From ben+python at benfinney.id.au Sun Jan 6 22:30:33 2013 From: ben+python at benfinney.id.au (Ben Finney) Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:30:33 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Meeting for 2013-01-07 Message-ID: <7wwqvqc83q.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Howdy all, The MelbournePUG page at the Python Wiki is currently inaccessible [0] so I ask here: Is there a regular meeting planned at Inspire9 tonight, 2013-01-07? If not, what's the plan then? Thanks! [0] Because the Moin software that powers that wiki has a security vulnerability that is currently being exploited. Everyone running a Moin instance should upgrade immediately to version 1.9.6 or later . -- \ ?All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.? | `\ ?_Timequake_, Kurt Vonnegut | _o__) | Ben Finney From javier at candeira.com Sun Jan 6 23:44:44 2013 From: javier at candeira.com (Javier Candeira) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 09:44:44 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Meeting for 2013-01-07 In-Reply-To: <7wwqvqc83q.fsf@benfinney.id.au> References: <7wwqvqc83q.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Message-ID: Hi, Ben. No, no meeting today. See next message. Also thanks for the tip on the wiki. Perhaps it's best if we communicate on the mailing list for the next MPUG session. Cheers, Javier On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Howdy all, > > The MelbournePUG page at the Python Wiki is currently inaccessible [0] > so I ask here: > > Is there a regular meeting planned at Inspire9 tonight, 2013-01-07? If > not, what's the plan then? > > Thanks! > > > [0] Because the Moin software that powers that wiki has a security > vulnerability that is currently being exploited. Everyone running a Moin > instance should upgrade immediately to version 1.9.6 or later > . > > -- > \ ?All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.? | > `\ ?_Timequake_, Kurt Vonnegut | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug From javier at candeira.com Sun Jan 6 23:57:06 2013 From: javier at candeira.com (Javier Candeira) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 09:57:06 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Announcements: no February meeting (Berners-Lee!), January meeting on 28 Jan Message-ID: TL;DR: 07 Jan - No MPUG session. Please suggest a pub for a social? 28 Jan - Next MPUG session: please propose your talks on the mailing list. 04 Feb - No MPUG session. Maybe go see TBL instead [1] 04 March - First 2013 MPUG session on regular calendar Now, a bit longer, for those who like reading paragraphs: First of all, we don't usually have meetings in January, even though there is a first Monday of the month. So no scheduled meeting today. Maybe if there is enough quorum we can do a social pub outing? (Well, no "we" here because I can't, but I know that other people may want it). Next, Tim Berners-Lee will be in Melbourne on February 4, which is also a first Monday. His talk is free, and people have expressed interest in attending [1]. In order not to compete with Sir TBL, We've decided to move the Feb MPUG meeting to the 28th January. Since the wiki is down, maybe we can coordinate proposed talks on the mailing list, at least for the time being. [1] I know I'd like to hear him talk. In fact, I've already registered. http://tbldownunder.eventbrite.com/ Cheers, Javier & sundry MPUG organisers From brian at microcomaustralia.com.au Mon Jan 7 00:15:08 2013 From: brian at microcomaustralia.com.au (Brian May) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:15:08 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Announcements: no February meeting (Berners-Lee!), January meeting on 28 Jan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 7 January 2013 09:57, Javier Candeira wrote: > In order not to compete with Sir TBL, We've decided to move the Feb > MPUG meeting to the 28th January. Since the wiki is down, maybe we can > coordinate proposed talks on the mailing list, at least for the time > being. > err... Did you realize the 28th is Australia day public holiday, and also clashes with LCA2013? -- Brian May -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Did you realize the 28th is Australia day public holiday, and also > clashes with LCA2013? > -- > Brian May > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > -- Rory Hart http://www.roryhart.net http://www.relishment.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From javier at candeira.com Mon Jan 7 00:36:03 2013 From: javier at candeira.com (Javier Candeira) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:36:03 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Announcements: no February meeting (Berners-Lee!), January meeting on 28 Jan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >> err... Did you realize the 28th is Australia day public holiday, and also >> clashes with LCA2013? No, I messed up there. So, should we bring it forward to Jan 21st, or push it back to Feb 13th? J From chrisjrn at gmail.com Mon Jan 7 01:45:16 2013 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 11:45:16 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] =?windows-1252?q?Announcing_PyCon_Australia_2013_?= =?windows-1252?q?=96_July_5=967=2C_Hobart=2C_Tasmania?= Message-ID: Announcing PyCon Australia 2013 ? July 5?7, Hobart, Tasmania == Connecting the Australian Python Community == PyCon Australia is the national conference for users of the Python Programming Language. In July 2013, we're returning to Hobart, bringing together students, enthusiasts, and professionals with a love of Python from around Australia, and from all over the World. Once again, we'll have a weekend packed full of amazing content on all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by experts and core developers of the tools and frameworks you use every day. We're excited about the return of Friday Night CodeWars, and of course, we've got the usual conference dinner, as well as two days of developer sprints following the conference proceedings. We can't wait to share more about the conference in the coming months. Until then, subscribe to our announcement list, follow us on twitter, or add yourself to our Lanyrd page. Mailing list: http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/pycon-au-announce Twitter: http://twitter.com/pyconau Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/2013/pycon-au/ === Now with three days of talks! === In 2013, before the main event kicks off, we're welcoming two new mini-conferences on the Friday 5 July. DjangoCon AU is Australia's first national gathering for developers using the Django Web Framework. Presented by the Django Software Foundation, this mini-conference will feature a day of Django-specific talks and tutorials to support the growing community of Australian Django Developers. 