From rhydwyn.beta at gmail.com  Sun Feb  5 07:59:44 2012
From: rhydwyn.beta at gmail.com (Rhyd Olwin)
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:59:44 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] This mondays meeting
Message-ID: <CAB9kKXovLv=uUcQuz5gA5oyncA6TbXoZ+jVK00xV9oOv+7jraw@mail.gmail.com>

For personal reasons I'm going to have to put my talk off to next month
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From r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 02:17:01 2012
From: r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (Richard Jones)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:17:01 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] Reminder: first meeting of 2012 is tonight at
	Inspire9
Message-ID: <CAHrZfZAY2hP3HtkP=+-PjzKwfk2sgrZoo-zwotKqMqgG6bzLWA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

The meeting details, as always, are at http://j.mp/mpug

I'm going to talk a bit about a project I've had on very slow simmer
for a while now. And I'd like to try organise a test-run of a new
pygame tutorial I'm developing for the US PyCon.

There's room for other talks in the schedule so if you've done
something interesting or discovered an interesting module recently
please sign up :-)

My employer, ekit.com (part of JT Global), will be providing pizza! :-)

See you at Inspire9 at 6pm!


     Richard

From tleeuwenburg at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 02:22:44 2012
From: tleeuwenburg at gmail.com (Tennessee Leeuwenburg)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:22:44 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] Reminder: first meeting of 2012 is tonight at
	Inspire9
In-Reply-To: <CAHrZfZAY2hP3HtkP=+-PjzKwfk2sgrZoo-zwotKqMqgG6bzLWA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHrZfZAY2hP3HtkP=+-PjzKwfk2sgrZoo-zwotKqMqgG6bzLWA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADhgxgc1MKfGioPUSD4Ovma=UmgU9uYio671g4RbpXcHn1jUqA@mail.gmail.com>

If I'm there, I'll bring a talk, but I'm always a bit random on attendance.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The meeting details, as always, are at http://j.mp/mpug
>
> I'm going to talk a bit about a project I've had on very slow simmer
> for a while now. And I'd like to try organise a test-run of a new
> pygame tutorial I'm developing for the US PyCon.
>
> There's room for other talks in the schedule so if you've done
> something interesting or discovered an interesting module recently
> please sign up :-)
>
> My employer, ekit.com (part of JT Global), will be providing pizza! :-)
>
> See you at Inspire9 at 6pm!
>
>
>     Richard
> _______________________________________________
> 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"
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From noonslists at gmail.com  Mon Feb  6 03:41:46 2012
From: noonslists at gmail.com (Noon Silk)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:41:46 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] Reminder: first meeting of 2012 is tonight at
	Inspire9
In-Reply-To: <CADhgxgc1MKfGioPUSD4Ovma=UmgU9uYio671g4RbpXcHn1jUqA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHrZfZAY2hP3HtkP=+-PjzKwfk2sgrZoo-zwotKqMqgG6bzLWA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADhgxgc1MKfGioPUSD4Ovma=UmgU9uYio671g4RbpXcHn1jUqA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADt_azZOYw7+mXnEt9rbq1nYoc+Dy+Qj+XVOYHpwsQEngFBkug@mail.gmail.com>

I'd love to hear about how peole are doing deployment and "build" with
python and source control, if anyone has good comments on that?

On Monday, February 6, 2012, Tennessee Leeuwenburg <tleeuwenburg at gmail.com>
wrote:
> If I'm there, I'll bring a talk, but I'm always a bit random on
attendance.
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The meeting details, as always, are at http://j.mp/mpug
>>
>> I'm going to talk a bit about a project I've had on very slow simmer
>> for a while now. And I'd like to try organise a test-run of a new
>> pygame tutorial I'm developing for the US PyCon.
>>
>> There's room for other talks in the schedule so if you've done
>> something interesting or discovered an interesting module recently
>> please sign up :-)
>>
>> My employer, ekit.com (part of JT Global), will be providing pizza! :-)
>>
>> See you at Inspire9 at 6pm!
>>
>>
>>     Richard
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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"
>

-- 
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."
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From mikerezny at yahoo.com.au  Wed Feb  8 04:19:11 2012
From: mikerezny at yahoo.com.au (Mike Rezny)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:19:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [melbourne-pug] python vte module on Mac OS X and Windows
Message-ID: <1328671151.35226.YahooMailNeo@web30603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi,
I am involved in testing a new gui for a major climate application written using PyGTK.

Up to now, it has been assumed it will be run on Linux, but I have a bee in my bonnet that
it should be multi-platform. So off I went and installed it on my Mac OS X 10.6

First problem, is that the python app imports vte, a virtual terminal emulator.

I have spent the last hour googling and installing py27-gnome and py27-gnome-extras
but they do not resolve problem.

Is anyone able to point me down a better process of resolving this problem.

Now, I don't actually want to rebuild the earth to get it working. The presumption in 

the design was that python and PyGTK would be a portable development environment
and this appears to be correct. No problems with pygtk with Ubuntu, or Mac OS X 10.6.

So, I guess what I am asking for guidance on is:
1: Am I missing something obvious in installing the gtk2 vte python module
2: This is likely to be a cumbersome and frustrating process best avoided.

It is unlikely I can influence the decision to use pygtk, but if installing the python
vte module on Mac and Windows is expected to be problematic, I can make a strong case
for using a more easily installed alternative.

Thanking you in advance for any assistance.

regards
Mike Rezny
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From csears at therubygroup.com.au  Wed Feb  8 04:31:53 2012
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:31:53 +0800
Subject: [melbourne-pug] Dev Ops Roles in Melbourne with Globally Recoginsed
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From r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 01:15:16 2012
From: r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (Richard Jones)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:15:16 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon tutorial test-run
Message-ID: <CAHrZfZDcHpqeXR3C5ygJhB16XQzhq+bfnUAQQW3p2hfAdOaa0Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I'm giving an Introduction to Game Programming tutorial at PyCon US.
Is anyone here interested in being part of a test-run through the
tutorial? It'll be at ekit (the Tea House, 28 Clarendon St, South
Melbourne) at 6PM to 8:30PM. Date to be determined, but most likely
some time in the next two weeks. Please respond to me (off-list) if
you're interested.


     Richard

From scott.knapik at wescottsolutions.com  Thu Feb  9 18:37:23 2012
From: scott.knapik at wescottsolutions.com (Scott Knapik)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:37:23 -0500
Subject: [melbourne-pug] pyserial installation on Windows 7
Message-ID: <002101cce751$7c03e8e0$740bbaa0$@wescottsolutions.com>

Hello:

 

Does anyone know if pyserial can be installed and run on Windows 7 64-bit OS
running python 2.7 32-bit application?

 

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From gcross at fastmail.fm  Thu Feb  9 22:06:22 2012
From: gcross at fastmail.fm (Graeme Cross)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:06:22 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] pyserial installation on Windows 7
In-Reply-To: <002101cce751$7c03e8e0$740bbaa0$@wescottsolutions.com>
References: <002101cce751$7c03e8e0$740bbaa0$@wescottsolutions.com>
Message-ID: <D0ED4974-56E3-4054-9057-5B98DD8F0041@fastmail.fm>

On 10/02/2012, at 4:37 AM, Scott Knapik wrote:

> 
> Does anyone know if pyserial can be installed and run on Windows 7 64-bit OS running python 2.7 32-bit application?
>  
> ?Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32?
>  

Scott, from memory (so that this with a grain of salt), it will install but doesn't work.

I would need to check some of our installations at work, but I think we are either:

(a) running a 64-bit version of the pyserial library that we got from the "Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages" site at:

	http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

(b) or, using a version that we built ourselves from source

A quick google suggests an alternative which I've not tried:

	"IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are on a 64bit system you had to use the version 2.4 from pyserial and you need the additional Python Win32 Extensions pywin."

	http://code.google.com/p/measureit/wiki/Windows

Regards
Graeme
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From ben at stumbles.id.au  Fri Feb 10 05:41:43 2012
From: ben at stumbles.id.au (Ben Sturmfels)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:41:43 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon tutorial test-run
In-Reply-To: <CAHrZfZDcHpqeXR3C5ygJhB16XQzhq+bfnUAQQW3p2hfAdOaa0Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHrZfZDcHpqeXR3C5ygJhB16XQzhq+bfnUAQQW3p2hfAdOaa0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4F34A007.5090606@stumbles.id.au>

On 09/02/12 11:15, Richard Jones wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm giving an Introduction to Game Programming tutorial at PyCon US.
> Is anyone here interested in being part of a test-run through the
> tutorial? It'll be at ekit (the Tea House, 28 Clarendon St, South
> Melbourne) at 6PM to 8:30PM. Date to be determined, but most likely
> some time in the next two weeks. Please respond to me (off-list) if
> you're interested.

