[Python Edinburgh] Talks!

Tue Sep 2 19:24:54 CEST 2014

Hi all,

Sounds good, I agree too.

Jordi

2014-09-02 17:13 GMT+01:00 Alisdair Tullo <alisdair at tullo.me.uk>:

> Hi,
>
> I agree, this seems like the best option.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alisdair
>
> On Tue, September 2, 2014 5:05 pm, James Doig wrote:
> > I vote: Keep pub meetup as is and run talks separately on a different
> > day.
> >
> >
> > On 2 September 2014 16:58, Mark Smith <mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi everybody,
> >>
> >>
> >> In the past when I've asked around, there's been a general feeling that
> >>  we'd like to keep the pub meetups as they are and run talks
> >> separately. Before Toms unilaterally changes the format of our main
> >> function can anybody who has an opinion reply to this thread stating
> >> their preference.
> >>
> >> I think the options are:
> >>
> >>
> >> * Keep pub meetups as they are and run talks separately on a different
> >> day. * Start each meetup in a suitable venue (probably a local Python
> >> shop's office) with a short talk, followed by a move to the pub * Hold
> >> each meetup in suitable venue (see above) with a short talk and
> >> (possibly free) beer and pizza.
> >>
> >>
> >> If anyone has any other suggestions, please also feel free to post
> >> them.
> >>
> >> --Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2 September 2014 11:12, Toms <toms.baugis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hello again, this is the third and final email from me today :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I ran a quick survey last time and was extremely happy to see that as
> >>>  well as there are people who have been coding in python for 5+
> >>> years, there were also plenty who had just started or even are
> >>> considering learning python as their first programming language! Apart
> >>> from that, there was not a single person using the same stack - there
> >>> was so much diversity between 20 people, that there is enough fuel for
> >>> talks for a decade :)
> >>>
> >>> As such, I would like to tilt the format of the meetups by blending
> >>> in talks as the first part of the meetup. Not just every now and then,
> >>> but rather *each* time we meet. Ideally we should be looking for 5-15
> >>> minute long talks, where no topic is too big or too small. And they
> >>> will be exciting as for the beginners, so for the experts that might
> >>> find a gap in their knowledge
> >>>
> >>> I'll give a few examples that i hope will spark your imagination as
> >>> to what kind of talk could you give:
> >>>
> >>> * lists, dicts, sets, tuples, namedtuples, frozensets - when to pick
> >>> tuple and when to pick list? * decorators - how to write one and how
> >>> and when to use one * packing it up and shipping to PyPI with
> >>> setuptools * virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, workon and other handy
> >>> bits to make managing python dependencies a breeze * flask and writing
> >>> a web app in 30 lines
> >>>
> >>> These are talks anyone experienced a bit in python could give - and
> >>> there are tons of others. I'm quite certain that it would spark
> >>> discussions beyond what any of us could imagine.
> >>>
> >>> During the last meetup I also asked a few of you as to what talk
> >>> could you give if they would be given these 5-15 minutes, here are
> >>> some of results:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> * Thomas wrote a quizz web app in python and has open sourced it and
> >>> it has picked up - so it's most certainly worth checking it out * John
> >>> - interprocess communication
> >>> * Alistair - conda
> >>> * The gentleman who's name is now escaping me (sorry!) - how the new
> >>> buzzy Go compares to python * Manuel - "plone" - turns out that despite
> >>> the rumors, plone is still very much alive * Ross - a full stack trace
> >>> of a request - from browser down to where it all began (some ruby
> >>> might be involved)
> >>>
> >>> Here are few i can think myself from the top of the head, i could be
> >>> willing to present: * docopt - the awesome self-documenting CLI lib
> >>> * adding autocomplete to your application in linux
> >>> * writing a desktop application in 100 lines on linux with GTK3
> >>> * automating deployment with fab
> >>> * forget httplib/urrlib and embrace requests
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> What's your stack like?
> >>> What's your favourite or most often used feature, library or framework
> >>>  is? What makes your head hurt and what excites you every time you get
> >>> to use it?
> >>>
> >>> Mail me privately with your talk ideas at toms.baugis at gmail.com!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Toms
> >>>
> >>>
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