From rshepard at appl-ecosys.com  Thu Sep  2 00:44:41 2010
From: rshepard at appl-ecosys.com (Rich Shepard)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:44:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>

   I'm redoing my company's web site and have been encouraged to use a CMS.
My partner recommended WordPress but that mandates MySQL, and I use both
postgres and sqlite; I don't want to install and learn a third dbms.

   I see there's Django, Plone, and more that are python based. I'm sure each
has strengths and weaknesses, and I'm looking for one appropriate for a
professional consulting site, not a store.

   Please suggest an easy to learn, maintain, and use python-based CMS.

Thanks,

Rich

From jd at commandprompt.com  Thu Sep  2 01:13:31 2010
From: jd at commandprompt.com (Joshua D. Drake)
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:13:31 -0700
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 15:44 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I'm redoing my company's web site and have been encouraged to use a CMS.
> My partner recommended WordPress but that mandates MySQL, and I use both
> postgres and sqlite; I don't want to install and learn a third dbms.
> 
>    I see there's Django, Plone, and more that are python based. I'm sure each
> has strengths and weaknesses, and I'm looking for one appropriate for a
> professional consulting site, not a store.

Django is not really a CMS, although it has a CMS you can plug into it. 

> 
>    Please suggest an easy to learn, maintain, and use python-based CMS
> .

Take a look at http://www.django-cms.org/

JD

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
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From rshepard at appl-ecosys.com  Thu Sep  2 01:30:28 2010
From: rshepard at appl-ecosys.com (Rich Shepard)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:30:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <1283382811.17138.52.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
	<1283382811.17138.52.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com>
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On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Django is not really a CMS, although it has a CMS you can plug into it.

> Take a look at http://www.django-cms.org/

   Thanks, Josh.

   For the dozen-and-a-half web pages I don't know that I really need a CMS
at all. I add downloadable documents to it, but that's about all.

Rich

From monk at netjunky.com  Thu Sep  2 01:53:57 2010
From: monk at netjunky.com (jonathan karon)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:53:57 -0700
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikkmmHdv9wZC-=2knYDCz_9-DS6YQoMhK-PSX0O@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Rich,

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> ?I see there's Django, Plone, and more that are python based. I'm sure each
> has strengths and weaknesses, and I'm looking for one appropriate for a
> professional consulting site, not a store.
>
> ?Please suggest an easy to learn, maintain, and use python-based CMS.
>

If you're just looking to publish a small web site and make it easily
maintainable, stacks like Django and Plone are vast overkill and come
with a great deal of setup and learning you shouldn't have to deal
with.  Django is a web app framework and Plone is as much an App
Server as a CMS.

Setting up and running a MySQL instance and WordPress will actually be
less work than getting a usable web site up and running on Plone or
Django-CMS (especially if your server has prebuilt MySQL, PHP, and
Apache packages).

It's not Python, but you might have a look at Drupal as it does have
good Postgres support.

If anyone knows of good simple CMS / blogging frameworks in Python I'd
love to hear about them.

From rshepard at appl-ecosys.com  Thu Sep  2 02:08:49 2010
From: rshepard at appl-ecosys.com (Rich Shepard)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:08:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikkmmHdv9wZC-=2knYDCz_9-DS6YQoMhK-PSX0O@mail.gmail.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
	<AANLkTikkmmHdv9wZC-=2knYDCz_9-DS6YQoMhK-PSX0O@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, jonathan karon wrote:

> If you're just looking to publish a small web site and make it easily
> maintainable, stacks like Django and Plone are vast overkill and come with
> a great deal of setup and learning you shouldn't have to deal with. 
> Django is a web app framework and Plone is as much an App Server as a CMS.

Jonathan,

   I've been writing my web site in html/xhtml and css for more than a dozen
years. I've changed the site a half-dozen times and do all my editing in
emacs. There are 18 .shtml pages, a slew of publications, some images, and a
couple of .css files. The most frequent page to change is (currently)
"What's New" when I post a new newsletter, white paper, or article.

   Perhaps there are features in Django that will attract more potential
clients, but I've no idea what such attractions might be.

> Setting up and running a MySQL instance and WordPress will actually be
> less work than getting a usable web site up and running on Plone or
> Django-CMS (especially if your server has prebuilt MySQL, PHP, and Apache
> packages).