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Registration will remain open until close to the conference opening. The conference will be held in July, where we're moving into a bigger, better venue at the Wrest Point Convention Centre in Hobart. The Miniconfs will be held on Friday 5 July, the conference proceedings are on Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 July, and the post-conference sprints will be on Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 July. To keep track of our announcements, sign up to our (low-traffic) announcements mailing list ? http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/pycon-au-announce == About PyCon Australia == PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The fourth PyCon Australia will be held on July 5?7, 2013 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 2013, 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 Platinum sponsor: Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); and our Gold Sponsor, Google Australia (www.google.com.au). For full details of our sponsors, see our website. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2013 -- http://pycon-au.org -- @pyconau 5?7 July 2013 -- Connecting the Australian Python Community with the world. Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn From rhydwyn.beta at gmail.com Mon Jan 7 02:42:12 2013 From: rhydwyn.beta at gmail.com (Rhydwyn) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:42:12 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Announcements: no February meeting (Berners-Lee!), January meeting on 28 Jan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0CB0732B-17E7-4B95-BC63-5800234837CF@gmail.com> I would suggest going early, that way the people who are heeding to LCA could work out catching up there, or sharing lifts. Rhydwyn Sent from my iPod On 07/01/2013, at 10:36 AM, Javier Candeira wrote: >>> err... Did you realize the 28th is Australia day public holiday, and also >>> clashes with LCA2013? > > No, I messed up there. > > So, should we bring it forward to Jan 21st, or push it back to Feb 13th? > > J > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug From ed at pythoncharmers.com Mon Jan 7 05:08:20 2013 From: ed at pythoncharmers.com (Ed Schofield) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:08:20 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Announcements: no February meeting (Berners-Lee!), January meeting on 28 Jan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <06CC948EEFB1411DBEE4DEF182140C40@pythoncharmers.com> On Monday, 7 January 2013 at 10:36 AM, Javier Candeira wrote: > > > err... Did you realize the 28th is Australia day public holiday, and also > > > clashes with LCA2013? > > > > > > No, I messed up there. > > So, should we bring it forward to Jan 21st, or push it back to Feb 13th? Happy New Year everyone! So it turns out Jan 28th isn't an ideal date, but the venue is already booked with i9 and over 15 people have already said Yes to 28th Jan on the Meetup site. So let's keep it simple and proceed with a meeting then as planned. Even if some of those people haven't realised it's a public holiday and later drop out, it's no big deal; we could always just head to a pub nearby on Swan Street if numbers are low. And there's no rule that says we can't have more than one meeting per month -- so a February meetup (e.g. 11th Feb) would be a good idea too ... that way there's not so long to wait until the next one (4 March). Rhydwyn: good idea about ride-sharing for LCA -- how about organising this through the mailing list? Best wishes, Ed -- Dr. Edward Schofield (M) +61 (0)405 676 229 Python Charmers http://pythoncharmers.com From brian at python.org Mon Jan 14 16:32:55 2013 From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:32:55 -0000 Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon 2013 Schedule Announced! Message-ID: Hi Melbourne Python Users Group! It's that time of year again: the PyCon schedule has been announced and the rush to pick up tickets is on! https://us.pycon.org/2013/schedule/ was completed last week, and we've seen a sharp increase in sales as we approach 1,500 registrations. This year we're limiting the attendance to 2,500 for our second year in Santa Clara, CA. The conference runs from March 13-21. The 2013 edition of PyCon is going to be the biggest and best yet. We've added a sixth track of talks, giving you 114 presentations to view. Tutorials are better than ever, with an even wider range of topics than before. They keynotes are being given by an excellent group: Eben Upton, Jessica McKellar, Raymond Hettinger, and Guido van Rossum. Tickets are available now at https://us.pycon.org/2013/registration/. Student rates were cut in half for 2013 to $125, and individual registrations are only $350. Corporate tickets are currently $600. No matter what group you fall into, the value PyCon provides is incredible. We've got a ton of great events going on throughout the conference. There's a workshop for kids 12 and under to learn Python - https://us.pycon.org/2013/events/letslearnpython/. The successful PyData conference is running during the sprints - http://sv2013.eventbrite.com/. The Postgres community is running PyPgDay during the tutorials - https://us.pycon.org/2013/events/pgday/. We're once again doing the 5K run, and the open spaces and sprints will be a blast as well. We also have a few tricks up our sleeve that we'll update you on at http://pycon.blogspot.com/ and https://www.twitter.com/PyCon. If your organization is interested in sponsoring PyCon, check out our prospectus at https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/ and contact conference chairman Jesse Noller at jnoller at python.org with any questions. Thanks for your time, and we hope to see you at PyCon 2013! Jesse Noller PyCon Chairman jnoller at python.org Brian Curtin PyCon Publicity Coordinator brian at python.org From r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com Thu Jan 24 04:24:12 2013 From: r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (Richard Jones) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:24:12 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech School Message-ID: Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, this announcement of the event and call for coaches: "Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and would like to learn: http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no prior knowledge. I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some programming/Python experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion " Richard From schweitzer.ubiquitous at gmail.com Thu Jan 24 04:26:57 2013 From: schweitzer.ubiquitous at gmail.com (martin schweitzer) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:26:57 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech School In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: And this was just posted to another Python group of which I am a member: MIT is about to start a *free* online course on scientific programming with Python: https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about I have had a browse at the textbook for the course by Guttag and was not /that/ impressed. However, it was a very brief look, so I could be wrong. Regards, Martin On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Richard Jones wrote: > Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, > this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > > "Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and > would like to learn: > > http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > > It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no > prior knowledge. > > > I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some programming/Python > experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, > OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > > > https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion > " > > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > 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 sam at nipl.net Thu Jan 24 06:21:01 2013 From: sam at nipl.net (Sam Watkins) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:21:01 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech School In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20130124052101.GQ2740@opal.nipl.net> Excellent, I will check that out, and some of their other courses. On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:26:57PM +1100, martin schweitzer wrote: > MIT is about to start a *free* online course on scientific programming with > Python: > https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about From mikerezny at yahoo.com.au Thu Jan 24 07:58:53 2013 From: mikerezny at yahoo.com.au (Mike Rezny) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:58:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech School In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1359010733.21008.YahooMailNeo@web125002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Hi Martin, unless I am mistaken, this course is "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming" and uses the book by John Guttag, Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python. So it would appear to be another "Introduction to programming using Python" I don't believe it is a course or book on Scientific Programming using Python since it does not appear to cover numpy, scipy, or matplotlib. Also courses in Scientific Programming generally expect that the reader has some familiarity with basic programming. regards Mike ________________________________ From: martin schweitzer To: Melbourne Python Users Group Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech School And this was just posted to another Python group of which I am a member: MIT is about to start a?free?online course on scientific programming with Python:https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about I have had a browse at the textbook for the course by Guttag and was not /that/ impressed. However, it was a very brief look, so I could be wrong. Regards, Martin On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Richard Jones wrote: Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, >this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > >"Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and >would like to learn: > >http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > >It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no >prior knowledge. > > >I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some programming/Python >experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, >OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > >https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion >" > > >? ? Richard >_______________________________________________ >melbourne-pug mailing list >melbourne-pug at python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > -- Martin Schweitzer Mobile: 0412 345 938 _______________________________________________ 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 schweitzer.ubiquitous at gmail.com Thu Jan 24 10:13:40 2013 From: schweitzer.ubiquitous at gmail.com (martin schweitzer) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:13:40 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech School In-Reply-To: <1359010733.21008.YahooMailNeo@web125002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1359010733.21008.YahooMailNeo@web125002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Yes. The part of it being an introduction to Scientific Python was part of