From bradallen137 at gmail.com Thu Oct 6 04:56:03 2011 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:56:03 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Mike Driscoll wrote: > Hi, > > I was just wondering what you thought were the highlights of the PyTexas > event. So far, I've only had one other person give me feedback. Thanks, > > -- > ----------------- > Mike Driscoll > > Blog:?? http://blog.pythonlibrary.org Thanks for taking an interest, Mike. I hope you won't mind that I cc'd the Texas Python mailing list in order to stimulate discussion. Hopefully some of the folks here will reminisce. For me the highlight of the event was the lack of disasters. :-) Since I was running the show I didn't get to see many presentations or join the open space talks. I'm looking forward to watching the videos which are just now starting to show up at http://nextdayvideo.pytexas.org. Soon hopefully they will appear on http://python.mirocommunity.org Disasters which did not occur: * None of the seven loaner laptops were lost or stolen. These were loaned out to attendees who did not have laptops. We retained their driver's licenses or id cards until they returned the laptops. * We were able to put back everything they way we found it, including the correct number of chairs in rooms, as well as A/V wiring. TAMU had no complaints! * No caffeine or snack shortages! Well, I did hear once that we ran out of coffee but most of the time it seemed like we had enough. * At night all the gear, sponsor setups, etc were safely locked in the rooms without incident. * We had more than enough lightning talks to fill the allotted time, thereby averting the promised threat of Perl 6 lightning talks. * All speakers showed up on time and finished their talks on time! The cancellations which occurred in the final week before the event were able to be replaced by other volunteers stepping forward to give talks at the last minute (thanks Jon Nials and Tyler Hobbs) * The A/V crew inbound flight was not delayed significantly and they were able to arrive on Friday night. We had a scare due to a miscommunication via email and a failure to exchange phone numbers beforehand. * There was no invocation of the secret code of conduct policy, and the Spanish Inquisition was not unleashed. Civility reigned, and the comfy chairs...remained merely comfy. (The comfy chairs were innocently provided by Snoball.com) I'm sure there were plenty of other disasters averted (no injuries, lawsuits, etc), but lest I dwell too much on the positive, it's worth mentioning that some things did go wrong. (Raw memory of feverishly scrambling to tenkey raffle ticket numbers into a spreadsheet from a hand scrawled registration page, thinking "how did I get myself into this...?" while in the next room the audience gathered and grew restive.) Anyway, hopefully others here can say something about the highlights of PyTexas 2011, such as the excellent presentations, fun social encounters, and awesome t-shirts and swag bags with original art by Dave Birch... From kevin.horn at gmail.com Thu Oct 6 15:23:12 2011 From: kevin.horn at gmail.com (Kevin Horn) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:23:12 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > I'm looking forward to watching the videos > which are just now starting to show up at > http://nextdayvideo.pytexas.org. Soon hopefully they will appear on > http://python.mirocommunity.org > Is http://nextdayvideo.pytexas.org a new domain? Is it possible that DNS is still propogating it? I'm not seeing it. Glad to hear things went well. I'm very sorry to have missed it. Kevin Horn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bradallen137 at gmail.com Thu Oct 6 16:47:15 2011 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:47:15 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Oops, I meant to type http://nextdayvideo.blip.tv On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Kevin Horn wrote: > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Brad Allen wrote: >> >> I'm looking forward to watching the videos >> which are just now starting to show up at >> http://nextdayvideo.pytexas.org. Soon hopefully they will appear on >> http://python.mirocommunity.org > > Is http://nextdayvideo.pytexas.org a new domain?? Is it possible that DNS is > still propogating it? I'm not seeing it. > > Glad to hear things went well.? I'm very sorry to have missed it. > > Kevin Horn > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > From richnusgeeks at gmail.com Tue Oct 11 04:10:27 2011 From: richnusgeeks at gmail.com (Ankur Sharma) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:40:27 +0530 Subject: [Texas] hands on tutorial for Tweaking Terminals/Bash and Console mode GUIs Message-ID: Hi All, Here are the links to read online / download the print article published in Linux for You magazine to *hack into Terminals and Console mode GUIs*. http://bit.ly/oGZLmZ http://bit.ly/o3vL5M -- Regards, Ankur -------------------------------------------------------- RichNusGeeks Creatives where technologies meet creativity www.richnusgeeks.com www.richnusgeeks.wordpress.com -------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chad at cast.uark.edu Mon Oct 17 13:43:09 2011 From: chad at cast.uark.edu (Chad Cooper (CAST)) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:43:09 -0500 Subject: [Texas] pyArkansas this Saturday Oct 22, Conway, AR Message-ID: pyArkansas 2011 is less than