Mailman 3 April 2007 - python-uk

Python evening talks in London
by Andy Robinson June 25, 2007

June 25, 2007

Hi all, Yet another London-centric suggestion. Apologies to the rest of the country. I've been talking to a friend who is discovering the joys of Python, and is a committee member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (www.theiet.org) He believes we could get rooms in their place, which is next to the Savoy, to hold evening talks followed by networking over a drink or two. They have a distinguished location with rooms for anything from 20 up to 200 and he believes it could cost little or nothing to the visitors. The general idea would be a talk on some Python-related subjects, libraries or frameworks, about once a month, which can reach a wider network of developers than usually turn up for the pub sessions. People would be encouraged to bring laptops (Wifi available) and try out whatever's being talked about, so if they discovered a few useful libraries for a task, they could put them to work next day; and experience Pythonistas could advise newbies. A proposal is needed to their committee by end of this month. So, - who'd find something like this useful? - who'd like to give talks, and on what? - who'd like to hear talks, and on what? - who'd bring colleagues along? - any thoughts on format, target audience and so on.... I understand the start would be a few months off. Best Regards, -- Andy Robinson CEO/Chief Architect ReportLab Europe Ltd. 165 the Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1NE, UK tel +44-20-8544-8049 mobile +44-7725-056175

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Re: [python-uk] Short notice Python meetup next week, anyone? (Otu Ekanem)
by Les Smithson April 24, 2007

April 24, 2007

I'd like to come. What time's kick off, and what does a collection of Pythonistas look like?

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Re: [python-uk] python training
by Jon Johnson April 24, 2007

April 24, 2007

I've used http://www.wellho.net/ in the past and they were very good http://www.wellho.net/course/ypfull.html is the most recent course listing cheers Jon Johnson Senior Database Manager Centre for Longitudinal Studies Email: j.johnson(a)ioe.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6571 Fax: +44 (0)20 7612 6686 Mailing Address: Centre for Longitudinal Studies Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way London, WCIH 0AL Office Location: 55-59 Gordon Square London WC1H 0NT ----------------------------------------------------------------- Following lives from birth and through the adult years. Register on the CLS website at www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/register to receive email updates on CLS news, events and publications. -----Original Message----- From: python-uk-bounces(a)python.org [mailto:python-uk-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of python-uk-request(a)python.org Sent: 24 April 2007 11:00 To: python-uk(a)python.org Subject: python-uk Digest, Vol 44, Issue 6 Send python-uk mailing list submissions to python-uk(a)python.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to python-uk-request(a)python.org You can reach the person managing the list at python-uk-owner(a)python.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of python-uk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: python training (Simon Brunning) 2. Re: python training (Andy Robinson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:44:27 +0100 From: "Simon Brunning" <simon(a)brunningonline.net> Subject: Re: [python-uk] python training To: david.bole(a)neueda.com Cc: UK Python Users <python-uk(a)python.org> Message-ID: <8c7f10c60704240144n4353f668w7d2c4f17f3cc41f4(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 4/23/07, David Bole @ Neueda <david.bole(a)neueda.com> wrote: > Simon > can you recommend any UK based Python trainers ? Sorry, no - but I'm sure someone on the UK list will... -- Cheers, Simon B. simon(a)brunningonline.net http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ GTalk: simon.brunning | MSN: small_values | Yahoo: smallvalues ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:56:19 +0100 From: "Andy Robinson" <andy(a)reportlab.com> Subject: Re: [python-uk] python training To: "UK Python Users" <python-uk(a)python.org> Cc: david.bole(a)neueda.com Message-ID: <956003ae0704240156geaf2248l92dd48bc1a7febd4(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 24/04/07, Simon Brunning <simon(a)brunningonline.net> wrote: > On 4/23/07, David Bole @ Neueda <david.bole(a)neueda.com> wrote: > > Simon > > can you recommend any UK based Python trainers ? > > Sorry, no - but I'm sure someone on the UK list will... > John Pinner's firm runs courses regularly and I have heard very good things about them...I think he's on this list too http://clocksoft.co.uk/training - Andy Robinson ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk End of python-uk Digest, Vol 44, Issue 6 ****************************************

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Re: [python-uk] python training
by Simon Brunning April 24, 2007