the quote (I should have made the quote clearer). I had looked at the course and it seems a basic introduction to Python. The book, "Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python" by John Guttag is the book used for the course. It is available on Amazon and maybe I am being a bit harsh in my assessment of it, but looking at how much Amazon allows us to see, it is certainly no SICP. Regards, Martin On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Mike Rezny wrote: > Hi Martin, > unless I am mistaken, this course is "Introduction to Computer Science and > Programming" > and uses the book by John Guttag, Introduction to Computation and > Programming Using Python. > So it would appear to be another "Introduction to programming using Python" > > I don't believe it is a course or book on Scientific Programming using > Python > since it does not appear to cover numpy, scipy, or matplotlib. Also courses > in Scientific Programming generally expect that the reader has some > familiarity > with basic programming. > > regards > Mike > > ------------------------------ > *From:* martin schweitzer > *To:* Melbourne Python Users Group > *Sent:* Thursday, 24 January 2013 2:26 PM > *Subject:* Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > > And this was just posted to another Python group of which I am a member: > > MIT is about to start a *free* online course on scientific programming > with Python: > https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about > > I have had a browse at the textbook for the course by Guttag and was not > /that/ impressed. However, it was a very brief look, so I could be wrong. > > Regards, > Martin > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Richard Jones wrote: > > Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, > this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > > "Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and > would like to learn: > > http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > > It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no > prior knowledge. > > > I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some programming/Python > experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, > OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > > > https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion > " > > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > > -- > Martin Schweitzer > Mobile: 0412 345 938 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Martin Schweitzer Mobile: 0412 345 938 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From teh.ivo at gmail.com Thu Jan 24 12:13:15 2013 From: teh.ivo at gmail.com (Matthew Iversen) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:13:15 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] melbourne-pug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have done the course on MIT 6.00x previously, helping out a friend trying it. It is a general introduction to programming with python, I practically never looked at the book, and you hardly need to. The main innovation is this is completely done with interactive electronic marking and testing, that's mostly done pretty well. The fact that they can offer it for free to anyone in the world with an internet connection is just awesome, unless you don't like there being too many python programmers in the world :) IIRC, the book was written before and during previous offerings of this course, and is being updated as well. You can access it for free online when you participate in the course. At any rate, I get the sense that you might be trying to judge the course from the book, which I can tell you from experience here it makes no sense to do so. On 24 January 2013 20:14, wrote: > Send melbourne-pug mailing list submissions to > melbourne-pug at python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > melbourne-pug-request at python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > melbourne-pug-owner at python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of melbourne-pug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech > School (Richard Jones) > 2. Re: "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech > School (martin schweitzer) > 3. Re: "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech > School (Sam Watkins) > 4. Re: "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech > School (Mike Rezny) > 5. Re: "Introduction to Programming with Python" from Open Tech > School (martin schweitzer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:24:12 +1100 > From: Richard Jones > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Subject: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > Message-ID: > < > CAHrZfZCRLD69YGygiEFrm0wcmDXOfyi7LbG4vxexiE4wdj6nUA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, > this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > > "Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and > would like to learn: > > http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > > It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no > prior knowledge. > > > I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some programming/Python > experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, > OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > > > https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion > " > > > Richard > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:26:57 +1100 > From: martin schweitzer > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > Message-ID: > w at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > And this was just posted to another Python group of which I am a member: > > MIT is about to start a *free* online course on scientific programming with > Python: > https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about > > I have had a browse at the textbook for the course by Guttag and was not > /that/ impressed. However, it was a very brief look, so I could be wrong. > > Regards, > Martin > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Richard Jones >wrote: > > > Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, > > this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > > > > "Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and > > would like to learn: > > > > http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > > > > It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no > > prior knowledge. > > > > > > I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some > programming/Python > > experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, > > OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion > > " > > > > > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/melbourne-pug/attachments/20130124/7680e65b/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:21:01 +1100 > From: Sam Watkins > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > Message-ID: <20130124052101.GQ2740 at opal.nipl.