one week away. Join us this coming Sat, Oct. 22 in Conway, AR at the University of Central Arkansas Computer Science Department for the 4th annual conference. It's free and we have a full day of talks, networking, and some awesome giveaways. Go to www.pyarkansas.orgfor more info and to sign up. Here is the talk lineup: - Introduction to Python I, Dr. Bernard Chen, UCA - Using Python with Blender I, Gordon Fisher - Sphinx I, Brandon Craig Rhodes - Data Visualization, Brian English, Henderson State University - Introduction to Python II, Dr. Bernard Chen, UCA - Sphinx II, Brandon Craig Rhodes - Using Python with Blender II, Gordon Fisher - Cloud Apps/Virtualenv, Mystery Speaker - Introduction to Django, Wade Austin - SQLite ? The database you didn?t know you had, Greg Lindstrom - Introduction to Blender 3D, Gordon Fisher - Translating Time, Josh Hanna - Python on Android, Steve Cohen - txtselect ? A SQL Parser for csv files, Dr. Carl Burch, Hendrix College - Heart your database, Brandon Craig Rhodes Thanks, and we hope to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bradallen137 at gmail.com Tue Oct 18 04:07:53 2011 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:07:53 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity Message-ID: Hello, Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer and mentor to the next chairman. The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional functionality in the PyTexas website. The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format, or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being available. The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make important decisions which will enable a successful conference next year. From bradallen137 at gmail.com Tue Oct 18 05:24:24 2011 From: bradallen137 at gmail.com (Brad Allen) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:24:24 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: The Austin option sounds interesting, and I'm glad to learn you're excited about it. Moving to a hotel introduces a huge effort and set of costs. A supportive university can offer a better value proposition, and in my experience a better chance at reliable, scalable wifi. It would be worth checking into whether UT or St. Edwards has a strong enough interest in Python to be supportive and could reserve a large enough room to bring all attendees together for the keynote and other plenary activities. Do you know if those universities have Python proponents on faculty or administration, who could champion and support getting a nice venue for PyTexas?2012? There was some fairly serious talk at TAMU about reserving a much larger, nicer space for next year. Since two departments make heavy use of Python (the IT dept and the College of Architecture), and the TAMU Comp Sci dept actually teaches using Python, there seems to be significant interest in hosting PyTexas again next year at TAMU. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Travis Swicegood wrote: > Howdy all; > Talk about timing -- emailing the list about the 2012 PyTexas has been on my > todo list for the last day. ?Guess I can mark it off now. :-) > A few of my co-organizers for the Austin Web Python group and I would like > to get PyTexas 2012 in Austin. ?It definitely makes sense for there to be > someone "on-the-ground" here that can deal with getting a venue squared away > and such, so I'd be happy to step up as chair if PyTexas in Austin sounds > like a good idea to everyone else. > As far as the sales pitch, I think Austin needs no introduction as to what > it can handle. ?In addition to the standard mega-conferences, tx.js, > html5.tx, and Code Works all happen here in Austin that draw similar sizes > to what I think we could get for a PyTexas -- a few hundred devs. ?We've got > options for hotels, both UT and St. Edwards (where both Code Works and > html5.tx were held this past year) for university options for hosting plus > all of the traditional venues (Alamo Drafthouse, hotels, etc.). > Thoughts? > -T > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brad Allen wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I >> would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on >> the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer >> and mentor to the next chairman. >> >> The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require >> less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so >> large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take >> on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an >> energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional >> functionality in the PyTexas website. >> >> The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what >> we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format, >> or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for >> a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station >> again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being >> available. >> >> The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make >> important decisions which will enable a successful conference next >> year. >> _______________________________________________ >> Texas mailing list >> Texas at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > > > -- > Travis Swicegood | @tswicegood (most everywhere) | Senior Open Source > Engineer @ Texas Tribune / Armstrong | 512.693.7051 > From travis at domain51.com Tue Oct 18 04:24:36 2011 From: travis at domain51.com (Travis Swicegood) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:24:36 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Howdy all; Talk about timing -- emailing the list about the 2012 PyTexas has been on my todo list for the last day. Guess I can mark it off now. :-) A few of my co-organizers for the Austin Web Python group and I would like to get PyTexas 2012 in Austin. It definitely makes sense for there to be someone "on-the-ground" here that can deal with getting a venue squared away and such, so I'd be happy to step up as chair if PyTexas in Austin sounds like a good idea to everyone else. As far as the sales pitch, I think Austin needs no introduction as to what it can handle. In addition to the standard mega-conferences, tx.js, html5.tx, and Code Works all happen here in Austin that draw similar sizes to what I think we could get for a PyTexas -- a few hundred devs. We've got options for hotels, both UT and St. Edwards (where both Code Works and html5.tx were held this past year) for university options for hosting plus all of the traditional venues (Alamo Drafthouse, hotels, etc.). Thoughts? -T On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > Hello, > > Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I > would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on > the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer > and mentor to the next chairman. > > The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require > less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so > large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take > on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an > energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional > functionality in the PyTexas website. > > The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what > we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format, > or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for > a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station > again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being > available. > > The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make > important decisions which will enable a successful conference next > year. > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > -- Travis Swicegood | @tswicegood (most everywhere) | Senior Open Source Engineer @ Texas Tribune / Armstrong | 512.693.7051 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From victor.trac at gmail.com Tue Oct 18 06:06:02 2011 From: victor.trac at gmail.com (Victor Trac) Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:06:02 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: I'm all for having PyTexas in Austin for 2012. I'm one of the principle organizers of the Texas Linux Fest (www.texaslinuxfest.org), which takes place in Austin in the spring. TXLF had ~350 attendees in our inaugural 2010 gathering and ~550 this past April. We've already scoped out most of the venues in town, and I have a pretty good idea of their capacity, amenities, and cost. I'd be happy to help make PyTexas in Austin a success. --Victor Trac On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Travis Swicegood wrote: > Howdy all; > > Talk about timing -- emailing the list about the 2012 PyTexas has been on > my todo list for the last day. Guess I can mark it off now. :-) > > A few of my co-organizers for the Austin Web Python group and I would like > to get PyTexas 2012 in Austin. It definitely makes sense for there to be > someone "on-the-ground" here that can deal with getting a venue squared away > and such, so I'd be happy to step up as chair if PyTexas in Austin sounds > like a good idea to everyone else. > > As far as the sales pitch, I think Austin needs no introduction as to what > it can handle. In addition to the standard mega-conferences, tx.js, > html5.tx, and Code Works all happen here in Austin that draw similar sizes > to what I think we could get for a PyTexas -- a few hundred devs. We've got > options for hotels, both UT and St. Edwards (where both Code Works and > html5.tx were held this past year) for university options for hosting plus > all of the traditional venues (Alamo Drafthouse, hotels, etc.). > > Thoughts? > -T > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I >> would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on >> the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer >> and mentor to the next chairman. >> >> The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require >> less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so >> large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take >> on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an >> energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional >> functionality in the PyTexas website. >> >> The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what >> we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format, >> or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for >> a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station >> again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being >> available. >> >> The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make >> important decisions which will enable a successful conference next >> year. >> _______________________________________________ >> Texas mailing list >> Texas at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas >> > > > > -- > Travis Swicegood | @tswicegood (most everywhere) | Senior Open Source > Engineer @ Texas Tribune / Armstrong | 512.693.7051 > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kojo.idrissa at gmail.com Tue Oct 18 08:33:07 2011 From: kojo.idrissa at gmail.com (Kojo Idrissa) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:33:07 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: I'd have to agree with Brad on a university providing a better value proposition. I've got no problem with Austin, per se, but having an environment that both wants us there and already has the needed infrastructure in place is a force multiplier. It allows the conference organizers to focus on organizing the conference, optimizing the conference experience and dealing with any surprises. This, instead of trying to recreate the needed infrastructure in an environment that isn't prepared for it. And at a cost of $0 if there's support. I attended the 2010 and 2011 PyTexas cons, as well as the 2010 TXLF. PyTexas was at Baylor & TAMU: free infrastructure; force multiplied, free cons. 2010 TXLF was at a convention center and while it was a good con, I'd have to imagine it was a bit more trouble to set up. And it wasn't really prepared for that many geeks all trying to WiFi at the same time. :-) So, BCS or Austin, I don't really care, but trying to use a university (or even a community college) seems like a smarter proposition economically (especially if we want to keep the con free) and organizationally. But, the fact that TAMU actually WANTS us back and has a vested interest in Python makes it even MORE appealing. Anyone in Austin know if UT/St. Edwards/ACC has any Python users who might want to host us? As far as formats, I think with the conference growing, a BarCamp approach might be too chaotic. If people are going to come from all around Texas (and Arkansas and other states, as they have before), I think they'll want to know what they're coming too in advance. What COULD be done is we could include some Barcamp-style BoF sessions into the schedule. We had some open spaces this year and we could set those aside AS Barcamp/BoF style rooms. Perhaps formally designate spaces for that. I remember this year there was interest in Python scripting on Android that came up during a keynote, so that sort of thing would have been perfect for a Barcamp/BoF session. This gives you structure with room for sessions that may emerge. I don't know if there were any Android dev sessions proposed for the con, but once we were all there, there were CLEARLY people interested. If we could formalize that process and make sure there was a way to get news about the Emergent Sessions (there, it's got a name) to the attendees, that might work. That could be as "simple" as having announcements happen at the beginning or end of sessions if new Emergent Sessions arise. That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there's a better way. RECAP of MY thougts (cuz it's late & I'm sleepy) - I've got no problem with Austin (used to live there, going to Austin Drupal Camp in Nov.), but it's not the city that matters, it's the con venue. - TAMU wants us back, is LOOKING to provide us with more space, has Python users on faculty & staff to champion us and provides the 'force multiplying', $0 infrastructure that schools can provide. Moving PyTexas 2012 *anywhere* else only makes sense if we can AT LEAST match those conditions. Really, we should significantly exceed them. Can we match/exceed the TAMU venue "bang/buck" in Austin? - We should also consider proximity of food to the venue if we're not going to feed folks (which we shouldn't, to keep costs low); TAMU had plenty of lunch food within easy walking distance from the venue; Baylor, not so much; factor in parking, driving to food at lunch, etc. A seemingly small thing, but it's akin to UX on an app. Rushing to and from your car and driving around a city you don't know during lunch is NOT FUN for attendees. - Barcamp style is too chaotic for a statewide con (but would be fine for something city-wide); Build in space/time for Emergent Sessions/BoF discussions and develop a mechanism to keep attendees updated on them as they Emerge. The rest should be structured. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Brad Allen wrote: > The Austin option sounds interesting, and I'm glad to learn you're > excited about it. > > Moving to a hotel introduces a huge effort and set of costs. A > supportive university can offer a better value proposition, and in my > experience a better chance at reliable, scalable wifi. > > It would be worth checking into whether UT or St. Edwards has a strong > enough interest in Python to be supportive and could reserve a large > enough room to bring all attendees together for the keynote and other > plenary activities. Do you know if those universities have Python > proponents on faculty or administration, who could champion and > support getting a nice venue for PyTexas 2012? > > There was some fairly serious talk at TAMU about reserving a much > larger, nicer space for next year. Since two departments make heavy > use of Python (the IT dept and the College of Architecture), and the > TAMU Comp Sci dept actually teaches using Python, there seems to be > significant interest in hosting PyTexas again next year at TAMU. > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Travis Swicegood > wrote: > > Howdy all; > > Talk about timing -- emailing the list about the 2012 PyTexas has been on > my > > todo list for the last day. Guess I can mark it off now. :-) > > A few of my co-organizers for the Austin Web Python group and I would > like > > to get PyTexas 2012 in Austin. It definitely makes sense for there to be > > someone "on-the-ground" here that can deal with getting a venue squared > away > > and such, so I'd be happy to step up as chair if PyTexas in Austin sounds > > like a good idea to everyone else. > > As far as the sales pitch, I think Austin needs no introduction as to > what > > it can handle. In addition to the standard mega-conferences, tx.js, > > html5.tx, and Code Works all happen here in Austin that draw similar > sizes > > to what I think we could get for a PyTexas -- a few hundred devs. We've > got > > options for hotels, both UT and St. Edwards (where both Code Works and > > html5.tx were held this past year) for university options for hosting > plus > > all of the traditional venues (Alamo Drafthouse, hotels, etc.). > > Thoughts? > > -T > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brad Allen > wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Would anyone like to take on the chairman role for PyTexas 2012? I > >> would like to step down and make way for the next person to take on > >> the challenge, while making myself available to help as a volunteer > >> and mentor to the next chairman. > >> > >> The chairman role going forward will hopefully be easier and require > >> less time commitment, now that the group of volunteers has grown so > >> large. For example, one person has already mentioned they could take > >> on sponsorship coordination responsibilities. There is also an > >> energetic team who has volunteered to built out additional > >> functionality in the PyTexas website. > >> > >> The next couple of months is a good time to start thinking about what > >> we want to do for PyTexas 2011. Do we want to follow the same format, > >> or possibly consider a BarCamp-style unconference? Should we plan for > >> a meeting or sprint at PyCon? Do we want to hold it in College Station > >> again this year? There was some talk about larger spaces being > >> available. > >> > >> The sooner we can establish leadership, the sooner we can make > >> important decisions which will enable a successful conference next > >> year. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Texas mailing list > >> Texas at python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > > > > > > > > -- > > Travis Swicegood | @tswicegood (most everywhere) | Senior Open Source > > Engineer @ Texas Tribune / Armstrong | 512.693.7051 > > > _______________________________________________ > Texas mailing list > Texas at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/texas > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rblove_lists at comcast.net Tue Oct 18 15:26:01 2011 From: rblove_lists at comcast.net (Robert Love) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:26:01 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:33 AM, Kojo Idrissa wrote: > But, the fact that TAMU actually WANTS us back and has a vested interest in Python makes it even MORE appealing. The one drawback at TAMU was those classrooms were noisy. You could hear what's being said in the hall or in the next classroom. It sometimes made it difficult to hear the speaker in the classroom you were in. From kojo.idrissa at gmail.com Tue Oct 18 15:45:16 2011 From: kojo.idrissa at gmail.com (Kojo Idrissa) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:45:16 -0500 Subject: [Texas] PyTexas 2012 leadership opportunity In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: I don't quite recall that being an issue, but I could have just tuned it out. I'm a parent, that's what we do. :-) *rimshot!* But seriously,how much of that was a function of the doors being open during sessions? I DO recall most of the session rooms being open as sessions were going on. Most other cons/camps I've been to have had their session room doors closed. Would closing the doors fix it? From the standpoint of how university classrooms are designed, I'd think so. Also, we may be in another building next year at TAMU. But the fact that they WANT PyTexas there is huge. But that gets back to the whole issue of "conference UX" and "force multipliers". The less time we have to spend making sure basic infrastructure is working, the more time can be spent on UX issues like making sure room doors are closed while sessions are in progress. That would impact UX for people AT the con, as well as the sound quality of anything recorded DURING the con. How many times have you watched a video or heard audio recorded at a con and the sound was almost unusable? Being able to spend time on UX tweaks like that make the conference so much better for attendees and people who couldn't attend. On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Robert Love wrote: > > On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:33 AM, Kojo Idrissa wrote: > > > But, the fact that TAMU actually WANTS us back and has a vested interest > in Python makes it even MORE appealing. > > The one drawback at TAMU was those classrooms were noisy. You could hear > what's being said in the hall or in the next classroom. It sometimes made > it difficult to hear the speaker in the classroom you were in. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: