From tleeuwenburg at gmail.com Tue Jan 3 04:25:56 2012 From: tleeuwenburg at gmail.com (Tennessee Leeuwenburg) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:25:56 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] MPUG meeting ON for January: Tuesday 10 Jan at Inspire9 Message-ID: Hi all, Thanks to international visitor Mark Atwood ( http://mark.atwood.name/index.html), we have a great presentation lined up for next week. Mark is the Developer Community Manager for OpenShift at Red Hat. WHEN: *Tuesday 10 January*. We've got the venue booked between 6pm and 8:30pm. WHERE: *Inspire9,* http://www.inspire9.com.au/, Level 1, 41 Stewart St Richmond WHAT: "Platform as a Service" or PaaS is a popular buzz-word in Cloud Computing. But what does it mean, and how can you use it? OpenShift by Red Hat is a free-as-in-beer and soon to be free-as-in-speech PaaS platform that supports several open-source application server environments, including JavaEE6, Python, Ruby, PHP, and Perl. This demo will show you how to sign up for OpenShift, install and use the command-line tools to create an application, and how to use git to download, modify, and upload your own WSGI and Python applications. You can use your WSGI framework of choice, including Django, Flask, and Bottle. If time allows, we will have some additional speaking slots. At the last event, dinner was organised by passing around the hat for pizza money (approx $10 per head). I haven't actually been to the new venue, but I presume someone familiar with the area will take care of making sure dinner and drinks happen :) I hope to see you all there! And, of course, a happy new year to everyone :) Cheers, Tennessee Leeuwenburg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you're already convinced, pop over to http://tinyurl.com/pyconau2012-cft and fill out our Call for Topics form. ?If not, we've got a blog post over at http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2012/01/11/pycon-australia-2012-call-for-topics-now-open/ which will tell you even more! == About PyCon Australia == We're Australia's conference for the Python programming community. Learn about Python from experts and core developers of the implementations, libraries and frameworks you rely on: August 18 & 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania. Find out more at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://pycon-au.org -- @pyconau Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- AIM: chrisjrn157 -- MSN: chris at neugebauer.id.au -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn From ed at pythoncharmers.com Mon Jan 16 23:59:52 2012 From: ed at pythoncharmers.com (Ed Schofield) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:59:52 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Fwd: Three Positions Available in Water Forecasting Message-ID: Hi everyone, The Canberra office of the BoM is recruiting for three Python positions. If you're interested in moving to Canberra, see below (and the attachments) or go to http://bom.nga.net.au/cp/ and look up job references 11523,11352, 11353. Cheers, Ed ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daehyok Shin Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:38 PM Subject: FW: Three Positions Available in Water Forecasting [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] To: Ed Schofield Happy New Year, Ed! Could you circulate the following email among Melbourne Python Group members? It is about three Python positions my section is recruiting. Cheers. DH Hi All, Here are three positions I have mentioned in my presentation. As you can see in the job descriptions, we are looking for candidates particularly with strong Python or R programming skills. If you have any question on the positions, please feel free to ask me. -- Regards, Daehyok Shin (DH) Senior Professional Officer-Hydrology Bureau of Meteorology Level 3, 14 Childers Street Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 (02) 6232 3509 Fax: +61 (02) 6232 3500 Email: D.Shin at bom.gov.au From: Narendra Tuteja Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:39:04 +1100 To: Narendra Tuteja Subject: RE: Three Positions Available in Water Forecasting [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Dear colleague, Three exciting ongoing opportunities are available in the Extended Hydrological Prediction Section, Water Forecasting Branch of the Bureau of Meteorology. Applications for these positions will *open on Thursday 12 Jan 2012* at the Bureau's careers website http://www.bom.gov.au/careers/. I will be grateful if you can pass the attached information to potential applicants with substantial expertise in hydrologic modelling and systems development. With best wishes, Narendra Dr Narendra Kumar Tuteja A/Manager Extended Hydrological Prediction Section Water Forecasting Branch, Climate and Water Division Bureau of Meteorology GPO Box 2334, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Level 3, 14 Childers St, Civic Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia E-mail n.tuteja at bom.gov.au | Phone +61 (0)2 6232 3518 | Mob 0411050092 ------------------------------ *From:* Narendra Tuteja [mailto:n.tuteja at bom.gov.au ] *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 January 2012 1:41 PM *To:* Narendra Tuteja *Subject:* Three Positions Available in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory [image: AGU Careers] I found this job on AGU Careers (http://careers.agu.org) and thought you might be interested. Narendra Tuteja ------------------------------ *Apply online at* http://careers.agu.org/jobs/4626083.32 *Three Positions Available in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory * *Hourly Rate:* Open *Type:* Full Time - Experienced 1 x Ongoing - APS Level 6 (Professional Officer Class 2) - $73,073 - $83,081 pa plus an additional 15.4% superannuation - Canberra, ACT 2 x Ongoing - Executive Level 1 (Senior Information Technology Officer Grade C) - $88,966 - $100,212 pa plus an additional 15.4% superannuation - Canberra preferred, other capital cities will be considered The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency. Its expertise and services assist Australians in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including droughts, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring and advice spanning the Australian region and Antarctic territory, the Bureau provides one of the fundamental and most widely used services of government. The Bureau contributes to national social, economic, cultural and environmental goals by providing observational, meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic services and by undertaking research into science and environment related issues in support of its operations and services. The Bureau?s expanded water information role is enhancing the quality and utility of Australia?s water information by producing the National Water Account, water resource assessments and water availability forecasting services, supported by a national water monitoring and data collection network. These responsibilities add to the Bureau?s existing responsibilities for flood forecasting and warnings. The program includes development and maintenance of an integrated, national water information system freely accessible to the public (see www.bom.gov.au/water). The Extended Hydrological Prediction section (EHP) has been established to develop seasonal and long term water availability and streamflow forecasting services. The seasonal streamflow forecasting service was launched in December 2010 and the service provides water availability forecasts at important locations in the Murray-Darling Basin (see www.bom.gov.au/water/ssf). The service will be extended to areas providing substantial inflows to major storages across Australia. - APS Level 6 - This position will involve participating in the design and provision of water information and forecasting products in the Bureau?s Climate and Water Division. The occupant will be involved in advanced hydrologic modelling tasks requiring quantitative hydrology skills for delivery of the water forecasting products that support seasonal and long-term water forecasting services of the Division. The focus of the position is on water information product development for the Prediction Systems Unit of the Extended Hydrological Prediction Section. - Executive Level 1 - The Model Developer and Systems Architect is an important member of the EHP team complementing our existing skills in modelling, systems development and forecasting services. The person will be responsible for design, develop and bring into operations hydrologic modelling systems and tools. This will involve writing functional and systems specifications, technology selection, which requires very high level of expertise in programming and operationalising scientific modelling and service delivery systems. - Executive Level 1 - The Web Systems and Database Developer is an important member of the EHP team complementing our existing skills in modelling, systems development and forecasting services. Our Web Systems and Database Developer will lead and implement web-based solutions to achieve the Bureau?s Water Forecasting Service goals. Underscoring the importance of the Bureau of Meteorology?s web presence, the organisation is consistently the leading government website nationally. We are seeking experienced and motivated professionals who will enjoy working in a close and dynamic team environment to deliver practical environmental services and outcomes benefiting Australia. To view the Full Job Details of these position and to obtain further information on our recruitment process and how to apply refer to our careers website http://www.bom.gov.au/careers/. Please read the selection documentation and if you have any queries specific to this position please contact Narendra Tuteja on +61 2 6232 3518 or email n.tuteja at bom.gov.au. Applications are to be lodged online through the Bureau of Meteorology eRecruit system by the closing date. APPLICATIONS OPEN: THURSDAY 12TH JANUARY TO THURSDAY 26th JANUARY 2012 *NOTES:* 3 openings -- Dr. Edward Schofield Python Charmers +61 (0)405 676 229 http://pythoncharmers.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 11523_Job Details.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 68029 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, -T On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs wrote: > Hi All, > > As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new > programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially > finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk > about it at the next MPUG. > > I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd throw > it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? I could do > something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how to > teach programming. > > Cheers, > > Anthony > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -- -------------------------------------------------- Tennessee Leeuwenburg http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ "Don't believe everything you think" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That's fantastic to have it come out! > > I'd love to hear your pet theories, myself... anything you'd developed as > a personal perspective on Python, teaching Python or teaching in general. > That's just my +1 though, I'm not fussy! > > Cheers, > -T > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new >> programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially >> finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk >> about it at the next MPUG. >> >> I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd throw >> it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? I could do >> something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how to >> teach programming. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anthony >> >> _______________________________________________ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> >> > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------- > Tennessee Leeuwenburg > http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ > "Don't believe everything you think" > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I could do > something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how to > teach programming. > > Cheers, > > Anthony > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/melbourne-pug/attachments/20120122/fd73aff2/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:05:33 +1100 > From: Tennessee Leeuwenburg > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] Talks for next session > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hey, congratulations! That's fantastic to have it come out! > > I'd love to hear your pet theories, myself... anything you'd developed as a > personal perspective on Python, teaching Python or teaching in general. > That's just my +1 though, I'm not fussy! > > Cheers, > -T > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new > > programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially > > finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk > > about it at the next MPUG. > > > > I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd throw > > it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? I could do > > something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how > to > > teach programming. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Anthony > > > > _______________________________________________ > > melbourne-pug mailing list > > melbourne-pug at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------- > Tennessee Leeuwenburg > http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ > "Don't believe everything you think" > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/melbourne-pug/attachments/20120123/fafbf910/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:59:27 +1100 > From: Rhys Olwin > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] Talks for next session > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm putting my hand up for a short talk > > "Doing python the hard way" > > Getting by with windows, and without a administrator access when you would > prefer not to bother IT (again) > > This is, as you my expect, borne of my current frustation, but I will try > to make it funny. > > > Rhydwyn > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tennessee Leeuwenburg < > tleeuwenburg at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey, congratulations! That's fantastic to have it come out! > > > > I'd love to hear your pet theories, myself... anything you'd developed as > > a personal perspective on Python, teaching Python or teaching in general. > > That's just my +1 though, I'm not fussy! > > > > Cheers, > > -T > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs < > anthony.briggs at gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new > >> programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially > >> finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk > >> about it at the next MPUG. > >> > >> I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd > throw > >> it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? 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As to navigating the language, well, I recommend getting a nicer interpreter and just testing various things in it; I use bpython and help(foo) often, and of course the python doc website. > -- kb -- Noon Silk Fancy a quantum lunch? https://sites.google.com/site/quantumlunch/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy ? the joy of being this signature." From schweitzer.ubiquitous at gmail.com Wed Jan 25 00:10:06 2012 From: schweitzer.ubiquitous at gmail.com (martin schweitzer) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:10:06 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] topic idea: existing developers who are learning python In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > I wouldn't mind some tips on existing developers who are learning python and > how to navigate the new language. Hi As a developer, my first introduction to Python (many years ago) was the tutorial written by Guido (who also wrote Python). http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ I believe that this is still one of the best tutorial introductions to Python. Regards, Martin On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Noon Silk wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Kiran Busi wrote: > > I wouldn't mind some tips on existing developers who are learning python > and > > how to navigate the new language. > > You said "on", but do you mean "from" or "for"? I've been learning > python for the last 6 months now, coming from doing c# for about 8 > years. I could comment briefly on that, if anyone is interested (but > I'm not sure it would be useful). As to navigating the language, well, > I recommend getting a nicer interpreter and just testing various > things in it; I use bpython and help(foo) often, and of course the > python doc website. > > > > -- kb > > -- > Noon Silk > > Fancy a quantum lunch? https://sites.google.com/site/quantumlunch/ > > "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy ? the joy > of being this signature." > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > -- Martin Schweitzer Mobile: 0412 345 938 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lstoll at lstoll.net Wed Jan 25 07:44:58 2012 From: lstoll at lstoll.net (Lincoln Stoll) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:44:58 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] OT: Heroku Drinkup, 30 Jan Message-ID: <40592746-7103-4719-A80D-9ED70A323BCE@lstoll.net> Hi All, sorry for the somewhat off topic post. Dylan Egan and Myself from Heroku will be throwing a Heroku drink up next week. Where: Horse Bazaar (http://horsebazaar.com.au/), 397 Little Lonsdale St. When: Monday, 30 Jan and 20:00 Come down and have a beer on us, and chat with other hackers. Cheers, - Linc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4365 bytes Desc: not available URL: From anthony.briggs at gmail.com Mon Jan 30 12:29:24 2012 From: anthony.briggs at gmail.com (Anthony Briggs) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:29:24 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Talks for next session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that the Melbourne PUG is on next Monday. I'm giving a talk on writing my book, and Rhys is giving his "Doing python the hard way" talk. If you'd like to give a talk, you can add it to the wiki page ( http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG) which I've just updated. Cheers, Anthony On 23 January 2012 14:59, Rhys Olwin wrote: > I'm putting my hand up for a short talk > > "Doing python the hard way" > > Getting by with windows, and without a administrator access when you would > prefer not to bother IT (again) > > This is, as you my expect, borne of my current frustation, but I will try > to make it funny. > > > Rhydwyn > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tennessee Leeuwenburg < > tleeuwenburg at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey, congratulations! That's fantastic to have it come out! >> >> I'd love to hear your pet theories, myself... anything you'd developed as >> a personal perspective on Python, teaching Python or teaching in general. >> That's just my +1 though, I'm not fussy! >> >> Cheers, >> -T >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs < >> anthony.briggs at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new >>> programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially >>> finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk >>> about it at the next MPUG. >>> >>> I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd >>> throw it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? I could do >>> something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how to >>> teach programming. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anthony >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> melbourne-pug mailing list >>> melbourne-pug at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Tennessee Leeuwenburg >> http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ >> "Don't believe everything you think" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark at marklancaster.org Mon Jan 30 12:40:25 2012 From: mark at marklancaster.org (Mark Lancaster) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:40:25 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Talks for next session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All, I've recently moved to Melbourne from Perth but have been a subscriber to this list for awhile. Was wondering if I could pop in? Regards Mark On 30/01/2012, at 10:29 PM, Anthony Briggs wrote: > Hi All, > > Just a friendly reminder that the Melbourne PUG is on next Monday. I'm giving a talk on writing my book, and Rhys is giving his "Doing python the hard way" talk. > > If you'd like to give a talk, you can add it to the wiki page (http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG) which I've just updated. > > Cheers, > > Anthony > > > On 23 January 2012 14:59, Rhys Olwin wrote: > I'm putting my hand up for a short talk > > "Doing python the hard way" > > Getting by with windows, and without a administrator access when you would prefer not to bother IT (again) > > This is, as you my expect, borne of my current frustation, but I will try to make it funny. > > > Rhydwyn > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote: > Hey, congratulations! That's fantastic to have it come out! > > I'd love to hear your pet theories, myself... anything you'd developed as a personal perspective on Python, teaching Python or teaching in general. That's just my +1 though, I'm not fussy! > > Cheers, > -T > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs wrote: > Hi All, > > As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk about it at the next MPUG. > > I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd throw it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? I could do something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how to teach programming. > > Cheers, > > Anthony > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------- > Tennessee Leeuwenburg > http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ > "Don't believe everything you think" > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com Tue Jan 31 01:19:29 2012 From: r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (Richard Jones) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:19:29 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Talks for next session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 30 January 2012 22:29, Anthony Briggs wrote: > Just a friendly reminder that the Melbourne PUG is on next Monday. I'm > giving a talk on writing my book, and Rhys is giving his "Doing python the > hard way" talk. > > If you'd like to give a talk, you can add it to the wiki page > (http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG) which I've just updated. I have a thing I might talk about if I can find the time to collect my thoughts. Also, ekit (JT Global) will be sponsoring pizza for this meeting :-) Richard From anthony.briggs at gmail.com Tue Jan 31 06:22:06 2012 From: anthony.briggs at gmail.com (Anthony Briggs) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:22:06 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Talks for next session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Absolutely! The more the merrier :) On 30 January 2012 22:40, Mark Lancaster wrote: > Hi All, > > I've recently moved to Melbourne from Perth but have been a subscriber to > this list for awhile. Was wondering if I could pop in? > > Regards > > Mark > > On 30/01/2012, at 10:29 PM, Anthony Briggs wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just a friendly reminder that the Melbourne PUG is on next Monday. I'm > giving a talk on writing my book, and Rhys is giving his "Doing python the > hard way" talk. > > If you'd like to give a talk, you can add it to the wiki page ( > http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG) which I've just updated. > > Cheers, > > Anthony > > > On 23 January 2012 14:59, Rhys Olwin wrote: > >> I'm putting my hand up for a short talk >> >> "Doing python the hard way" >> >> Getting by with windows, and without a administrator access when you >> would prefer not to bother IT (again) >> >> This is, as you my expect, borne of my current frustation, but I will try >> to make it funny. >> >> >> Rhydwyn >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tennessee Leeuwenburg < >> tleeuwenburg at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey, congratulations! That's fantastic to have it come out! >>> >>> I'd love to hear your pet theories, myself... anything you'd developed >>> as a personal perspective on Python, teaching Python or teaching in >>> general. That's just my +1 though, I'm not fussy! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -T >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Anthony Briggs < >>> anthony.briggs at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> As some of you know, I've been working on a Python book, aimed at new >>>> programmers: http://manning.com/briggs/ Since I've now officially >>>> finished it (it's going to print right now) I can put my hand up to talk >>>> about it at the next MPUG. >>>> >>>> I haven't done any slides or written the talk yet, so I thought I'd >>>> throw it open to you guys - what would you like to hear about? I could do >>>> something like a post-mortem of the process, or my pet theories on how to >>>> teach programming. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> melbourne-pug mailing list >>>> melbourne-pug at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> Tennessee Leeuwenburg >>> http://myownhat.blogspot.com/ >>> "Don't believe everything you think" >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> melbourne-pug mailing list >>> melbourne-pug at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> melbourne-pug mailing list >> melbourne-pug at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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