[Tutor] Idea for a 'Weekly Python Tips' mailing list

[Eric Hamiter]

Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Eric


On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Ian Ozsvald <ian at ianozsvald.com> wrote:

> Hi all. I'm a long time Pythonista and co-founder of
> http://ShowMeDo.com/ (and author of 140 of the Python tutorials
> there), I'm here with an idea...
>
> Recently I've started to follow a couple of email lists that send me
> regular tip emails, I've found them to be rather nice - an easy to
> read tip that comes every week that I can digest when I'm ready and I
> can reference afterwards.
>
> I don't recall ever coming across a Python Learners tip series in this
> format and I'm guessing it would be well received. Could I get some
> feedback please?
>
> I've already planned a set of 10 weekly tips (each about 5 paragraphs
> of text plus code examples) covering a bunch of things that are useful
> for a new Python programmer. Some are about the 'right' way to write
> Python code, some introduce neat modules (like Excel, web scraping,
> processes), some show you how to do complex stuff (like 3D, web
> servers and faster mathematics) in just a few lines of Python.
>
> It would also be quite nice to wrap up some of the oft-asked Python
> Tutor questions into the tips (I always meant to create some ShowMeDo
> videos covering these problems but never had the time :-( ).
>
> Before proceeding I'd like to do a sanity check - has anyone done this
> already? I'd hate to re-invent the wheel!
>
> Assuming it hasn't been done - would *you* choose to subscribe to the
> list (it would be free, just an email, nothing complex and no
> spam/sillyness)? Just say 'yes' if so, that way I know there's an
> audience.
>
> If the interest is good then I'll extend the series of 10 and
> introduce some guest authors into the mix.
>
> Any takers?
> Ian.
>
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