Mailman 3 September 2010 - python-uk

Next Cambridge & East Anglia Meeting: Tue 5th October
by Tony Ibbs Oct. 2, 2010

Oct. 2, 2010

As announced on the CamPUG Google Group: The next meeting should be a dojo meeting, Tuesday 5th October, 7.30pm at RealVNC (http://tinyurl.com/realvncoffices). Meetings after that should be: * Tuesday 2nd November, a talks meeting * Tuesday 7th Decembet, another dojo meeting * notionally Tuesday 4th January (2011), but I'd propose actually having the January meeting on the 11th. (more details on the google group at http://groups.google.com/group/campug) Tibs

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Plone Conference 2010 Talks Announced
by Matt Hamilton Sept. 27, 2010

Sept. 27, 2010

Plone Conference 2010 Talks Announced September 27th, 2010 Over 400 attendees are set to meet at the 8th annual Plone Conference for a week-long programme of training, talks and developer sprints from the 25th to 31st October at the Thistle Grand Hotel in Bristol, UK. Plone Conference 2010 registrations are open. Plone, an Open Source Content Management System used throughout the world has a massive following and Plone events are held around the globe. The largest of these is the annual Plone Conference and this year will be held in the UK. Plone is used for developing websites, intranet and portals for corporations, NGOs and the public sector. Organised by Netsight Internet Solutions, it promises to bring together developers, designers, end users and business people. This year an additional event is being planned as a one-day mini-conference on the 26th October called "Plone in Business" which will be aimed specifically at analysts, advisors, evaluators and information professionals looking to find out more about Plone and see a showcase of successful Plone projects from across the sectors. It will also see the launch of the JBoye Plone Community of Practice. The main part of the conference, from the 27th - 29th October, has over 50 scheduled talks from speakers from 19 countries and includes an 'unconference' day in which talks will be proposed by the attendees. Plone Conference 2010 scheduled talks include: * Easier and faster Plone theming with Deliverance * Design and Development with Dexterity * Enterprise Search in Plone with Solr * Boosting productivity with "Plone-driven Plone development" * Brasil.gov.br: Building a digital nation with Plone Alan Runyan, co-founder of Plone and president of Enfold Systems along with Alex Limi, fellow co-founder of Plone and now Firefox User Experience Lead at Mozilla will be delivering a keynote. There will also be a guest keynote by Richard Noble, OBE, project director of the Bloodhound SSC project attempting be build a car to pass the 1,000mph land speed mark. The conference falls at a great time, with the recent release of Plone 4, a product that raises the bar in the Content Management System market with a faster, more user-friendly and more refined version of the product. So far, registrations for the conference have come from over 30 countries around the world. To find out more about the conference and to register, visit http://ploneconf2010.org. -- Matt Hamilton matth(a)netsight.co.uk Netsight Internet Solutions, Ltd. Business Vision on the Internet http://www.netsight.co.uk +44 (0)117 9090901 Web Design | Zope/Plone Development and Consulting | Co-location | Hosting

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Next London Python Code Dojo: 7th October
by Nicholas Tollervey Sept. 24, 2010

Sept. 24, 2010

Folks, A quick note to say that the next London Python Code Dojo will be taking place on 7th October 2010 starting at 6:30pm with free pizza and beer (thanks Fry-IT). The serious stuff starts at 7:30 with a talk given by John Chandler about his Python project "FluidInYourEar". Following that we’ll do a group based dojo to solve a problem that we’ll agree upon during the pizza/beer part of the evening. O'Reilly have come up trumps again and passed on "Essential SQLAlchemy" as a "prize". Remember to sign up here: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-2-episode-2 (this lets us know how much pizza/beer to order) The venue is the ever clean and tidy offices of Fry-IT: Address: Fry-IT Limited 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG Telephone: 0207 0968800 Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark See you there for fun, learning and hackery! Nicholas.

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Looking for a disciplined Software Developer
by Gustavo Narea Sept. 21, 2010

Sept. 21, 2010

Hello, everybody. At 2degrees we're looking for an experienced and disciplined Software Developer to work on the Django-based back-end of our Web site, as well as implement AJAX-based functionality from time to time. Prior Python, Django or JavaScript experience is desirable but not strictly necessary as we are looking to hire the best Software Developer we find regardless of the technologies they've used in the past. I have attached more information about the job. Please contact us if you're interested! Cheers. PS: Sorry if you've also seen this on Planet Python! -- Gustavo Narea. Software Developer. 2degrees, Ltd. <http://www.2degreesnetwork.com/>.