Hi Richard,
I'd be interested in attending your tutorial.

Regards,
Ben

From brian at microcomaustralia.com.au  Tue Feb 14 05:57:23 2012
From: brian at microcomaustralia.com.au (Brian May)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:57:23 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
Message-ID: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

It occurred to me that I should stop procrastinating, and offer to
give a talk at PUG.

Previously I have given a talk at LUV on my photo database application
(spud) written in Python using Django. However I didn't go into a lot
of detail of the Python programming techniques I have used.

I found when initially writing code with Django I ended up constantly
repeating myself, breaking the DRY (don't repeat yourself rule). Or I
ended up putting significant amounts of presentation layer stuff in
the db model class, ending up in a complete mess. So I ended up
writing a generic library (or should I call it an Django App?) to try
to clean up this mess up and keep everything separate in the
appropriate places.

Any interest?
-- 
Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>

From r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com  Tue Feb 14 06:05:16 2012
From: r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (Richard Jones)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05:16 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHrZfZAMYos5kEy98hHv4RrYfah1pw0htO9c+0d2Q_n5ixGDGQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 14 February 2012 15:57, Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> It occurred to me that I should stop procrastinating, and offer to
> give a talk at PUG.

Excellent! I won't be there to see it, sadly.


> Previously I have given a talk at LUV on my photo database application
> (spud) written in Python using Django. However I didn't go into a lot
> of detail of the Python programming techniques I have used.
>
> I found when initially writing code with Django I ended up constantly
> repeating myself, breaking the DRY (don't repeat yourself rule). Or I
> ended up putting significant amounts of presentation layer stuff in
> the db model class, ending up in a complete mess. So I ended up
> writing a generic library (or should I call it an Django App?) to try
> to clean up this mess up and keep everything separate in the
> appropriate places.

http://goo.gl/mod/GznI - link goes to google moderator question of
possible relevance :-)


    Richard

From ed at pythoncharmers.com  Tue Feb 14 06:22:24 2012
From: ed at pythoncharmers.com (Ed Schofield)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:22:24 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>

Hi Brian,

On 14/02/2012, at 3:57 PM, Brian May wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> It occurred to me that I should stop procrastinating, and offer to
> give a talk at PUG.
> 
> Previously I have given a talk at LUV on my photo database application
> (spud) written in Python using Django. However I didn't go into a lot
> of detail of the Python programming techniques I have used.
> 
> I found when initially writing code with Django I ended up constantly
> repeating myself, breaking the DRY (don't repeat yourself rule). Or I
> ended up putting significant amounts of presentation layer stuff in
> the db model class, ending up in a complete mess. So I ended up
> writing a generic library (or should I call it an Django App?) to try
> to clean up this mess up and keep everything separate in the
> appropriate places.
> 
> Any interest?

That sounds great! I'm sure many of us will be interested to hear about it. I've taken the liberty of adding you to the wiki. Please feel free to edit it further:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG

(Your talk needn't be 15 minutes; it could be longer or shorter as you like...)

Cheers,
    Ed


--
Dr. Edward Schofield
(M) +61 (0)405 676 229
Python Charmers
http://pythoncharmers.com


From julien at 10collective.com.au  Wed Feb 15 23:20:02 2012
From: julien at 10collective.com.au (Julien Viard | 10collective)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:20:02 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] [JOB] Software Architect | Melbourne | $150K Circa
Message-ID: <A1385C24-F8E3-41FC-B3FB-AC64F95BBB81@10collective.com.au>

Hi everyone,

I hope you're all well! 

I wanted to run this advert to the group and find out if anyone was interested? Or knew anyone who could be? I reckon it's a pretty sweet role...

See below,

Thanks! 


Melbourne start-up focusing on Multimedia online software and search engine technologies looking for a Software Architect.

?       Inner north location

?       Their products are going to blow your mind

?       Up to $150K + super

Alright, what we have here is not your usual company or your usual start-up (thinking they have come up with the best idea ever, when they are actually building an iPhone app to help you with the temperature of your cuppa). What we have is a solid company that has worked on a series of products for the last 4 years, have been financially backed by some highly respected investors, have built some online software, and are going to blow your socks off. Trust me, it?s gonna be big.

With the release of the beta version of their main product scheduled in the next few weeks, the guys are super busy but still thinking forward, already planning on the next version and what needs to be improved, hence the need for a Software Architect to come on board and complement this talented team.

So, what will you be doing?

?       Liaise with the Lead Producer to deliver release and sprints goals

?       Define, introduce and maintain best practice software, database and environment architecture throughout the business

?       Ensure the development team adheres to coding standards and development processes

?       Be the technical expert across all aspects of the product

?       Proactively identify, mitigate, maintain and report on development issues to management

You do have kick ass skills and experience in the following:

?       JavaScript, Python and Ruby

?       Leading a Team

?       Requirements elicitation and prioritization

?       Agile methodologies such as Scrum

?       5+ years of commercial web development experience

?       Familiarity with Test Driven Development

?       Building and maintaining software with distributed computing paradigms like Pub-Sub

?       Common software patterns and uses, especially MVC

?       An appreciation of common security issues in web development

 And you might have played with, or at least heard of and got excited by:

?       ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, Backbone.js, Celery, Selenium, Cassandra

?       Both relational and NoSQL database technologies

Based on what I?ve seen over the years, roles like this one don?t arise that often. The company that I?m representing will radically change the way we interact with the internet and how we search it. Yep, just that. So, if you think you have what it takes and want to be part of something big, well, you should polish up your CV and send it to enquiries at 10collective.com.au and quote reference M2504. If you think we should talk first, give me (Julien) a call at the office on 03 9935 9409. 



Cheers,
Julien






Julien Viard
Consultant

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From hartror at gmail.com  Fri Feb 17 01:29:16 2012
From: hartror at gmail.com (Rory Hart)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:29:16 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] [JOB] Software Architect | Melbourne | $150K
	Circa
In-Reply-To: <A1385C24-F8E3-41FC-B3FB-AC64F95BBB81@10collective.com.au>
References: <A1385C24-F8E3-41FC-B3FB-AC64F95BBB81@10collective.com.au>
Message-ID: <CADf+qJeUAqm2saEZxNhUJGc-r8=4idYbkuhBB+oxERrGWH0GZA@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Julian

I certainly am, where in the inner north is it?

Rory

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Julien Viard | 10collective <
julien at 10collective.com.au> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope you're all well!
>
> I wanted to run this advert to the group and find out if anyone was
> interested? Or knew anyone who could be? I reckon it's a pretty sweet
> role...
>
> See below,
>
> Thanks!
>


-- 
Rory Hart
http://www.roryhart.net
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From chrisjrn+pyconau at gmail.com  Wed Feb 22 08:17:12 2012
From: chrisjrn+pyconau at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:12 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon Australia 2012 -- Call for Proposals Now Open!
Message-ID: <CABRwemkhQKgYm9k2d+-m1zRcrqhDtkLG5-Wa8cPffFBLBv8=Qw@mail.gmail.com>

(Apologies if you get this via multiple lists; likewise, if there's a
relevant list that you know of that hasn't yet received this
announcement, please feel free to forward it)

PyCon Australia 2012 is pleased to announce that its Call for
Proposals is now open! The conference this year will be held on
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania.

The deadline for proposal submission is Friday May 4, 2012, and more
information can be found at http://pycon-au.org/cfp

PyCon Australia attracts professional developers from all walks of
life, including industry, government, and science, as well as
enthusiast and student developers. We?re looking for proposals for
presentations and tutorials on any aspect of Python programming, at
all skill levels from novice to advanced.

Presentation subjects may range from reports on open source, academic
or commercial projects; or even tutorials and case studies. If a
presentation is interesting and useful to the Python community, it
will be considered for inclusion in the program.

We're especially interested in short presentations that will teach
conference-goers something new and useful. Can you show attendees how
to use a module? Explore a Python language feature? Package an
application?

We welcome first-time speakers; we are a community conference and we
are eager to hear about your experience. If you have friends or
colleagues who have something valuable to contribute, twist their arms
to tell us about it! Please also forward this Call for Proposals to
anyone that you feel may be interested.

To find out more go to the official Call for Proposals page here:
http://pycon-au.org/cfp

See you in Hobart in August!

== ABOUT PYCON AUSTRALIA ==

PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming
Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19,
2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and
enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon
Australia informs the country?s Python developers with presentations,
tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python,
as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.

To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at
http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact at pycon-au.org.

PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and
acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia
(www.google.com.au).

-- 
--Christopher Neugebauer
Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison

PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://au.pycon.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 darius at obsidian.com.au  Mon Feb 27 00:22:30 2012
From: darius at obsidian.com.au (Kevin Littlejohn)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:22:30 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] 2 positions vacant - python devvies wanted
Message-ID: <CAAfD3i_ZU5Q2qAwyKMTFeW3mCd43imQh8H8Q_L_aAOoS8k1ZOA@mail.gmail.com>

Job Opens:

8 February 2012

Closes:

2 March 2012

Commences:

As soon as possible

Type:

Full-time

Remuneration:

Developer: AU$ 45-55,000 Per Annum

Senior Developer: AU$ 55-$70,000 Per Annum

Location:

Coburg, Victoria, Australia

Website:

http://www.obsidian.com.au



  **

**

*Company Details*

Obsidian Consulting Group is looking to hire two full-time programmers -
one Developer role and one Senior Developer role. Obsidian develops and
sells it's own software to Universities, ISPs and Telecommunications
providers in Australia and overseas, and is looking for an enthusiastic
fast learner to join our team.


Obsidian is a small business located in Coburg and offers staff excellent
working conditions in a friendly and invigorating environment. Obsidian
utilise Agile development methodologies and encourage employees to work in
teams. Office hours are 10am - 6pm.


*Developer*

The position will entail coding on our software to client and internal
requirements in Python, as well as some HTML and SQL work.  There is space
for this position to develop over time in a number of directions depending
on the successful applicant's interests - client-focussed or more technical.

The Developer role is an entry-to-mid level position and will require
demonstrated ability in the following areas: Python, Linux Systems
Administration, MySQL, Javascript, Networking (particularly routing and
firewall/traffic management type devices), HTML / CSS.


Additional key skills are:

   - ? Excellent written and verbal communication
   - ? Technical document writing
   - ? End user document Writing
   - ? Ability to work in team environments
   - ? Commitment to standards compliance
   - ? Ability to multi-task in a demanding environment
   - ? Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
   - ? Self motivator and initiative driven

*Senior Developer*

The Senior roll will be working under a Development Team Leader, and will
include some client work. There is space for this position to develop over
time in a number of directions depending on the successful applicant's
interests - client-focussed or more technical. The position will entail
coding on our software to client and internal requirements in Python, as
well as some HTML and SQL work.


Demonstrated ability in the following will be looked upon highly: Python,
Linux Systems Administration, MySQL, Javascript, Networking (particularly
routing and firewall/traffic management type devices), HTML / CSS.


The role requires a minimum 3 years experience working with an Object
Oriented Language, preferably Python.

Additional key skills are:

   - ? Excellent written and verbal communication
   - ? Technical document writing
   - ? End user document Writing
   - ? Ability to work in team environments
   - ? Commitment to standards compliance
   - ? Ability to multi-task in a demanding environment
   - ? Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills
   - ? Self motivator and initiative driven
   -
   - *How to Apply*
   - To apply for either of these positions, please specify which role you
   are applying for and email your application to jobs at obsidian.com.au by
   5pm Friday 2 March 2012.
   - For further information, please contact Niel Fulton on 03 9355 7844


-- 
Kevin Littlejohn
Obsidian Consulting Group
ph: +613 9355 7844
skype: silarsis
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From news02 at metrak.com  Mon Feb 27 12:57:56 2012
From: news02 at metrak.com (paul sorenson)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:57:56 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] python developer wanted - telco
Message-ID: <4F4B6FC4.7020102@metrak.com>

We are seeking an individual interested in developing Python code in a 
Telco network engineering environment (some of it is real-time), full 
time, fixed term, CBD.  The kind of interfaces range from cracking raw 
UDP ctypes style to querying backend SQL DBs.  While there is a target 
list of strategic interfaces, the (small) team is frequently called on 
to provide tactical solutions.

There may be an opportunity to further develop a CherryPy app.  Skills 
in R, while not a prerequisite, would open up other possibilities.

Please note that the arrangement would have to be via one of our 
preferred suppliers.

If you want to find out more, please contact me off list.

regards

From brian at microcomaustralia.com.au  Tue Feb 28 01:01:56 2012
From: brian at microcomaustralia.com.au (Brian May)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:01:56 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
	<51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>
Message-ID: <CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>

On 14 February 2012 16:22, Ed Schofield <ed at pythoncharmers.com> wrote:
>> Any interest?
>
> That sounds great! I'm sure many of us will be interested to hear about it. I've taken the liberty of adding you to the wiki. Please feel free to edit it further:
>
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG

I am just wondering if I am still going to get an audience...

I have a suspicion a number of people will be going to this event instead:

http://apps.freesoftware.asn.au/invite/brett-smith-fsf/
http://www.csamuel.org/2012/02/28/brett-smith-free-software-foundation-talks-on-the-tpp-in-melbourne-march-5th

Maybe I should postpone my talk to next month?
-- 
Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>

From ben at stumbles.id.au  Tue Feb 28 02:21:27 2012
From: ben at stumbles.id.au (Ben Sturmfels)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:21:27 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>	<51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>
	<CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4F4C2C17.4000909@stumbles.id.au>

On 28/02/12 11:01, Brian May wrote:

> I have a suspicion a number of people will be going to this event instead:
>
> http://apps.freesoftware.asn.au/invite/brett-smith-fsf/
> http://www.csamuel.org/2012/02/28/brett-smith-free-software-foundation-talks-on-the-tpp-in-melbourne-march-5th
>
> Maybe I should postpone my talk to next month?

Very sorry to conflict with your talk Brian. We didn't get much notice 
of Brett Smith's visit. I'd certainly be interested in seeing your 
Django talk if you could re-schedule.

Regards,
Ben


From nick.mellor.groups at pobox.com  Tue Feb 28 02:21:42 2012
From: nick.mellor.groups at pobox.com (Nick Mellor)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:21:42 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4F4C2C26.8000903@pobox.com>

Hi Brian,

I'd be interested. When is it?

Nick

On 14/02/2012 3:57 PM, Brian May wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It occurred to me that I should stop procrastinating, and offer to
> give a talk at PUG.
>
> Previously I have given a talk at LUV on my photo database application
> (spud) written in Python using Django. However I didn't go into a lot
> of detail of the Python programming techniques I have used.
>
> I found when initially writing code with Django I ended up constantly
> repeating myself, breaking the DRY (don't repeat yourself rule). Or I
> ended up putting significant amounts of presentation layer stuff in
> the db model class, ending up in a complete mess. So I ended up
> writing a generic library (or should I call it an Django App?) to try
> to clean up this mess up and keep everything separate in the
> appropriate places.
>
> Any interest?


-- 

Logo 	Nick Mellor1300 485 114
Alexander Technique Teacher and IT Consultant
Villa Rosa, 5 Campbell Street, Newstead, VIC, 3462
http://www.back-pain-self-help.com

                    hand-written initials

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From brian at microcomaustralia.com.au  Tue Feb 28 02:33:54 2012
From: brian at microcomaustralia.com.au (Brian May)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:33:54 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <4F4C2C17.4000909@stumbles.id.au>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
	<51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>
	<CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>
	<4F4C2C17.4000909@stumbles.id.au>
Message-ID: <CAA0ZO6CnV_r7wa-e+QxYJ0CMmvdt-w3ywed-MLY6r=5T0fQ8gw@mail.gmail.com>

On 28 February 2012 12:21, Ben Sturmfels <ben at stumbles.id.au> wrote:
> Very sorry to conflict with your talk Brian. We didn't get much notice of
> Brett Smith's visit. I'd certainly be interested in seeing your Django talk
> if you could re-schedule.

No problem, I don't blame you in anyway; I certainly understand how
these things work.

Considering the possibility that the speaker will be attending Brett's
talk, I think it is wise that I postpone my talk until next month.
-- 
Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>

From tleeuwenburg at gmail.com  Tue Feb 28 02:47:59 2012
From: tleeuwenburg at gmail.com (Tennessee Leeuwenburg)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:47:59 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] Announcement: Next Meeting is Monday, 5th March
Message-ID: <CADhgxgd3FU-QPtLF=5S9WoKDHTjPuFE9OjKaemgU+DGh66SQCg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I have just returned from holidays in the Grampians, where it was sunny,
hot and a total escape. So I'm afraid I may be a bit late in sending out
this notice. Don't let that curb your enthusiasm!

The next meeting is next week on Monday, starting at 6pm. Full details on
the location and how to get there can be found at http://j.mp/mpug.

For our presentations, I will be giving "Using Python an AI to win at rock,
paper, scissors" a trial run in the 15-minute slot. It will include a
discussion of the game, show a few simple AI algorithms for calculating
probabilities and predicting moves, and, wi-fi permitting, an online demo
in which I will get my butt kicked by my own code.

There are still vacancies in the 5 minute and 15 minute categories. It
would be great to get at least one more talk up there. However, if not, we
can just chillax and enjoy the rockin vibe of the Inspire9 co-working
space, maybe play a game of pool, and generally talk Python. It's a great
venue and I encourage you to come and enjoy the evening.

Cheers,
-T
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From tleeuwenburg at gmail.com  Tue Feb 28 02:49:20 2012
From: tleeuwenburg at gmail.com (Tennessee Leeuwenburg)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:49:20 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <CAA0ZO6CnV_r7wa-e+QxYJ0CMmvdt-w3ywed-MLY6r=5T0fQ8gw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
	<51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>
	<CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>
	<4F4C2C17.4000909@stumbles.id.au>
	<CAA0ZO6CnV_r7wa-e+QxYJ0CMmvdt-w3ywed-MLY6r=5T0fQ8gw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADhgxgfpdzaeEOc1e=TCfSDAcUjxybvrPuC5835ZAvnqXaDZuA@mail.gmail.com>

I've lined myself up for the 15-minute slot, and scheduled some time this
week for ramping up the entertainment value of the framework
"informational" slides constituting my presentation.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Brian May
<brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>wrote:

> On 28 February 2012 12:21, Ben Sturmfels <ben at stumbles.id.au> wrote:
> > Very sorry to conflict with your talk Brian. We didn't get much notice of
> > Brett Smith's visit. I'd certainly be interested in seeing your Django
> talk
> > if you could re-schedule.
>
> No problem, I don't blame you in anyway; I certainly understand how
> these things work.
>
> Considering the possibility that the speaker will be attending Brett's
> talk, I think it is wise that I postpone my talk until next month.
> --
> Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>
> _______________________________________________
> melbourne-pug mailing list
> melbourne-pug at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
>



-- 
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http://myownhat.blogspot.com/
"Don't believe everything you think"
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From anthony.briggs at gmail.com  Tue Feb 28 13:23:17 2012
From: anthony.briggs at gmail.com (Anthony Briggs)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:23:17 +1100
Subject: [melbourne-pug] django talk
In-Reply-To: <CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAA0ZO6B4==mrFgcK6+iAu7mQ77thRVBDe763QQ7TXy+MamQf3w@mail.gmail.com>
	<51D84E35-6A09-4664-B180-37415BE7E39D@pythoncharmers.com>
	<CAA0ZO6Aj=wdWqu6GtWsSoVqzs9jA3aybvPUfq4DzLJ=g3=mmfA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAO4-38-i_aU6=D7V3+VEO=mk553BfKcyB+r07n=HQ4TdeNt5Tg@mail.gmail.com>

I'll be there :)

On 28 February 2012 11:01, Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:

> On 14 February 2012 16:22, Ed Schofield <ed at pythoncharmers.com> wrote:
> >> Any interest?
> >
> > That sounds great! I'm sure many of us will be interested to hear about
> it. I've taken the liberty of adding you to the wiki. Please feel free to
> edit it further:
> >
> > http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG
>
> I am just wondering if I am still going to get an audience...
>
> I have a suspicion a number of people will be going to this event instead:
>
> http://apps.freesoftware.asn.au/invite/brett-smith-fsf/
>
> http://www.csamuel.org/2012/02/28/brett-smith-free-software-foundation-talks-on-the-tpp-in-melbourne-march-5th
>
> Maybe I should postpone my talk to next month?
> --
> Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>
> _______________________________________________
> melbourne-pug mailing list
> melbourne-pug at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
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