From catherine.devlin at gmail.com  Thu Feb  1 16:38:42 2007
From: catherine.devlin at gmail.com (Catherine Devlin)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:38:42 -0500
Subject: [python-advocacy] Slide deck for introductory talk
Message-ID: <6523e39a0702010738i5eeabf4x467ed058faa92460@mail.gmail.com>

Michael,

Aside from its use at PyCon, would you consider making your slides available
to the Python community in general, to be archived in places like
http://advocacy.python.org/ ?

I've often thought that the Python community could use a ready-to-go slide
deck for a basic introduction.  I've considered giving a local "intro to
Python" presentation - heck, the local Perl Mongers group has been *nagging
me to* - but I haven't had time to put together a good slide deck.  If I
could just grab an existing introductory talk, practice it, and go - I could
start presenting right away.  I'll bet we could find people in many cities
who could do the same thing.

Is there a "standard" Intro to Python slide deck out there already that I'm
simply unaware of?

"If you died today, are you 100% certain that your successor could read and
maintain your code?"

On 1/31/07, Michael Tobis <mtobis at gmail.com> wrote: [originally to edu-sig
and pycon-organizers, not advocacy at python.org]

> I guess it's a bit late to try to put this together, but is there any
> interest in putting together a Python for Newbies presentation at PyCon for
> friends and family?
>
> I have a two-hour presentation I've given a few times, so it would not
> take much prep for me to do this. It has some nice features, in that it
> gives people the flavor of programming in just one session.
>

-- 
- Catherine
http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
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From mtobis at gmail.com  Thu Feb  1 16:47:28 2007
From: mtobis at gmail.com (Michael Tobis)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:47:28 -0600
Subject: [python-advocacy] Slide deck for introductory talk
In-Reply-To: <6523e39a0702010738i5eeabf4x467ed058faa92460@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6523e39a0702010738i5eeabf4x467ed058faa92460@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c3aa55550702010747k60beee30xf059c10d3f00a3fd@mail.gmail.com>

This is a good suggestion. I will certainly try to make what I have
available. Maybe a webcast is in order.

Note however, that its intent is as an intro to programming using Python,
not as an intro to Python itself, and especially NOT as an intro to Python
suitable for Perlmongers.

Indeed, Python for Perlmongers and Python for Javanauts and Python for C++
gurus and Python for FoxPro hackers and Python for Fortran victims might all
be somewhat different. You have to "reset your brain" differently in each
case. However, they will not differ as much among each other as Python for
rank beginners.

mt

On 2/1/07, Catherine Devlin <catherine.devlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Aside from its use at PyCon, would you consider making your slides
> available to the Python community in general, to be archived in places like http://advocacy.python.org/
> ?
>
> I've often thought that the Python community could use a ready-to-go slide
> deck for a basic introduction.  I've considered giving a local "intro to
> Python" presentation - heck, the local Perl Mongers group has been *nagging
> me to* - but I haven't had time to put together a good slide deck.  If I
> could just grab an existing introductory talk, practice it, and go - I could
> start presenting right away.  I'll bet we could find people in many cities
> who could do the same thing.
>
> Is there a "standard" Intro to Python slide deck out there already that
> I'm simply unaware of?
>
> "If you died today, are you 100% certain that your successor could read
> and maintain your code?"
>
> On 1/31/07, Michael Tobis <mtobis at gmail.com> wrote: [originally to edu-sig
> and pycon-organizers, not advocacy at python.org]
>
> > I guess it's a bit late to try to put this together, but is there any
> > interest in putting together a Python for Newbies presentation at PyCon for
> > friends and family?
> >
> > I have a two-hour presentation I've given a few times, so it would not
> > take much prep for me to do this. It has some nice features, in that it
> > gives people the flavor of programming in just one session.
> >
>
> --
> - Catherine
> http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
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From jeff at taupro.com  Fri Feb  2 14:09:38 2007
From: jeff at taupro.com (Jeff Rush)
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:09:38 -0600
Subject: [python-advocacy] About PyCamp - a Regional Python Unconference
Message-ID: <45C33812.1070800@taupro.com>

A week or so ago, the Dallas and Houston Python User Groups met online in a 
chat room, to discuss the possibility of a regional Python conference.  There 
was interest on all sides.  Some of the Dallas members had recently attended 
their second BarCamp (http://barcamp.org), defined as an ad-hoc gathering born 
from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment.

 From this interaction as well as the realization, after the Dallas group 
hosted PyCon in 2006 and will again in 2007, that a conference is a *lot* of 
work, we decided to try the idea of running an "unconference".

An unconference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference) is a conference 
where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, 
generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single 
organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance.

And tossing around some names, we decided upon "PyCamp".  There is much to be 
discussed re dates, location and how it will operate, so I set up the website:

   http://pycamp.python.org/

and a Mailman instance for mailing lists at:

   http://pycamp.python.org/lists/

The rough idea is to hold a Texas-wide unconference, perhaps sometimes in 
August and near Austin.  There was also the idea of holding a rotating 
unconference that moves between Dallas, Austin and Houston, say twice a year. 
  To minimize the impact on participant (not attendee - this is an 
unconference after all where you are expected to get involved) schedules, it 
was suggested we hold it over a weekend.  We'd meet for dinner/drinks on a 
Friday evening, hold our talks at some hotel on Saturday and early Sunday, and 
then travel home Sunday evening.

You'll notice that I keep saying "maybe", "suggested" and other weasel words 
above.  This is because I'm not the conference chair (thankfully) and we're 
not imposing the schedule/rules.  Ralph Green of Dallas has volunteered to 
wrangle the project and website, and is one of those who has attended a 
BarCamp.  We need the creative energy and participation by members of all 
Python User Groups in Texas and invite you to join the Texas PyCamp mailing 
list (see above URL).

Oh, and we didn't want to be the only ones having fun, so the PyCamp URL, wiki 
and mailing lists are available to other states or regions than Texas. 
Hopefully we can start a movement toward regional PyCamp Unconferences 
everywhere.  If you're unfortunate enough to not live in Texas, drop me an 
email and I'll set you up your own regional section of the PyCamp site.

Jump in and let's talk.  And with PyCon rapidly approaching, we'd like to meet 
face-to-face with kindred spirits there.  I'll make sure it gets on the 
conference schedule.

Jeff Rush
Python Advocacy Coordinator
Dallas-Ft. Worth Pythoneers Coordinator
PyCon 2007 Co-Chair

From amk at amk.ca  Sat Feb  3 14:23:05 2007
From: amk at amk.ca (A.M. Kuchling)
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 08:23:05 -0500
Subject: [python-advocacy] About PyCamp - a Regional Python Unconference
In-Reply-To: <45C33812.1070800@taupro.com>
References: <45C33812.1070800@taupro.com>
Message-ID: <20070203132305.GA23729@andrew-kuchlings-computer.local>

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 07:09:38AM -0600, Jeff Rush wrote:
> From this interaction as well as the realization, after the Dallas group 
> hosted PyCon in 2006 and will again in 2007, that a conference is a *lot* 
> of work, we decided to try the idea of running an "unconference".

After PyCon (maybe *long* after PyCon :) ), I'd also like to run an
unconference somewhere on the East Coast.  Part of the motivation is
that conferences are fun, but formal ones like PyCon are a fair bit of
work.  I also think we'd benefit from more frequent sprints, and a
network of smaller regional conferences would be a good way to foster
that.

--amk

From tennessee at tennessee.id.au  Fri Feb  9 04:13:09 2007
From: tennessee at tennessee.id.au (Tennessee Leeuwenburg)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:13:09 +1100
Subject: [python-advocacy] Python Papers second issue now available!
Message-ID: <43c8685c0702081913pcfa5398pf9b2781a5994e4be@mail.gmail.com>

G'day Pythonistas! Welcome to Issue Two of The Python Papers. It has been an
exciting time and we are pleased to have reached this milestone. I'd like to
say a big hello to all the people who have provided their input in making
this a reality: the python-advocacy list, comp.lang.python, the Python User
Groups that responded to the call to participate and also many individuals.
This is also the first issue where we have attempted to publish both a PDF
and an HTML edition.

Get it here!  (http://pythonpapers.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.169/prod.5)
<http://pythonpapers.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.169/prod.5>

Please note the new volume number commences with the calendar year, so the
volume number has increased while the issue number is the same as the last
issue.

The choice of format was clearly an issue for many people on both sides.
Going forward, we will continue to use PDF as our primary 'authorative'
version for the purposes of page numbering and referencing, however the HTML
edition will be made public in a day or two after further editing to cope
with conversion effects.

Table of Contents: Editorial | Page 1
Python 411 Interview | Page 2
Coding Idioms pt 2 -- Design Patterns | Page 5
Python User Group Highlights | Page 7
Firebird Database Backup by
Serialized Database Table Dump | Page 10
Python Events | P15
Cheers, -Tennessee Leeuwenburg (Editor-In-Chief)
Posted by Tennessee Leeuwenburg on 2007/02/09
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From tennessee at tennessee.id.au  Tue Feb 20 05:14:10 2007
From: tennessee at tennessee.id.au (Tennessee Leeuwenburg)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:14:10 +1100
Subject: [python-advocacy] Python Papers Volume 2, Issue 1 comments
Message-ID: <43c8685c0702192014m4e8af1f4j8841f874067fb497@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Many of you provided comments on the last issue of The Python Papers. The
new issue has been available for a few days, and I was wondering if people
as they read it would be able to provide more valuable feedback. We have
tried to meet the demand, and have published an HTML version.

In the end, it seems like there is no two-birds-with-one-stone solution to
multiformat publishing, and so I had to create the web version manually. I
am simply not a web designer, so the HTML is probably insufficient in terms
of browser compatibilities etc. However, it was at least readable on both IE
and Firefox.

Also, I have begun an effort to produce a thorough review of papers
published in the last year, to be presented in the next issue. It will
probably be quite labour intensive, so if anyone has any nominations, or can
contribute a review of a paper, that would be great to know about.

I would also love to hear people's comments on the content of the most
recent edition...

Cheers,
-T
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From surekap at gmail.com  Sat Feb 24 15:20:17 2007
From: surekap at gmail.com (Prateek Sureka)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:20:17 -0600
Subject: [python-advocacy] Python Advocacy in India
Message-ID: <0F6212E1-2F55-4C0F-A9C0-3316F75DE4E9@gmail.com>

Hi Jeff,

We met yesterday at Pycon after your talk on advocacy. My  
organization Brainwave (www.brainwavelive.com) does the bulk of its  
development in Python.
Our product is a database+web stack entirely built on Python, for  
building enterprise web applications.

As such we spend a lot of time not only trying to recruit good Python  
developers but also providing training to our customers (application/ 
solution development firms like Satyam Computers) and trying to raise  
awareness for Python in the enterprise. The fact that we have a  
commercial product and support infrastructure around it enables us to  
capture the ear and influence IT departments of large corporations  
and also other medium-large development firms who are still  
mainly .NET or Java shops.

The India development center of Brainwave has been engaged in this  
effort for some time and so far the biggest problem has been working  
in isolation. We would like to connect ourselves with the greater  
Python community and draw on the resources and the existing advocacy  
engine to further the cause of Python in India. This could include  
volunteers who are traveling to India who know a lot to offer to hold  
a lecture/meeting talking about how they used Python, showcasing  
success stories, organizing code-fests etc etc. We also have the  
ability to lobby the Indian Institute of Technology and get interns  
to work on projects of our choice - another area where you may be  
able to help.

Please let me know how we can take things forward.

thanks,

Prateek Sureka
Chief Technology Architect
Brainwave LLC
ps at brainwavelive.com
www.brainwavelive.com


From tennessee at tennessee.id.au  Tue Feb 27 03:44:04 2007
From: tennessee at tennessee.id.au (Tennessee Leeuwenburg)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:44:04 +1000
Subject: [python-advocacy] Python Advocacy in India
In-Reply-To: <0F6212E1-2F55-4C0F-A9C0-3316F75DE4E9@gmail.com>
References: <0F6212E1-2F55-4C0F-A9C0-3316F75DE4E9@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <43c8685c0702261844k9547286g240fc21c38788c9@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Prateek Sureka,

My name is Tennessee Leeuwenburg. I am the Editor-In-Chief of The Python
Papers (http://pythonpapers.org). We are a small team of volunteers working
to produce a free, quarterly Python journal including articles, interviews
and academic papers among other things.

It would be fantastic to make closer ties with groups in different
countries. Currently, the editorial board is based entirely in Melbourne,
Australia, although we would love to expand to include others.

We would love to include content from India. It sounds like you may be
interested in working on a profile piece for your organisation which we
would be happy to help with and feature in our next edition. It would be
fascinating to have some insight into the development processes in India to
offer to our readers. If you have something specific in mind, that would be
fine. Alternatively, edition two contains some Python User Group articles
which you might like to have a look at.

Specifically addressing some of your points below -- decreasing the feeling
of isolation is one of the key 'mandates' if you will for The Python Papers.
Raising the profile of development in India through the journal is a first
step -- including regular articles in future editions, and fostering greater
involvement would be another.

I am sure the greater Python community would have plenty of use for
volunteer assistance, but should you be interested, we are also seeking more
assistance in creating our journal.

Our website is currently undergoing redevelopment, so the information isn't
organised as neatly as we would like. However, each edition is available
from our homepage (http://pythonpapers.org) and additional resources, such
as our "Information for Authors" document, is available from
http://archive.pythonpapers.org.

Please let me know if you are interested in any of the above situations.
With some more thought, we might be able to come up with some more ideas for
beneficial co-operation. Your points about having connections with the
Indian Institute of Technology and other organisations indicate that a
positive response from both myself and as many other people involved in
Python advocacy as possible should be a priority.

Yours Sincerely,
-Tennessee Leeuwenburg
(Editor-In-Chief, The Python Papers)

On 2/25/07, Prateek Sureka <surekap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> We met yesterday at Pycon after your talk on advocacy. My
> organization Brainwave (www.brainwavelive.com) does the bulk of its
> development in Python.
> Our product is a database+web stack entirely built on Python, for
> building enterprise web applications.
>
> As such we spend a lot of time not only trying to recruit good Python
> developers but also providing training to our customers (application/
> solution development firms like Satyam Computers) and trying to raise
> awareness for Python in the enterprise. The fact that we have a
> commercial product and support infrastructure around it enables us to
> capture the ear and influence IT departments of large corporations
> and also other medium-large development firms who are still
> mainly .NET or Java shops.
>
> The India development center of Brainwave has been engaged in this
> effort for some time and so far the biggest problem has been working
> in isolation. We would like to connect ourselves with the greater
> Python community and draw on the resources and the existing advocacy
> engine to further the cause of Python in India. This could include
> volunteers who are traveling to India who know a lot to offer to hold
> a lecture/meeting talking about how they used Python, showcasing
> success stories, organizing code-fests etc etc. We also have the
> ability to lobby the Indian Institute of Technology and get interns
> to work on projects of our choice - another area where you may be
> able to help.
>
> Please let me know how we can take things forward.
>
> thanks,
>
> Prateek Sureka
> Chief Technology Architect
> Brainwave LLC
> ps at brainwavelive.com
> www.brainwavelive.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Advocacy mailing list
> Advocacy at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy
>
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From alvinwang at gmail.com  Tue Feb 27 07:36:42 2007
From: alvinwang at gmail.com (Alvin Wang)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:36:42 -0800
Subject: [python-advocacy] Pycon
Message-ID: <77d044440702262236v42cc166bs9846b960e546a3d8@mail.gmail.com>

Pycon was great.  I enjoyed the advocacy discussion.

One thought I had as I read about the Oscars this morning is that we should
offer a Person of the Year for advocacy in Python at Pycon.  Project of the
Year.  New project of the year.  Etc.  It combines the thanking that we were
talking about at Pycon with having something to talk about for Press
releases.  It could also be a nice icon for the project webpage or personal
blog.

Pycon doesn't have enough exhibits for a best in show but I was thinking
that you could have all the Lightning talks on Friday be new projects.  The
coolest talk would be named Best of Pycon.

-- 
Alvin Wang
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From goodmansond at gmail.com  Tue Feb 27 16:28:47 2007
From: goodmansond at gmail.com (DeanG)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:28:47 -0600
Subject: [python-advocacy] Pycon
In-Reply-To: <77d044440702262236v42cc166bs9846b960e546a3d8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <77d044440702262236v42cc166bs9846b960e546a3d8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f5c6a5400702270728j99ebf51l874f0f4670e1eddf@mail.gmail.com>

One outlet of Person of the Year is the O'Reilly Frank Willison Award
given at OSCON.

In the last few years it's gotten less attention and could use an
Advocacy or PSF contact person.


The other awards sound neat and might make a nice showcasing
opportunity at PyCon.

On 2/27/07, Alvin Wang <alvinwang at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pycon was great.  I enjoyed the advocacy discussion.
>
> One thought I had as I read about the Oscars this morning is that we should
> offer a Person of the Year for advocacy in Python at Pycon.  Project of the
> Year.  New project of the year.  Etc.

From sdeibel at wingware.com  Tue Feb 27 17:58:32 2007
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:58:32 -0600
Subject: [python-advocacy] Pycon
In-Reply-To: <f5c6a5400702270728j99ebf51l874f0f4670e1eddf@mail.gmail.com>
References: <77d044440702262236v42cc166bs9846b960e546a3d8@mail.gmail.com>
	<f5c6a5400702270728j99ebf51l874f0f4670e1eddf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <EC3D1E25-7208-4C49-A365-A734CFA01D1D@wingware.com>

On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:28 AM, DeanG wrote:
> One outlet of Person of the Year is the O'Reilly Frank Willison Award
> given at OSCON.
>
> In the last few years it's gotten less attention and could use an
> Advocacy or PSF contact person.

Yes, although it's at OSCON and not PyCon so would be good to have  
something
at PyCon if someone is willing to take the lead on this.  Feel free  
to contact me to
arrange some sort of prizes paid for by the PSF.

BTW, at PyCon I found out that O'Reilly apparently thinks the  
Willison Award is
supposed to be a PSF thing, and apparently last year's recipient  
never got any
sort of paper or plaque or anything.  This may be confusion from the  
many changes
of who is the main Python contact at O'Reilly.  I've never been to  
OSCON so don't
know how it was presented in the past.  Clearly needs to be fixed --  
don't use that
as a model for how any PyCon-time award is done! ;-)

In fact if someone wants to manage both awards, that would be great.   
This is one of
those items that the PSF board hasn't had time to do a good job with  
and each of
the last years it's been a last minute thing.

-

Stephan Deibel
Chairman of the Board
Python Software Foundation



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From sdeibel at wingware.com  Tue Feb 27 19:41:23 2007
From: sdeibel at wingware.com (Stephan Deibel)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:41:23 -0600
Subject: [python-advocacy] Looking for new Python Success Stories editor(s)
Message-ID: <BC19B03C-B126-4D86-8746-3016BA980F60@wingware.com>

Hi,

I'm looking for someone to replace me as the editor of the Python  
Success Stories collection.
I've got two stories in the pipeline that I am just not getting to  
and it's time for me to step back
from this role.

The work can be a minimum of processing the self-submitted stories  
(about 4-5 per year, 2 hours each) or much more if you want to try to  
pursue doing more printed booklets w/ O'Reilly, actively request  
stories from prominent Python users, and improve how the stories are  
stored, content franchised, and consumed/displayed on python.org.  I  
can provide guidance and info as needed.

This is fairly important, I think, in that these stories help  
legitimize Python in the minds of
big IT groups that incorrectly think Python is a marginalized niche  
language.

Any takers here or suggestions of who might be interested?

-

Stephan Deibel
Wingware
Advancing Software Development

www.wingware.com



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From alvinwang at gmail.com  Tue Feb 27 21:46:37 2007
From: alvinwang at gmail.com (Alvin Wang)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:46:37 -0800
Subject: [python-advocacy] Pycon
In-Reply-To: <EC3D1E25-7208-4C49-A365-A734CFA01D1D@wingware.com>
References: <77d044440702262236v42cc166bs9846b960e546a3d8@mail.gmail.com>
	<f5c6a5400702270728j99ebf51l874f0f4670e1eddf@mail.gmail.com>
	<EC3D1E25-7208-4C49-A365-A734CFA01D1D@wingware.com>
Message-ID: <77d044440702271246u5bbb9c9bra7214ba8cf913c87@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/27/07, Stephan Deibel <sdeibel at wingware.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:28 AM, DeanG wrote:
>
> One outlet of Person of the Year is the O'Reilly Frank Willison Award
> given at OSCON.
>
> In the last few years it's gotten less attention and could use an
> Advocacy or PSF contact person.
>
>
> Yes, although it's at OSCON and not PyCon so would be good to have
> something
> at PyCon if someone is willing to take the lead on this.  Feel free to
> contact me to
> arrange some sort of prizes paid for by the PSF.
>
> BTW, at PyCon I found out that O'Reilly apparently thinks the Willison
> Award is
> supposed to be a PSF thing, and apparently last year's recipient never got
> any
> sort of paper or plaque or anything.  This may be confusion from the many
> changes
> of who is the main Python contact at O'Reilly.  I've never been to OSCON
> so don't
> know how it was presented in the past.  Clearly needs to be fixed -- don't
> use that
> as a model for how any PyCon-time award is done! ;-)
>
> In fact if someone wants to manage both awards, that would be great.  This
> is one of
> those items that the PSF board hasn't had time to do a good job with and
> each of
> the last years it's been a last minute thing.
>
>  -
>
> Stephan Deibel
> Chairman of the Board
> Python Software Foundation
>
>
>
>
I did not know about the Willison Award.  I was not planning on going to
Oscon even though I will be in Portland on the weekend before it.  We should
leave that as an overall Person of the year award.

Here are my thoughts on Pycon awards.  I would be willing to put some work
into it if nobody more qualified steps forward.

1) Decide on a manageable set of annual awards say <10.  Suggestions from
community by 8/31
- Python book of the year - should have word python on the cover - not
required
- Python article of the year - magazine web or print not a blog posting
- Python Evangelist of the year
- Python - closed source Product of the year
- Python open source project of the year
- Python - new project of the year
- Python Groundbreaker of the year
- Etc.

2) Nomination period - say 12/15->1/15

3) Voting period - say 1/16->2/15

4) Awards - whenever Pycon is


-- 
Alvin Wang
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