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UK Python User Groups
by Richard Lewis Sept. 12, 2010

Sept. 12, 2010

Hi UK Python users, Does anyone know if http://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups#UnitedKingdom is the most definitive list of Python user groups? Or if there's a more definitive list somewhere? Best, Richard -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Richard Lewis ISMS, Computing Goldsmiths, University of London JID: ironchicken(a)jabber.earth.li http://www.richardlewis.me.uk/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +----------------------------------------------+ | Support open access to scholarship | | http://freeculture.org/ http://www.doaj.org/ | +----------------------------------------------+

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Plone Conference 2010 Talks Voting Open!
by Matt Hamilton Sept. 9, 2010

Sept. 9, 2010

Hi All, We had a slight delay with the talks being collated, but I can now annouce that the voting is now open: http://www.ploneconf2010.org/the-event/talks Once again, we have some amazing sounding talks this year. Some great case studies such as: 'Developing Plone Applications to Manage Bioterrorism Risk' --wow! 'Fine-tuning Plone for Cultural Organizations' and great talks for those wanting to learn more about Plone, such as: 'Easier and faster Plone theming with Deliverance and xdv' 'Plone Boutique: a guide to automated and low-budget Plone 4 development on the cloud' This year we have decided to open up the talk selection process to the wider community. Alas, we don't quite have enough room in the schedule to fit all of them, so we need your help in deciding which talks will be accepted. It will also help us schedule to talks to try and reduce the number of conflicts between very popular sessions. Please register your vote against the talks you wish to see at the conference. You can vote on as many talks as you wish. The deadline for voting on the talks is Friday, 17th September. Speakers will be notified by Monday, 21st September. Thanks, Matt & The Plone Conference 2010 Team -- Matt Hamilton matth(a)netsight.co.uk Netsight Internet Solutions, Ltd. Business Vision on the Internet http://www.netsight.co.uk +44 (0)117 9090901 Web Design | Zope/Plone Development and Consulting | Co-location | Hosting

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Northants Geeks: curry night and pub meet
by Michael Foord Sept. 8, 2010

Sept. 8, 2010

Hello all, The Northants Geeks have two meetups this month, a curry night on the 16th and a normal pub meet on the 30th. The pub meet is at the Malt Shovel (Northampton) at 7:30pm on September 30th. Feel free to just turn up. The curry night is at the Tamarind restaurant at 7:30pm on September 16th. If you want to come let me know as we have booked places. We're saying goodbye to @brutasse, a Northants Geeks regular who is going back to France. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks http://groups.google.com/group/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (”BOGUS AGREEMENTS”) that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.

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Northants Geeks: curry night and pub meet
by Michael Foord Sept. 8, 2010

Sept. 8, 2010

Hello all, The Northants Geeks have two meetups this month, a curry night on the 16th and a normal pub meet on the 30th. The pub meet is at the Malt Shovel (Northampton) at 7:30pm on September 30th. Feel free to just turn up. The curry night is at the Tamarind restaurant at 7:30pm on September 16th. If you want to come let me know as we have booked places. We're saying goodbye to @brutasse, a Northants Geeks regular who is going back to France. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks http://groups.google.com/group/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (”BOGUS AGREEMENTS”) that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.

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Plone Conference 2010 talks deadline this week
by Matt Hamilton Sept. 3, 2010

Sept. 3, 2010

Hi All, For any pythonistas here who are interested in Plone, the Open Source Content Management System -- two bits of Plone news: 1) Plone 4 CMS Unveiled: Advancing Power, Performance & User Experience For those of you who want to know what's new in this major release, or who've never heard of Plone and want to find out more: http://plone.org/news/plone-4-released http://plone.org/4 2) The talks deadline for the international Plone Conference 2010 being held here in the UK in lovely Bristol is looming. Talks need to be in by end of Sunday. Talks deadline the 5th September 2010 The talk submission deadline for Plone Conference 2010 in Bristol, UK is fast approaching. You have until the the 5th September, so don't delay, get your talk submission in by the end of this week. Once the deadline is reached, the talks will be put up for public vote as we only have around 50 speaking slots (which have almost been filled already!). One of the fantastic things about Plone is the wide ranging community that covers developers, designers, integrators, users, and many more. To this end, we always like to see talk submissions from people who might not yet feel a core part of the Plone community. Plone is used in a wide variety of places, and case studies of how it is used in organisations and how Plone has helped changed your organisation are very valuable. If you are stuck for ideas on things to talk about, Steve McMahon wrote a great blog post recently on some ideas for talks: http://www.stevemcmahon.com/steves-blog/not-just-coders So to submit your talk, head over to the talk submission page and fill in your details: http://www.ploneconf2010.org/the-event/talk-submission Accepted speakers will be eligible for a reduced conference fee of just £150 (+VAT). See you all in Bristol! -Matt and the Plone Confererence 2010 Team -- Matt Hamilton matth(a)netsight.co.uk Netsight Internet Solutions, Ltd. Business Vision on the Internet http://www.netsight.co.uk +44 (0)117 9090901 Web Design | Zope/Plone Development and Consulting | Co-location | Hosting

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