   I am resistant to installing and learning MySQL because I've used postgres
and sqlite for years and don't want to learn and maintain a third dbms. I
don't make money by writing Web sites, and so far it's not directly
generated any business for us. I'll be changing the focus and content, but I
like the looks of the current site.

> It's not Python, but you might have a look at Drupal as it does have
> good Postgres support.

   My preference for Python is that I've written our approximate reasoning
models in Python and don't want to learn PHP, Java, or Ruby just for the Web
site. Again, it's not my business so I want to modify the site then ignore
it as I've done in the past.

   I'll take a look at Drypal, too.

Thanks,

Rich

From pacopablo at pacopablo.com  Thu Sep  2 06:24:16 2010
From: pacopablo at pacopablo.com (John Hampton)
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:24:16 -0700
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikkmmHdv9wZC-=2knYDCz_9-DS6YQoMhK-PSX0O@mail.gmail.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
	<AANLkTikkmmHdv9wZC-=2knYDCz_9-DS6YQoMhK-PSX0O@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4C7F26F0.7090309@pacopablo.com>

On 9/1/10 4:53 PM, jonathan karon wrote:
> If anyone knows of good simple CMS / blogging frameworks in Python I'd
> love to hear about them.


Not a CMS, but for blogging, I like Zine [1].  It's simple, elegant, and 
Python!

-John

[1] http://zine.pocoo.org/

From rick.flosi at gmail.com  Thu Sep  2 18:10:52 2010
From: rick.flosi at gmail.com (Rick Flosi)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:10:52 -0700
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <4C7F26F0.7090309@pacopablo.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
	<AANLkTikkmmHdv9wZC-=2knYDCz_9-DS6YQoMhK-PSX0O@mail.gmail.com>
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Just adding to the list to consider...
Google App Engine and web2py. Not sure if either have a CMS app, but
depending on what you want to do you might not want a generic CMS and
instead might want to build some small apps for specific content.
Pylons and Turbogears might be of interest too. I believe Turbogears is
built on top of Pylons nowadays.
I'd be interested to know what you decide to go with.

-r.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:24 PM, John Hampton <pacopablo at pacopablo.com>wrote:

> On 9/1/10 4:53 PM, jonathan karon wrote:
>
>> If anyone knows of good simple CMS / blogging frameworks in Python I'd
>> love to hear about them.
>>
>
>
> Not a CMS, but for blogging, I like Zine [1].  It's simple, elegant, and
> Python!
>
> -John
>
> [1] http://zine.pocoo.org/
>
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From jd at commandprompt.com  Thu Sep  2 18:10:49 2010
From: jd at commandprompt.com (Joshua D. Drake)
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:10:49 -0700
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011701400.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 17:08 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, jonathan karon wrote:

>    Perhaps there are features in Django that will attract more potential
> clients, but I've no idea what such attractions might be.

Well as I said previously Django won't do what you want. It is just a
framework. However a Django application might, Django-Cms is what I
would look into.


>    I am resistant to installing and learning MySQL because I've used postgres
> and sqlite for years and don't want to learn and maintain a third dbms. I
> don't make money by writing Web sites, and so far it's not directly
> generated any business for us. I'll be changing the focus and content, but I
> like the looks of the current site.

Oh come on, there are a lot more reasons than that to not learn MySQL :P

> 
> > It's not Python, but you might have a look at Drupal as it does have
> > good Postgres support.
> 
>    My preference for Python is that I've written our approximate reasoning
> models in Python and don't want to learn PHP, Java, or Ruby just for the Web
> site. Again, it's not my business so I want to modify the site then ignore
> it as I've done in the past.

Well, a true CMS you don't have to learn the language. Drupal has a huge
community around it. It has a ton of modules. The PostgreSQL Conference
site for example is in Drupal. I would prefer it be Python and Pylons or
something but I would never have to the time to get it deployed as I
have with Drupal.


Joshua D. Drake

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From snowhitster at gmail.com  Thu Sep  2 18:11:34 2010
From: snowhitster at gmail.com (Timothy Snowhite)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:11:34 -0400
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <4C7F26F0.7090309@pacopablo.com>
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009011541500.26370@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
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 Another option for you might be MoinMoin[2], a wiki engine in python.

It's not database driven.


(Presumably, when you're doing the templating you'll be able to remove the
wiki editing elements from the end-client facing pages. There seem to be
templates[3] available that you can work from.
You'll also probably want to hide the editing and uploading pages that
you'll use to make changes to the site behind HTTP Basic Auth[4]. )
[2] MoinMoin: http://moinmo.in
[3] Themes: http://moinmo.in/ThemeMarketArchive
[4] How Auth works in Moin Moin: http://moinmo.in/HelpOnAuthentication

 Richard Shepherd wrote:

> I've been writing my web site in html/xhtml and css for more than a dozen
> years. I've changed the site a half-dozen times and do all my editing in
> emacs. There are 18 .shtml pages, a slew of publications, some images, and
> a
> couple of .css files. The most frequent page to change is (currently)
> "What's New" when I post a new newsletter, white paper, or article.
>

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:24 AM, John Hampton <pacopablo at pacopablo.com>wrote:

>
> Not a CMS, but for blogging, I like Zine [1].  It's simple, elegant, and
> Python!
>
> -John
>
> [1] http://zine.pocoo.org/
>
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From rshepard at appl-ecosys.com  Thu Sep  2 18:29:19 2010
From: rshepard at appl-ecosys.com (Rich Shepard)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:29:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Well as I said previously Django won't do what you want. It is just a
> framework. However a Django application might, Django-Cms is what I would
> look into.

Josh,

   You are correct that I don't need a framework, but a tool to manage
content and allow me to do more with the site. I've looked very closely at
Drupal, but was told that local developers consider it to have a very steep
initial learning curve.

   More exploration this morning turned up Elxis (http://www.elxis.com/).
That looks ideal for me.

> Oh come on, there are a lot more reasons than that to not learn MySQL :P

   Well, sure. I've used postgres for more than a dozen years and use sqlite
for single-user, embedded applications.

> Well, a true CMS you don't have to learn the language.

   True.

> Drupal has a huge community around it. It has a ton of modules. The
> PostgreSQL Conference site for example is in Drupal. I would prefer it be
> Python and Pylons or something but I would never have to the time to get
> it deployed as I have with Drupal.

   See above. I'm down to Drupal and Elxis.

   Converting my static web pages to be part of a CMS-run site is a whole new
experience. I'm slowing realizing what I can do that would add value to site
visitors; I'm sure that there are many more benefits that I don't know
exist.

Thanks,

Rich

From jd at commandprompt.com  Thu Sep  2 18:48:33 2010
From: jd at commandprompt.com (Joshua D. Drake)
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:48:33 -0700
Subject: [portland] CMS Recommendations
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009020922500.5977@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
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On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 09:29 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> 
> > Well as I said previously Django won't do what you want. It is just a
> > framework. However a Django application might, Django-Cms is what I would
> > look into.
> 
> Josh,
> 
>    You are correct that I don't need a framework, but a tool to manage
> content and allow me to do more with the site. I've looked very closely at
> Drupal, but was told that local developers consider it to have a very steep
> initial learning curve.

Nahhh... you install it, you create content. It's only real learning
curve is if you want to create your own modules (which you wouldn't) or
theme (which you could just use one of the thousands of free ones).

Good luck!

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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From kchambers at rideconnection.org  Fri Sep  3 00:01:37 2010
From: kchambers at rideconnection.org (Kevin Chambers)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:01:37 -0700
Subject: [portland] Ride Connection is seeking agile web & UI developers -
	updated
Message-ID: <B8A0659E646D0F41B034EA7168DC474DD70130@Ride1.RideCon.local>

Hi there-

 

Ride Connection is a Portland metro area non-profit  dedicated to
providing responsive, accessible transportation options for those in
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designer, to build an internal web-base tracking system.  The full
request for bid, along with addendum and responses to vendor questions,
is located here <http://bit.ly/9QfrZW> .   Submissions are due by
September 8, 5pm.

 

Best Regards,

KC

 

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From jek at discorporate.us  Tue Sep 14 04:01:44 2010
From: jek at discorporate.us (jason kirtland)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:01:44 -0700
Subject: [portland] Meeting tomorrow: VENUE CHANGE!
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=Ubezbb3Jo-XUGP-521QU1CJT=jHtrEKcDp4k7@mail.gmail.com>

End of summer vacations, DjangoCon, back to school, new jobs- most of
us seem to have been busy-busy this last month.? Our usual
"presentations & beer" style meeting didn't come together this time.
In its stead, please behold the introduction of the first* PDXPython
Dinner Social!

Please RSVP on the Meetup site and join us at the DESCHUTES BREWERY at
6:30 tomorrow, Tuesday September 14th, where we will enjoy the promise
of large tables, a varied menu for the hungry, a wide range of
beverages, and spirited discussion of the Pythonic pursuits that are
keeping us so busy.

Directions and the very important RSVP:
http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/calendar/14584425/

I hope to see you all there!

Cheers,
Jason

* note: not actually first

From michelle at pdxpython.org  Tue Sep 14 20:07:51 2010
From: michelle at pdxpython.org (Michelle Rowley)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:07:51 -0700
Subject: [portland] Meeting tomorrow: VENUE CHANGE!
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=Ubezbb3Jo-XUGP-521QU1CJT=jHtrEKcDp4k7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=Ubezbb3Jo-XUGP-521QU1CJT=jHtrEKcDp4k7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTin4MZDdnT=1NCGHX1D_ejQgsF9Uw2O-U5DhJeTU@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Pythoneers,

I'm looking forward to tonight's first* Dinner Social! If you're planning on
joining us and haven't yet RSVPed via Meetup, please send me an email or let
me know on IRC (dael on freenode) so I can make a reservation this
afternoon. They won't seat us at Deschutes until at least half the reserved
number have arrived, so please be on time (6:30pm).

Also, don't forget to bring cash so we don't have to split a check 29 ways!

See you tonight,
Michelle

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM, jason kirtland <jek at discorporate.us> wrote:

> End of summer vacations, DjangoCon, back to school, new jobs- most of
> us seem to have been busy-busy this last month.  Our usual
> "presentations & beer" style meeting didn't come together this time.
> In its stead, please behold the introduction of the first* PDXPython
> Dinner Social!
>
> Please RSVP on the Meetup site and join us at the DESCHUTES BREWERY at
> 6:30 tomorrow, Tuesday September 14th, where we will enjoy the promise
> of large tables, a varied menu for the hungry, a wide range of
> beverages, and spirited discussion of the Pythonic pursuits that are
> keeping us so busy.
>
> Directions and the very important RSVP:
> http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/calendar/14584425/
>
> I hope to see you all there!
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
>
> * note: not actually first
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From grace at lolapps.com  Sat Sep 18 03:02:43 2010
From: grace at lolapps.com (Grace Law)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:02:43 -0700
Subject: [portland] Can you help with Server/Scalability challenges at huge
	social gaming site?
Message-ID: <AANLkTimFS5PDKWxnWdgdX1vXdVxmjX43YuqsScCyBXr8@mail.gmail.com>

Hi there,

Want to move to San Francisco and work with a group of smart, fun people and
LOL at the office?  My HR manager said we can relocate you :)

We are a 2 year old, cash flow positive social gaming / Facebook App
company.   About 40 people now and plan to get to 60-70 in the next 6 to 12
months.   Big Python/Pylons shop building high quality Flash games.  You can
find out how we scaled from 0 to 50 million users from this video at the
last PyCon.
http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/schedule/event/135/  :)

We're looking for a seasoned server/performance engineer to do more of that.


More details here:

*Python Server/Scalability Engineer *

http://lolapps.com is looking for a seasoned performance engineer.  You know
the thrill and the terror of an unexpected traffic storm that's railed your
application.  You think on your feet, adapt and make a genius patch that
let's your servers hold to see out the storm, then hit the whiteboard to
start architecting a solution that will handle the next storm with ease.

Ideally, you:
* Love python and can code it in your sleep.
* Working knowledge of Linux, scripting, and SQL.
* Understand when MySQL is great and experiment with NoSQL solutions
(Memcached/Mongo/Redis/Cassandra)
* Know how to put together a web-application stack. (We use Pylons/Paste.)
* Enjoy bouncing ideas of your teammates to build up solutions no one person
could of thought up by themselves.
* Care about your implementations and find yourself compulsively checking
that your latest experimental deploy is working the way you thought it
would.