April 24, 2007

On 4/23/07, David Bole @ Neueda <david.bole(a)neueda.com> wrote: > Simon > can you recommend any UK based Python trainers ? Sorry, no - but I'm sure someone on the UK list will... -- Cheers, Simon B. simon(a)brunningonline.net http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ GTalk: simon.brunning | MSN: small_values | Yahoo: smallvalues

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Re: [python-uk] Short notice Python meetup next week, anyone?
by Otu Ekanem April 22, 2007

April 22, 2007

I have posted this on upcoming.org as I am imagine more people will be interesting in attending. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/178756/ Otu

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Come to PyCon UK - September 8th & 9th ! Speak! Learn! Enjoy!
by Michael Sparks April 20, 2007

April 20, 2007

Hi, <spiel> PYCON UK 2007 - FIRST PYTHON COMMUNITY CONFERENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM The first UK community conference for Python will be held in Birmingham on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th of September 2007. PyCon UK is the young upstart counterpart to PyCon in the US. There will be talks, lightning talks, tutorials, sprints and social get-togethers. The conference is aimed at all members of the Python community, whether you're just starting or you dream in bytecode. Please visit <http://www.pyconuk.org> for more information. The Booking Form and Talk submissions system are available now. PyCon UK is being organised by the PyCon UK Society and Python West Midlands < http://www.pywm.eu >. You can contact the PyCon UK Society at < news(a)pyconuk.org >. Want to share your expertise? PyConUK 2007 is looking for proposals to fill the formal presentation tracks. We will accept a broad range of presentations, from reports on academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. As long as the presentation is interesting and potentially useful to the Python community, it will be considered for inclusion in the program. Can you show the conference-goers something new and useful? Can you show attendees how to: use a module? explore a Python language feature? package an application? Most talks will be within 30-60 minutes. There will also be a dedicated Lightning Talk session for talks no longer than five minutes. I have never done programming before? Do not worry, just come anyway, we are having special sessions/tutorials for beginners, so it is the perfect time for you to get your feet wet. Python is one of the easiest languages to learn, and unlike most other very high-level languages, you are not painting yourself into a corner, you can create web applications, desktop applications and bash scripts. How expensive is this conference? Cheap. We have made it as cheap as we can so hobbyists and students can afford to come. PyconUK is going to be a not for profit community conference, early bird rates are heavily subsidised at just £50 for the two days, and that includes all the extras (conference dinner, T-shirt, goodie bag and so on). The main cost of going to a conference is accommodation, and we have a really good value hotels in Birmingham, the official conference hotel is just £35 a night for room sleeping 3. More expensive options are available, most of the major hotels are within walking distance from the conference. The conference is slap bang in the middle of Birmingham, you just have to get to New Street station. </spiel> On a more personal note though - on behalf of the PyCon UK Society I'd like to properly announce the UK Python Conference. This is an affordable community conference taking place on 8th/9th September. The conference is fantastic value, especially if you take advantage of the extra early bird booking offer. Both new and experienced Python programmers will benefit from the varied programme. Why am I posting about this? I'd personally like to invite UK pythonistas to come, share their knowledge with others, learn new things and hang out. It's a community conference, which means it has the following characteristics: * You can help make it amazing, by participating & speaking, by helping, by attending! * It is cheap * It will be fun, and accessible. We (I'm helping organise this :) ) really want the conference to be accessible to all, from those who have no idea of what python is, let alone coded in it, through to those who are working on their upteenth bytecode hack/compiler. Seriously though , I'm really posting about this because despite being a language pragmatist - ie I'll use any language that gets the job done - I'm largely finding that I'll use python for almost everything these days. Community conferences are a real opportunity to dive in and help and learn and share. Like python itself, the conference is also platform agnostic, so you're welcome if you use Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, or even the same OS as me - Linux :) . Have fun:-) Michael

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Short notice Python meetup next week, anyone?
by Simon Brunning April 20, 2007

April 20, 2007

http://announce.londonpython.org.uk/2007/04/19/snap-python-meetup/ -- Cheers, Simon B. simon(a)brunningonline.net http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ GTalk: simon.brunning | MSN: small_values | Yahoo: smallvalues

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Telecommute Python Contractors Wanted
by Rakesh Thakrar April 12, 2007

April 12, 2007

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