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Excellent, I will check that out, and some of their other courses. > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:26:57PM +1100, martin schweitzer wrote: > > MIT is about to start a *free* online course on scientific programming > with > > Python: > > https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:58:53 -0800 (PST) > From: Mike Rezny > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > Message-ID: > <1359010733.21008.YahooMailNeo at web125002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Martin, > unless I am mistaken, this course is "Introduction to Computer Science and > Programming" > and uses the book by John Guttag, Introduction to Computation and > Programming Using > Python. > So it would appear to be another "Introduction to programming using Python" > > I don't believe it is a course or book on Scientific Programming using > Python > since it does not appear to cover numpy, scipy, or matplotlib. Also courses > in Scientific Programming generally expect that the reader has some > familiarity > with basic programming. > > regards > Mike > > > > ________________________________ > From: martin schweitzer > To: Melbourne Python Users Group > Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > > > And this was just posted to another Python group of which I am a member: > > MIT is about to start a?free?online course on scientific programming with > Python:https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about > > > I have had a browse at the textbook for the course by Guttag and was not > /that/ impressed. However, it was a very brief look, so I could be wrong. > > Regards, > Martin > > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Richard Jones > wrote: > > Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, > >this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > > > >"Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and > >would like to learn: > > > >http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > > > >It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no > >prior knowledge. > > > > > >I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some > programming/Python > >experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, > >OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > > > > > https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion > >" > > > > > >? ? Richard > >_______________________________________________ > >melbourne-pug mailing list > >melbourne-pug at python.org > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > > -- > Martin Schweitzer > Mobile: 0412 345 938 > > _______________________________________________ > 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: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/melbourne-pug/attachments/20130123/9b604a9d/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:13:40 +1100 > From: martin schweitzer > To: Mike Rezny , Melbourne Python Users > Group > > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > from Open Tech School > Message-ID: > < > CAJmzfoFrGVtaTYe+XGKAoaPzrDWRbOxXqbOh5POA2X89dJ55ag at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yes. The part of it being an introduction to Scientific Python was part of > the quote (I should have made the quote clearer). I had looked at the > course and it seems a basic introduction to Python. The book, > "Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python" by John Guttag > is the book used for the course. It is available on Amazon and maybe I am > being a bit harsh in my assessment of it, but looking at how much Amazon > allows us to see, it is certainly no SICP. > > Regards, > Martin > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Mike Rezny > wrote: > > > Hi Martin, > > unless I am mistaken, this course is "Introduction to Computer Science > and > > Programming" > > and uses the book by John Guttag, Introduction to Computation and > > Programming Using Python. > > So it would appear to be another "Introduction to programming using > Python" > > > > I don't believe it is a course or book on Scientific Programming using > > Python > > since it does not appear to cover numpy, scipy, or matplotlib. Also > courses > > in Scientific Programming generally expect that the reader has some > > familiarity > > with basic programming. > > > > regards > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* martin schweitzer > > *To:* Melbourne Python Users Group > > *Sent:* Thursday, 24 January 2013 2:26 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [melbourne-pug] "Introduction to Programming with Python" > > from Open Tech School > > > > And this was just posted to another Python group of which I am a member: > > > > MIT is about to start a *free* online course on scientific programming > > with Python: > > https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2013_Spring/about > > > > I have had a browse at the textbook for the course by Guttag and was not > > /that/ impressed. However, it was a very brief look, so I could be wrong. > > > > Regards, > > Martin > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Richard Jones >wrote: > > > > Copied from the Melbourne Raspberry Pi Jam list, via the CCHS list, > > this announcement of the event and call for coaches: > > > > "Posting this in case you, or anyone you know, has never