From dougal85 at gmail.com Tue Feb 1 19:54:17 2011 From: dougal85 at gmail.com (Dougal Matthews) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:54:17 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] The Conference Season Message-ID: Hi all, The conference season is kicking off. So I was wondering who is planning to go to what? I had hoped to be going to PyCon this year, but I wont be able to make it. So far, it looks like I'm going to be going to EuroPython[1] but unfortunately not DjangoCon.eu[2] as they are very close together. I hope that there is some form of PyConUK since EuroPython isn't in the UK this time, although I've not seen any word of that. I'm also considering going to DIBI[3], UKUUG[4]- but we'll see about them :) So, I guess the question is, what are you thinking of going to? If any? Also, looking for suggestions! Cheers, Dougal [1] http://ep2011.europython.eu/ [2] http://djangocon.eu/ [3] http://www.dibiconference.com/ [4] http://ukuug.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Wed Feb 2 10:40:40 2011 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:40:40 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] The Conference Season In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Europython for me this year - probably not much else unless it's happening in Edinburgh. Very much looking forward to my first EP outside of the UK; the fact that it's in Florence is a big bonus :-) Actually, now I'm looking at DIBI again - hmm, Newcastle isn't too far away ... --Mark On 1 February 2011 18:54, Dougal Matthews wrote: > Hi all, > The conference season is kicking off. So I was wondering who is planning to > go to what? > I had hoped to be going to PyCon this year, but I wont be able to make > it.?So far, it looks like I'm going to be going to EuroPython[1] but > unfortunately not DjangoCon.eu[2] as they are very close together. I hope > that there is some form of PyConUK since EuroPython isn't in the UK this > time, although I've not seen any word of that. > I'm also considering going to DIBI[3], UKUUG[4]- but we'll see about them > :) > So, I guess the question is, what are you thinking of going to? If any? > Also, looking for suggestions! > Cheers, > Dougal > > [1]?http://ep2011.europython.eu/ > [2]?http://djangocon.eu/ > [3]?http://www.dibiconference.com/ > [4]?http://ukuug.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > > From dougal85 at gmail.com Wed Feb 2 12:39:07 2011 From: dougal85 at gmail.com (Dougal Matthews) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:39:07 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] The Conference Season In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <68F7211552654E8DA787AB69F5FE52D8@gmail.com> On Wednesday, 2 February 2011 at 09:40, Mark Smith wrote: Europython for me this year - probably not much else unless it's > happening in Edinburgh. Very much looking forward to my first EP > outside of the UK; the fact that it's in Florence is a big bonus :-) Oh yes. I look forward to a few beers in the sun :) > Actually, now I'm looking at DIBI again - hmm, Newcastle isn't too far away ... > I'm tempted mostly because I know of a large number of people going and its pretty easy to get too. I'm also strongly considering DjangCon.us now since I'm missing DC.eu Dougal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From derek.hoy at gmail.com Wed Feb 2 12:52:23 2011 From: derek.hoy at gmail.com (Derek Hoy) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:52:23 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] The Conference Season In-Reply-To: <68F7211552654E8DA787AB69F5FE52D8@gmail.com> References: <68F7211552654E8DA787AB69F5FE52D8@gmail.com> Message-ID: I got an early DIBI ticket which made it pretty good value for a day out from Embro. Went last year and found the design/developer split a bit of a pain, but still worth it. Not much depth on the tech stuff though. Florence sounds great, tho Ryanair have dropped some of the flights to Pisa so maybe not as easy to get to now. I go to other health-related events, so can't get to as much tech stuff as I'd like. Did you see the appeal from the Mozilla folks for input for an Edinburgh event? http://techmeetuptalks.posterous.com/if-mozilla-came-to-speak-what-would-you-like Derek On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Dougal Matthews wrote: > On Wednesday, 2 February 2011 at 09:40, Mark Smith wrote: > > Europython for me this year - probably not much else unless it's > happening in Edinburgh. Very much looking forward to my first EP > outside of the UK; the fact that it's in Florence is a big bonus :-) > > Oh yes. I look forward to a few beers in the sun :) > > > Actually, now I'm looking at DIBI again - hmm, Newcastle isn't too far away > ... > > I'm tempted mostly because I know of a large number of people going and its > pretty easy to get too. > I'm also strongly considering DjangCon.us now since I'm missing DC.eu > Dougal > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > > From dougal85 at gmail.com Wed Feb 2 12:57:03 2011 From: dougal85 at gmail.com (Dougal Matthews) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:57:03 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] The Conference Season In-Reply-To: References: <68F7211552654E8DA787AB69F5FE52D8@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6521DFEF0A2140E4BA434D6D60E2FAB6@gmail.com> On Wednesday, 2 February 2011 at 11:52, Derek Hoy wrote: I got an early DIBI ticket which made it pretty good value for a day > out from Embro. I missed out on that. Really should have just went for it. Nevermind, not sure when they are on sale again. > Did you see the appeal from the Mozilla folks for input for an Edinburgh event? > > http://techmeetuptalks.posterous.com/if-mozilla-came-to-speak-what-would-you-like I hadn't seen that. Thanks for the heads up. Dougal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Wed Feb 9 10:20:12 2011 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 09:20:12 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Python Jobs at Skyscanner Message-ID: Hey all, As many of you probably know, I've been contracting at Skyscanner for the past 4 months. It's been a great experience so far; there's a bunch of clever people here, and the office is plush and in the centre of town (they're about to open a development office on Prince's St). They're currently looking for some Python developers who'd mainly be working on parsing out travel data from various feeds and scraped sites[1]. I'll also mention in passing that there are some .Net roles available[2] in case you know someone who might be interested ;-) --Mark [1]: http://www.skyscanner.net/news/jobs/indexing-developer-edinburgh-uk.html [2]: http://www.skyscanner.net/news/jobs/developers--web-and-database.html From brian.curtin at gmail.com Wed Feb 9 15:40:21 2011 From: brian.curtin at gmail.com (Brian Curtin) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:40:21 -0600 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] PyCon 2011 news - going strong, sign up today! Message-ID: Hello group! PyCon 2011 looks like it may very well break every single record in the past - making it one of the biggest and best PyCons of all time. We've gone all out this year - including Extreme Talks, a Startup Row, amazing talks, tutorials, Poster sessions. Extreme talks: http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/extreme/ Startup Row: http://us.pycon.org/2011/blog/2011/01/19/announcing-startup-row-pycon-2011/ Also just announced - "Startup Stories": http://us.pycon.org/2011/blog/2011/02/07/pycon-2011-announcing-startup-stories/ If you haven't bought your PyCon tickets, it's time to do so. This year we're limited to 1500 attendees, and with a faster than average sales rate compared to previous years, you may not have the luxury of leaving registration until just before the conference -- places may sell out in advance! Check out http://us.pycon.org/2011/tickets/ for rates and details. Not sold on the conference? Not sure what it's all about? We are confident this year's conference will surpass anything that has gone before, and we think there's something for everyone. Looking for education? This year's tutorial selection features a range of topics and an all-star cast of presenters. From the cloud to the GUI, from beginner to advanced, we have it. Check out courses taught by book authors Wesley Chun and David Beazley, web framework master Jacob Kaplan-Moss, core developer and guru Raymond Hettinger, hacker extraordinaire Zed Shaw and many more: http://us.pycon.org/2011/schedule/tutorials/ -- and at flat fees that wouldn't buy you an hour of training by less-qualified instructors elsewhere! The conference talks are some of the best we've seen in years, coming from a record number of submissions. We've got talks on using Python for airplane tuning and massive telescopes. All of the major web frameworks will be discussed. Numerous databases are covered. PyPy, IronPython and Jython are in. We'll be talking about IDEs, testing, security, scalability, and documentation. Have a look: http://us.pycon.org/2011/schedule/lists/talks/ We've also got an amazing array of poster presentations - everything from Arduino hacking, Geospatial Python, Open Government and Microsoft Kinect hacking. Check out: http://us.pycon.org/2011/schedule/lists/posters/ Meanwhile we've got the awesome sprints (http://us.pycon.org/2011/sprints/ ), and open spaces (http://us.pycon.org/2011/openspaces/) everyone knows and loves. This is shaping up to be the best PyCon yet, and we think it's a great value, both cost-wise, and community-wise. We can guarantee that you'll come away with a head full of knowledge and amazing new friends and contacts. Get your tickets before they are gone: http://us.pycon.org/2011/tickets/ If you have any questions, comments or concerns - feel free to email Van Lindberg (van at python.org) or Jesse Noller (jnoller at python.org) or pycon-organizers (pycon-organizers at python.org). See you in Atlanta, Van Lindberg Jesse Noller The entire PyCon 2011 team http://us.pycon.org/2011 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It's got quite a few improvements > to be made but I think its pretty slick so far and its good to support a > cool Django/Python project! > I've created a group for anybody that fancies joining > in;?https://convore.com/python-edinburgh/?- perhaps we can make it a bit > more lively than the IRC channel I started ;) > Dougal > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > > From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Mon Feb 21 11:21:08 2011 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:21:08 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? Message-ID: Hey All, Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly pub meetup at Berts Bar! Let me know if you plan to come and I'll book a table of approximately the right size... --Mark From jonathan at jonathanstreet.com Mon Feb 21 12:10:23 2011 From: jonathan at jonathanstreet.com (Jonathan Street) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:10:23 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I intend to be there. On 21 February 2011 10:21, Mark Smith wrote: > Hey All, > > Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly pub meetup at Berts Bar! > > Let me know if you plan to come and I'll book a table of approximately > the right size... > > --Mark > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I should get along later, so no pie for me. Derek On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > Hey All, > > Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly pub meetup at Berts Bar! > > Let me know if you plan to come and I'll book a table of approximately > the right size... > > --Mark > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > From james.crone at ed.ac.uk Mon Feb 21 12:43:18 2011 From: james.crone at ed.ac.uk (James Crone) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:43:18 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D624FD6.7040705@ed.ac.uk> I`ll be coming along On 21/02/2011 10:21, Mark Smith wrote: > Hey All, > > Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly pub meetup at Berts Bar! > > Let me know if you plan to come and I'll book a table of approximately > the right size... > > --Mark > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > -- James Crone Geo Data and Research Services EDINA Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom EH9 1PR tel: +44 (0)131 651 1859 http://edina.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are you looking for help or information about "geo" related resources? Try Go-Geo! http://www.gogeo.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. From ed.hawkins at st.com Mon Feb 21 11:33:16 2011 From: ed.hawkins at st.com (Ed HAWKINS) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:33:16 +0100 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm in! -----Original Message----- From: edinburgh-bounces+ed.hawkins=st.com at python.org [mailto:edinburgh-bounces+ed.hawkins=st.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Mark Smith Sent: 21 February 2011 10:21 To: The list for Pythonistas in Edinburgh. Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? Hey All, Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly pub meetup at Berts Bar! Let me know if you plan to come and I'll book a table of approximately the right size... --Mark _______________________________________________ Edinburgh mailing list Edinburgh at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh From ben at moopet.net Mon Feb 21 17:32:31 2011 From: ben at moopet.net (Ben Sinclair) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:32:31 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > > -----Original Message----- > From: edinburgh-bounces+ed.hawkins=st.com at python.org [mailto: > edinburgh-bounces+ed.hawkins=st.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Mark Smith > Sent: 21 February 2011 10:21 > To: The list for Pythonistas in Edinburgh. > Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? > > Hey All, > > Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly pub meetup at Berts Bar! > > Let me know if you plan to come and I'll book a table of approximately > the right size... > > --Mark > I'm somewhere in the order of 75% likely to attend. ~Ben -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alex at alexbird.co.uk Mon Feb 21 20:42:49 2011 From: alex at alexbird.co.uk (Alex Bird) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:42:49 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: Who's Coming? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Ben Sinclair wrote: > I'm somewhere in the order of 75% likely to attend. Realistically, so am I. -- Sent from my fur lined mountain lair From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Tue Feb 22 16:10:54 2011 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:10:54 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tonight Message-ID: Hi All, As mentioned yesterday, the monthly pub meetup is tonight; I've booked a table - if you haven't RSVP'd but would still like to come along, please do! Everyone is welcome. 6:30pm - Berts Bar - There will be a Python logo on the table for anyone who hasn't been before. Berts do reasonably-priced pies for anyone who wants food. Around 7:30, we'll probably move across the road to Teuchters. Looking forward to seeing you all there! --Mark PS: The IRC channel on irc://irc.freenode.net/python-edinburgh has become quite active in the last few days, so feel free to log in and join the conversation! (This has nothing to do with the pub meetup - I will be offline while in the pub). From meghan at 10gen.com Wed Feb 23 19:16:37 2011 From: meghan at 10gen.com (Meghan Gill) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:16:37 -0500 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Fwd: MongoDB Events in London, Paris, Berlin in March - early bird pricing ending next week In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all - I hope that I'm not imposing by posting on this list but I thought that some of you might be interested in these upcoming events about the open source database MongoDB. Details are below... maybe I will see you there! Thanks Meghan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Meghan Gill Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:00 PM Subject: MongoDB Events in London, Paris, Berlin in March - early bird pricing ending next week To: mongodb-user at googlegroups.com Hi all - We have several events coming up in Europe next month, and early bird pricing is ending next week! Here are the details.... hope to see some of you there. MongoUK - 21 March http://www.10gen.com/conferences/mongouk2011 Mongo France - 23 March http://lacantine.org/events/mongo-france-2011 http://www.10gen.com/conferences/mongofr2011 Mongo Berlin - 25 March http://www.10gen.com/conferences/mongoberlin2011 Cheers, Meghan