From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Thu Sep  4 06:19:16 2008
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:19:16 -0700
Subject: [python-advocacy] BusinessWeek covers Python
Message-ID: <20080904041916.GA19586@panix.com>

The front cover of BusinessWeek Sept 8, 2008 shows a fictitious IBM
employee with many different attributes.  One of the attributes is,
"Computer Languages: Python, Perl, JavaScript"
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"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."  --Richard Bach

From catherine.devlin at gmail.com  Mon Sep 22 21:05:59 2008
From: catherine.devlin at gmail.com (Catherine Devlin)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:05:59 -0400
Subject: [python-advocacy] silent-movie slideshow?
In-Reply-To: <48945E95.8010402@taupro.com>
References: <6523e39a0808012010i4a901455raff8b8a5f959ee78@mail.gmail.com>
	<48945E95.8010402@taupro.com>
Message-ID: <6523e39a0809221205u1397e4belaade86b7793434d1@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the great suggestions, Jeff!

I've written up demo software, called "ponyshow":

http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/ponyshow

It's mostly just a key-typer - a wrapper around xautomation's xte - so
it can do anything you could do by typing at your command line.That
way it can demo everything from pyglet to Jython.  Heck, you could
even demo Ruby with it (ssshhhh).  *nix-only.

Ponyshow comes with a show.txt to run that is going to be expanded
like crazy by Ohio LinuxFest (Oct. 11).  Anybody who wants to
contribute exciting/instructive code snippets or small programs, I'll
be delighted to include them.

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Jeff Rush <jeff at taupro.com> wrote:
> Catherine Devlin wrote:
>>
>> Hi!  I'm thinking of putting up a table at the next Ohio LinuxFest to
>> hawk Python and PyOhio.  One of the things I'd like to put on it is a
>> computer screen paging gradually through some instructive and/or
>> eye-catching samples of things Python can do... everything from
>> "here's list comprehension" to "here's a tiny Pyglet game".  Stuff to
>> catch the eyes of the passers-by and millers-about.

-- 
- Catherine
http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
*** PyCon * March 27-29, 2009 * Chicago * us.pycon.org ***

From carl at personnelware.com  Tue Sep 23 06:10:02 2008
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:10:02 -0500
Subject: [python-advocacy] silent-movie slideshow?
In-Reply-To: <6523e39a0809221205u1397e4belaade86b7793434d1@mail.gmail.com>
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	<6523e39a0809221205u1397e4belaade86b7793434d1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48D86C1A.70407@personnelware.com>

Do you need some Pyglet code?  I saw a great presentation at the SF pygl? group
- I think the guy did a PyCon talk in 06 - but he nailed the "look what you can
do in just a few lines" foo.  I'll figure out who it is if you want me to (have
do do some inbox spelunking.

Carl K

Catherine Devlin wrote:
> Thanks for the great suggestions, Jeff!
> 
> I've written up demo software, called "ponyshow":
> 
> http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/ponyshow
> 
> It's mostly just a key-typer - a wrapper around xautomation's xte - so
> it can do anything you could do by typing at your command line.That
> way it can demo everything from pyglet to Jython.  Heck, you could
> even demo Ruby with it (ssshhhh).  *nix-only.
> 
> Ponyshow comes with a show.txt to run that is going to be expanded
> like crazy by Ohio LinuxFest (Oct. 11).  Anybody who wants to
> contribute exciting/instructive code snippets or small programs, I'll
> be delighted to include them.
> 
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Jeff Rush <jeff at taupro.com> wrote:
>> Catherine Devlin wrote:
>>> Hi!  I'm thinking of putting up a table at the next Ohio LinuxFest to
>>> hawk Python and PyOhio.  One of the things I'd like to put on it is a
>>> computer screen paging gradually through some instructive and/or
>>> eye-catching samples of things Python can do... everything from
>>> "here's list comprehension" to "here's a tiny Pyglet game".  Stuff to
>>> catch the eyes of the passers-by and millers-about.
> 

From nehas at packtpub.com  Fri Sep 26 08:47:45 2008
From: nehas at packtpub.com (Neha Shaikh)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:17:45 +0530
Subject: [python-advocacy] New "Expert Python Programming" book from Packt
Message-ID: <000401c91fa3$ca661db0$5f325910$@com>

Hello,

 

My name is Neha and I work for Packt, a UK based publishing company
specializing in focused IT books. .You can read more about us at
www.packtpub.com

 

We have recently released a book, titled ?Expert Python Programming? and I
was wondering whether you would be interested in featuring details of it on
your website.

 

?Expert Python Programming? is a new book that aims to help developers build
better applications in Python with the help of best practices and new
development techniques. Written by Tarek Ziad?, a contributor to the Zope
code and an experienced Python developer, Expert Python Programming takes
you on a practical tour of Python application development.

You can read more about the book here:
http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-programming/book


I would love to arrange a feature for this book on your website as I think
it would be perfect for its audience. If you are interested in more details,
I can send you a chapter from the book to publish on your site or you can
also putup a link back to our book page. It could be a resourceful content
for it?s audience. 

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank You,

 

Neha 

 

 

Neha Shaikh

Marketing Research Executive | Packt Publishing | http://www.packtpub.com/

Tel: +91 22 66987684 | Skype: neha_packt | MSN: neha_packt at hotmail.com

 

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