programmed and > > would like to learn: > > > > http://www.meetup.com/OpenTechSchool-Melbourne/events/99983172/ > > > > It's a free event, hosted by Electron Workshop. Assumes absolutely no > > prior knowledge. > > > > > > I figure there are probably many CCHS folk who have some > programming/Python > > experience as well. If anyone is keen to help out at the workshops, > > OTS Melbourne is also looking for coaches: > > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/a/opentechschool.org/d/topic/coaches.python/PJrfBkIgtg8/discussion > > " > > > > > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > > melbourne-pug mailing list > > melbourne-pug at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Martin Schweitzer > > Mobile: 0412 345 938 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Martin Schweitzer > Mobile: 0412 345 938 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/melbourne-pug/attachments/20130124/a740e101/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > melbourne-pug mailing list > melbourne-pug at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug > > > ------------------------------ > > End of melbourne-pug Digest, Vol 79, Issue 4 > ******************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From steven.farlie at gmail.com Sat Jan 26 04:02:53 2013 From: steven.farlie at gmail.com (Steven Farlie) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:02:53 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Monday Python meeting Message-ID: Hi everyone, I've been banging on the door at meetup.com and just found out there is a mailing list. Thanks Colin! Yes I'd like to do a talk. I'm back in Australia after travelling. I spent some time volunteering as a Python coach for OpenTechSchool Berlin and now that I'm back I'm trying to start it up in Melbourne. So I can give my experiences there and also talk a bit about OTS, coaching and the upcoming workshop. OTS is a bit different from most training organisations, and it's all pro open-source and free software, volunteer driven, no money involved etc etc, so I'll be around to chat and hang out. 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It's more about projecting a positive attitude to learning, programming and open source. Everyone I've coached at a workshop have had the smarts for casual programming. For many it's the difference between getting over that initial learning curve and giving up. Many people are come to the workshops to accomplish something, like multimedia, scientific computing or gaming, and having a real life person to tell them what pygame or numpy is can prevent so much heartache. If you are interested but have questions then feel free email me steven at opentechschool.org, or I'll be at the PUG meetups as well. Cheers, -- Steven -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From doanviettrung at gmail.com Mon Jan 28 07:05:19 2013 From: doanviettrung at gmail.com (DoanVietTrungAtGmail) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:05:19 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Hi Ed, I'll miss tonight's meeting, hope to be there next mth. Trung Doan \END\ Re: Monday Python meeting Message-ID: On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Ed Schofield wrote: > > On 25/01/2013, at 3:25 PM, DoanVietTrungAtGmail > wrote: > > Hi Ed, I am new to the PUG (and also new to programming). Is it the > Inspire9 pub at 1/41 Stewart St, Richmond VIC 3121? I looked at some > previous emails but couldn't find the answer, hence this email. Thanks. > > > Hi Trung, welcome to the group! Inspire9 is a coworking venue (rather than > a pub ;), but the address is right. More info is here: > http://inspire9.com/. > > See you on Monday :) > Ed > > > -- > Dr. Edward Schofield > Python Charmers > +61 (0)405 676 229 > http://pythoncharmers.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 javier at candeira.com Mon Jan 28 07:44:57 2013 From: javier at candeira.com (Javier Candeira) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:44:57 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] Hi Ed, I'll miss tonight's meeting, hope to be there next mth. Trung Doan \END\ Re: Monday Python meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'm afraid I can't go either, due to minor family mishaps. Apologies, Javier From chrisjrn at gmail.com Thu Jan 31 01:02:06 2013 From: chrisjrn at gmail.com (Chris Neugebauer) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:02:06 +1100 Subject: [melbourne-pug] PyCon Australia is seeking a host city for 2014 & 2015 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi There! If you're interested in running, or helping out with a PyCon Australia bid for 2014 & 2015, please let us know by the end of the day tomorrow! We've already got one bid team lined up, but some competition would be fantastic! --Chris On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Chris Neugebauer wrote: > Hello there! > > PyCon Australia is currently seeking expressions of interest for an > Australian city to host the conference for its 2014 & 2015 editions. > > The bid process is a relatively simple one: at this stage, we just > want teams who are interested in running the conference in 2014 & 2015 > to get in contact with us and to let us know that they're interested > in bidding. > > Once we've received expressions of interest, we will be in contact > with those who have expressed interest, and we'll let them know how we > intend for the bid process to proceed. > > So, if you're interested in taking PyCon Australia to a new city and > new audience, send an e-mail to contact at pycon-au.org ? let us know: > > - Who you are > - Which Australian city you'd be planning on hosting the conference in > > Expressions of interest will close on Friday 1 February. > > We look forward to hearing from you. > > -- The PyCon Australia team. > > -- > -- > --Christopher Neugebauer > Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison > > PyCon Australia: Hobart 2013 -- http://pycon-au.org -- @pyconau > 6?7 July 2013, more details coming soon. > > Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- > WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn