to catch another session there?
I'm interested in a session in one room but am afraid I won't make the start of the next in the other room and find a seat before it starts.
The current plan is 30 minutes for the actual talk, with the rest for questions, overrun management, talk setup and venue swapping. -- Neil Muller drnlmuller@gmail.com I've got a gmail account. Why haven't I become cool?
good stuff Wendy Griffiths I Executive Producer I Speakers Corner I +27 11 327 1540 I +27 823775913 I www.speakerscorner.co.za I skype: princesswendilz On 12 September 2012 10:01, Neil Muller <drnlmuller@gmail.com> wrote:
On 12 September 2012 09:41, Euan Jonker <euan@unomena.com> wrote:
Should we not allow 5 minutes between sessions, just in-case someone wants to move from one venue to another to catch another session there?
I'm interested in a session in one room but am afraid I won't make the start of the next in the other room and find a seat before it starts.
The current plan is 30 minutes for the actual talk, with the rest for questions, overrun management, talk setup and venue swapping.
-- Neil Muller drnlmuller@gmail.com
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Hi Simon This is looking really great. Some comments: 1. Lightning Talk. Happy to oblige. Have we finalised what the format is? 2. Django. That really is a glaring omission. A lot of the attendees will be either planning to use it or actively using it, I would think at least an advanced and intermediate/beginner level talk would be useful (or maybe a have a beginner tutorial? 3. Mobile. Do we have no potential talks on mobile development, especially on Android. I know Python isn't heavily used in this arena, but given the importance/relevance in Africa would be great to have a specific talk around that? Where google not interested in maybe doing this? 4. The two SKA back-to-back talks look a bit weird, any particular reason for scheduling them together? 5. Twisted or Gevent. Do we not have someone who can talk about event-driven stuff (given the interest level in node.js especially). G * GUSTAV PRAEKELT* | CEO *PRAEKELT*.COM | *PRAEKELTFOUNDATION*.ORG *Mobile *+27.82.459.3656 | *Skype* gustav.praekelt On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Simon Cross < simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
Greetings
The draft schedule is up at
https://docs.google.com/a/praekeltfoundation.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArtGEj... .
Now is the time to give feedback. There's still quite a lot of work to be done to firm up the draft and confirm everything with the speakers.
Thank you Jeremy, Neil, Adrianna and Maciej for helping me hash it out on Saturday.
Notes:
* Gustav: We'd like you to give an example of a lightning talk so people know what the format is like. Probably during the opening. Maybe we should get some of the other sponsors to do one too. Ideally should just be fun and inspiring. * We're a little short on scientific talks that cover numpy and scipy. I'm hitting people up for them but assistance with that would be helpful. * We're short a proper talk on Django and web talks in general (I'm trying to get Alex and maybe St James Software to give a talk). * There are potentially about ten talk slots still available. * All the organizers should wear funny hats so they're easily identifiable (although Wendy is getting shirts made for them).
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Gustav <gustav@praekelt.com> wrote:
1. Lightning Talk. Happy to oblige. Have we finalised what the format is?
No. :) The PyCon US 2012 lightning talks were 5 minutes long with 4 or 5 slides per talk. That gives us 9 talks in 45 minutes.
2. Django. That really is a glaring omission. A lot of the attendees will be either planning to use it or actively using it, I would think at least an advanced and intermediate/beginner level talk would be useful (or maybe a have a beginner tutorial?
If we don't get Alex Gaynor we'll definitely need to get someone to fill that dap.
3. Mobile. Do we have no potential talks on mobile development, especially on Android. I know Python isn't heavily used in this arena, but given the importance/relevance in Africa would be great to have a specific talk around that? Where google not interested in maybe doing this?
Google have promised me a talk on Python on Android but I haven't got a speaker's name from them yet.
4. The two SKA back-to-back talks look a bit weird, any particular reason for scheduling them together?
It seemed like they would fit thematically but there wasn't a super strong reason.
5. Twisted or Gevent. Do we not have someone who can talk about event-driven stuff (given the interest level in node.js especially).
This is definitely a gap I'd like to cover. I've prodded the Vumi team a bit. Other suggestions of local Twisted devs I could prod welcomed. Schiavo Simon
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Gustav <gustav@praekelt.com> wrote:
1. Lightning Talk. Happy to oblige. Have we finalised what the format is?
No. :) The PyCon US 2012 lightning talks were 5 minutes long with 4 or 5 slides per talk. That gives us 9 talks in 45 minutes.
2. Django. That really is a glaring omission. A lot of the attendees will be either planning to use it or actively using it, I would think at least an advanced and intermediate/beginner level talk would be useful (or maybe a have a beginner tutorial?
If we don't get Alex Gaynor we'll definitely need to get someone to fill that dap.
3. Mobile. Do we have no potential talks on mobile development, especially on Android. I know Python isn't heavily used in this arena, but given the importance/relevance in Africa would be great to have a specific talk around that? Where google not interested in maybe doing this?
Google have promised me a talk on Python on Android but I haven't got a speaker's name from them yet.
4. The two SKA back-to-back talks look a bit weird, any particular reason for scheduling them together?
It seemed like they would fit thematically but there wasn't a super strong reason.
5. Twisted or Gevent. Do we not have someone who can talk about event-driven stuff (given the interest level in node.js especially).
This is definitely a gap I'd like to cover. I've prodded the Vumi team a bit. Other suggestions of local Twisted devs I could prod welcomed.
idnar also known as mithrandi, he's from joburg, I hope he's coming.
I'm happy to chat on Django or Twisted. Would prefer to chat on Vumi + Twisted and why Twisted & Python are a good fit for distributed networks applications. Also, I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Twisted but I think between the people working on Vumi we've got more than enough experience to put together a decent talk. On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
idnar also known as mithrandi, he's from joburg, I hope he's coming.
He's not, unfortunately. :/ _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Simon de Haan <simon@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
I'm happy to chat on Django or Twisted. Would prefer to chat on Vumi + Twisted and why Twisted & Python are a good fit for distributed networks applications. Also, I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Twisted but I think between the people working on Vumi we've got more than enough experience to put together a decent talk.
I'm definitely not representative, but I think talks like "how we used twisted to create vumi, pluses and minuses" are much better than raw twisted talks. But then again, I'm nowhere near interested in "introduction to twisted". Also, people who talk what they really want to talk about are generally better speakers ;-)
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
idnar also known as mithrandi, he's from joburg, I hope he's coming.
He's not, unfortunately. :/ _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
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Cool, put me down as a candidate speaker then. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Simon de Haan <simon@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
I'm happy to chat on Django or Twisted. Would prefer to chat on Vumi + Twisted and why Twisted & Python are a good fit for distributed networks applications. Also, I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Twisted but I think between the people working on Vumi we've got more than enough experience to put together a decent talk.
I'm definitely not representative, but I think talks like "how we used twisted to create vumi, pluses and minuses" are much better than raw twisted talks. But then again, I'm nowhere near interested in "introduction to twisted". Also, people who talk what they really want to talk about are generally better speakers ;-)
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
idnar also known as mithrandi, he's from joburg, I hope he's coming.
He's not, unfortunately. :/ _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
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-- Simon de Haan | Chief Engineer Praekelt Foundation praekeltfoundation.org | praekelt.com M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | twitter.com/smn
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Simon de Haan <simon@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
Cool, put me down as a candidate speaker then.
I think you have to put yourself down :)
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Simon de Haan <simon@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
I'm happy to chat on Django or Twisted. Would prefer to chat on Vumi + Twisted and why Twisted & Python are a good fit for distributed networks applications. Also, I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Twisted but I think between the people working on Vumi we've got more than enough experience to put together a decent talk.
I'm definitely not representative, but I think talks like "how we used twisted to create vumi, pluses and minuses" are much better than raw twisted talks. But then again, I'm nowhere near interested in "introduction to twisted". Also, people who talk what they really want to talk about are generally better speakers ;-)
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
idnar also known as mithrandi, he's from joburg, I hope he's coming.
He's not, unfortunately. :/ _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
-- Simon de Haan | Chief Engineer Praekelt Foundation
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-- Simon de Haan | Chief Engineer Praekelt Foundation
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Right, done. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Simon de Haan <simon@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
Cool, put me down as a candidate speaker then.
I think you have to put yourself down :)
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Simon de Haan <simon@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
I'm happy to chat on Django or Twisted. Would prefer to chat on Vumi + Twisted and why Twisted & Python are a good fit for distributed networks applications. Also, I wouldn't consider myself an expert on Twisted but I think between the people working on Vumi we've got more than enough experience to put together a decent talk.
I'm definitely not representative, but I think talks like "how we used twisted to create vumi, pluses and minuses" are much better than raw twisted talks. But then again, I'm nowhere near interested in "introduction to twisted". Also, people who talk what they really want to talk about are generally better speakers ;-)
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Simon Cross <simon.cross@praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall@gmail.com> wrote:
idnar also known as mithrandi, he's from joburg, I hope he's coming.
He's not, unfortunately. :/ _______________________________________________ PyCon-ZA mailing list PyCon-ZA@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-za
-- Simon de Haan | Chief Engineer Praekelt Foundation
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-- Simon de Haan | Chief Engineer Praekelt Foundation
praekeltfoundation.org | praekelt.com M: +27 (0) 76 449 3806 | twitter.com/smn
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Euan Jonker -
Graeme Glass -
Gustav -
Maciej Fijalkowski -
Neil Muller -
Simon Cross -
Simon de Haan -
Wendy Griffiths