Mailman 3 September 2011 - python-uk

Next London Python Code Dojo
by Nicholas Tollervey Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

Hi Folks, The next London Python Code Dojo is happening a week today on the 6th October from 6:30pm. You can sign up here (tickets go quickly): https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-4-episode-1 (n.b. I didn't create that URL, Eventwax did. It should be season-3-episode-1 but they won't let me change it. I've reported a bug) We’ll be doing some group based coding. This will involve brainstorming ideas during the pizza/beer part of the evening followed by a vote on which problem to solve and then a couple of hours of furious coding. To wrap the evening up we do a “show and tell” followed by drinks in the pub. Where..? Fry-IT Ltd. Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark Address: Fry-IT Limited 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG See you there! Nicholas.

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PyCon 2012 Proposals Due October 12
by Brian Curtin Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

The deadline for PyCon 2012 tutorial, talk, and poster proposals is under 15 days away, so be sure to get your submissions in by October 12, 2011. Whether you’re a first-timer or an experienced veteran, PyCon is depends on you, the community, coming together to build the best conference schedule possible. Our call for proposals (http://us.pycon.org/2012/cfp/) lays out the details it takes to be included in the lineup for the conference in Santa Clara, CA on March 7-15, 2012. If you’re unsure of what to write about, our recent survey yielded a large list of potential talk topics (http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/09/need-talk-ideas.html), and plenty of ideas for tutorials (INSERT TUTORIAL POST). We’ve also come up with general tips on proposal writing at http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/08/writing-good-proposal.html to ensure everyone has the most complete proposal when it comes time for review. As always, the program committee wants to put together an incredible conference, so they’ll be working with submitters to fine tune proposal details and help you produce the best submissions. We’ve had plenty of great news to share since we first announced the call for proposals. Paul Graham of Y Combinator was recently announced as a keynote speaker (http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/09/announcing-first-pycon-2012-keynote.html), making his return after a 2003 keynote. David Beazley, famous for his mind-blowing talks on CPython’s Global Interpreter Lock, was added to the plenary talk series (http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/09/announcing-first-pycon-2012-plenary.html). Sponsors can now list their job openings on the “Job Fair” section of the PyCon site (http://pycon.blogspot.com/2011/09/announcing-pycon-2012-fair-page-sponsor.h…). We’re hard at work to bring you the best conference yet, so stay tuned to PyCon news at http://pycon.blogspot.com/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/pycon. We recently eclipsed last year’s sponsorship count of 40 and are currently at a record 52 organizations supporting PyCon. If you or your organization are interested in sponsoring PyCon, we’d love to hear from you, so check out our sponsorship page (http://us.pycon.org/2012/sponsors/). A quick thanks to all of our awesome PyCon 2012 Sponsors: - Diamond Level: Google and Dropbox. - Platinum Level: New Relic, SurveyMonkey, Microsoft, Eventbrite, Nasuni and Gondor.io - Gold Level: Walt Disney Animation Studios, CCP Games, Linode, Enthought, Canonical, Dotcloud, Loggly, Revsys, ZeOmega, Bitly, ActiveState, JetBrains, Caktus, Disqus, Spotify, Snoball, Evite, and PlaidCloud - Silver Level: Imaginary Landscape, WiserTogether, Net-ng, Olark, AG Interactive, Bitbucket, Open Bastion, 10Gen, gocept, Lex Machina, fwix, github, toast driven, Aarki, Threadless, Cox Media, myYearBook, Accense Technology, Wingware, FreshBooks, and BigDoor - Lanyard: Dreamhost - Sprints: Reddit - FLOSS: OSU/OSL, OpenHatch The PyCon Organizers - http://us.pycon.org/2012 Jesse Noller - Chairman - jnoller(a)python.org Brian Curtin - Publicity Coordinator - brian(a)python.org

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Next CamPUG meeting: Tue 4th October
by Tony Ibbs Sept. 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011

From our google group: The next meeting should be a coding/dojo meeting, 7.30pm at RealVNC (http://tinyurl.com/realvncoffices). (although depending on who comes along, it might also be a PyConUK retrospective, since I think those of us who got to go went to a range of different talks) Meetings after that should be: * Tuesday 1st November, talks again * Tuesday 6th December, dojo/coding again (not the 1st as I appear to have said last time) Do people want the first meeting of 2012 to be Tuesday 3rd January, or Tuesday 10th, given that Monday 2nd will presumably be a public holiday? It's meant to be a tallks meeting. Tibs

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Next Python Sheffield meeting Sept 27th
by Daley Chetwynd Sept. 26, 2011

Sept. 26, 2011

Hi all, Congratulations to the PyCon UK organisers for a great conference over the weekend. It was the first time that I'd been to PyCon and I really enjoyed it. The next Python Sheffield meeting is being held tomorrow night (Tuesday September 27th) at the GIST Lab in Sheffield. The meeting will run from 19:00 - 20:45, although doors will be open at the GIST Lab from 18:30. The GIST Lab is located opposite Sheffield train station and behind the Showroom cinema: http://thegisthub.net/groups/gistlab This month we've got the following three speakers: Daley Chetwynd (@dchetwynd) - "PyCon UK 2011 conference round-up" Thomas Kluyver (@takluyver) - "IPython's New Tools" Dave King (@davbo) - "Introduction to PyPy" We've currently got 9 people registered for the meeting. If you'd like to join us, please register for free at: http://pysheff1109.eventbrite.com/ We're always looking for future speakers, so if you'd like to talk on anything Python related and fancy a trip to Sheffield, please get in touch. To find out more about the Python Sheffield group, follow @pysheff on Twitter or see the Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/python-sheffield Thanks, Daley Chetwynd

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Bonus Northants Geeks meetup 29th September
by Michael Foord Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

Hey all, There's a Northants Geeks meetup *tonight* (22nd September) at the Malt Shovel Pub Northampton, 7:30pm as usual. To celebrate pycon-uk, and for a few folk who will be missing tonight (myself included unfortunately) there will be a *bonus* meetup next week. Same place, same time. All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html

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Room sharing in Coventry, PyConUK 2011
by Peter Bengtsson Sept. 22, 2011

Sept. 22, 2011

Both the Ibis and Formula 1 are fully booked for the Saturday night. Anybody willing to share a 2-bed room? If you're paying from own pocket I can take the whole expense and claim it for the whole room (if that makes sense) Peter

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Please post to Jobs
by Mark Horan Sept. 21, 2011

Sept. 21, 2011

Hey Python UK Team!! Please sent this to the UK mailing list Cheers Mark Python/Django Web Application Developer - Contract - 3 Months My client is a Media Production company based in London's West End. They are seeking a contract Django Web Application Developer to join the Tech Team in deploying a state of the art MAM Media Asset Management System. What you will be working on: - Take a key role in future development of the Django, CSS/XHTML and JQuery code base - Work with the existing technical team to architect the next phase of systems, including extending the API and working with new technologies - Maintain and add functionality to existing sites, in particular handle requests for new functionality. There are lots of fun things we want to add to the new service What you must be able to do: - Fluency in Python 2.5+ - Experience building or contributing to large Django Web Applications - Familiarity with Django pluggable apps - Django-registration Django-profiles Django-PayPal - CSS/XHTML and JQuery - Good understanding of RESTful Web Services - Extending a REST API - Experience with Real-Time Push/Pull Polling Technologies such as node.js and Websockets - Experience with or interest in high-availability and highly scalable systems - Experience with PostgreSQL, Apache, Nginx, SVN or Git and Hudson. Really great if you have: - Experience of, or interest in, new or emerging platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 are highly advantageous *** Please note you MUST be eligible to work in the UK/EU *** Python/Django Web Application Developer - Contract - 3 Months Send your CV Now to mark(a)zebrapeople.com or call Mark at Zebra 0207 729 4771 Summer Offer - REFER a Candidate that we Place and we'll buy YOU an iPad2!! Follow our opportunities on twitter @zebrapeople and like us on Facebook Signature-Referall Offer Mark Horan Mobile & Web Development Recruitment Consultant T: 0207 729 4771 M: 07974 214 932 E: <mailto:mark@zebrapeople.com> mark(a)zebrapeople.com <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/themarkhoran> btn_liprofile_blue_80x15 T: <https://twitter.com/#!/MarkZebra> @markzebra <http://www.zebrapeople.com/> www.zebrapeople.com Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/zebrapeople> @zebrapeople.com The contents of this mail are intended exclusively for the Addressee. If you are not the addressee you must not read use or disclose the email contents; you should notify us immediately, by clicking reply, and delete this email. Zebra People monitor e-mails to ensure its systems operate effectively and to minimise the risk of viruses. Whilst it has taken reasonable steps to scan this mail it does not accept liability for any viruses that may be contained in it.

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Re: [python-uk] Details about U-Dox Django job opportunity
by Tom Viner Sept. 19, 2011

Sept. 19, 2011

Just to confirm, this if a permanent position working with us in London. Salary according to experience. On Sep 19, 2011 7:48 PM, "Anand K" wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > You haven't said if you are after contractors or permanents though. > > Cheers, > Anand

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Details about U-Dox Django job opportunity
by Tom Viner Sept. 19, 2011

Sept. 19, 2011

Hey all, At the London python dojo (and also at the the annual London web boat cruise) there were a few people asking me for details of our job position at U-Dox. We're looking for a mid level web developer to work on exciting Django projects like http://www.vans.com/ and http://www.crookedtongues.com/ Requirements: * A couple of years of development experience with a web framework such as Django, Ruby on Rails etc. * Comfortable with Model View Controller pattern. * Have basic skills across the client-side: you'll need to know javascript and your padding from your margin. We use jQuery. * Experience with Linux and Apache very useful. * Working knowledge of source control. We use git. * Happy to learn new skills on the job and occasionally switch languages to do a bit of PHP or Ruby as required. Ideally you've got a github or similar for us to peruse (or some offline code you can show us) or else a very lengthy and detailed technical blog. We're a creative agency with a heavy focus on digital. We are very much a LAMP shop. With the P standing for Python. If that sounds good, do drop me an email. Meet us, I'll be at PyConUK this weekend! Thanks, Tom Viner Senior Developer - http://www.u-dox.com/

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PyCon UK 2011 - 24th to 25th September 2011 - Conference Announcement and Booking details
by Zeth Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 16, 2011

The UK's official Python conference returns. It is aimed at everyone in the Python community, of all skill levels, from beginners to core developers. The conference will be held on the 24th to 25th September 2011, in the TechnoCentre Coventry (CV1 2TT). The conference is not-for-profit and community-run by volunteers. It is your conference so you can give a talk, lead a workshop or help with publicity - see our wiki for more details. In particular, it would help a lot if you can forward this announcement to your Python-using friends and colleagues and relevant mailing lists, or link to our website on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and so on. Booking is open now. The ticket cost for the weekend is £95 which includes access to all sessions, lunches, refreshments, the exclusive PyCon UK T-shirt and the unmissable conference dinner (Concession rate is £75). For more details and to book, please visit our website at http://pyconuk.org/

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