You'll get to:

* Work in an innovative space that is expanding into a billion dollar
industry.
* Design and implement large chunks of scalability features.
* Help make key infrastructure decisions (databases, replication layouts,
caching solutions, etc.).
* Experiment with the newest emerging open-source technologies.
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From adam at therobots.org  Fri Sep 24 04:49:25 2010
From: adam at therobots.org (Adam Lowry)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:49:25 -0700
Subject: [portland] Fwd: [TIP] Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011
References: <AANLkTimKLe+31QrhMg+A88m0G476uWJSi3FQ0Rcu151L@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <530D5433-D316-4520-AFA1-EA5DD90C8BC6@therobots.org>

PyCon is always a great conference, and you all should consider giving a talk.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com>
> Date: September 23, 2010 6:34:17 PM PDT
> To: tip <testing-in-python at lists.idyll.org>
> Subject: [TIP] Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011
> 
> [I better see some rocking testing talks again this year! - jesse]
> 
> 
> Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011 -- <http://us.pycon.org/2011/>
> ===============================================================
> 
> Proposal Due date: November 1st, 2010
> 
> PyCon is back! With a rocking new website, a great location and
> more Python hackers and luminaries under one roof than you could
> possibly shake a stick at. We've also added an "Extreme" talk
> track this year - no introduction, no fluff - only the pure
> technical meat!
> 
> PyCon 2011 will be held March 9th through the 17th, 2011 in Atlanta,
> Georgia. (Home of some of the best southern food you can possibly
> find on Earth!) The PyCon conference days will be March 11-13,
> preceded by two tutorial days (March 9-10), and followed by four
> days of development sprints (March 14-17).
> 
> PyCon 2011 is looking for proposals for the formal presentation
> tracks (this includes "extreme talks"). A request for proposals for
> poster sessions and tutorials will come separately.
> 
> Want to showcase your skills as a Python Hacker? Want to have
> hundreds of people see your talk on the subject of your choice? Have
> some hot button issue you think the community needs to address, or have
> some package, code or project you simply love talking about? Want to
> launch your master plan to take over the world with Python?
> 
> PyCon is your platform for getting the word out and teaching something
> new to hundreds of people, face to face.
> 
> In the past, PyCon has had a broad range of presentations, from reports
> on academic and commercial projects, tutorials on a broad range of
> subjects, and case studies. All conference speakers are volunteers and
> come from a myriad of backgrounds: some are new speakers, some have been
> speaking for years. Everyone is welcome, so bring your passion and your
> code! We've had some incredible past PyCons, and we're looking to you to
> help us top them!
> 
> Online proposal submission is open now! Proposals  will be accepted
> through November 10th, with acceptance notifications coming out by
> January 20th. To get started, please see:
> 
>    <http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/>
> 
> For videos of talks from previous years - check out:
> 
>    <http://python.mirocommunity.org/category/conferences>
> 
> For more information on "Extreme Talks" see:
> 
>    <http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/extreme/>
> 
> We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!
> 
> Please also note - registration for PyCon 2011 will also be capped at a
> maximum of 1,500 delegates, including speakers. When registration opens
> (soon), you're going to want to make sure you register early! Speakers
> with accepted talks will have a guaranteed slot.
> 
> Important Dates:
>    * November 1st, 2010: Talk proposals due.
>    * December 15th, 2010: Acceptance emails sent.
>    * January 19th, 2010: Early bird registration closes.
>    * March 9-10th, 2011: Tutorial days at PyCon.
>    * March 11-13th, 2011: PyCon main conference.
>    * March 14-17th, 2011: PyCon sprints days.
> 
> Contact Emails:
>    Van Lindberg (Conference Chair) - van at python.org
>    Jesse Noller (Co-Chair) - jnoller at python.org
>    PyCon Organizers list: pycon-organizers at python.org
> 
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> http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python


From chiller at decipherinc.com  Tue Sep 28 00:53:00 2010
From: chiller at decipherinc.com (Christopher Hiller)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:53:00 -0700
Subject: [portland] Decipher is hiring
Message-ID: <AANLkTini-=6aZ7PGFa+6sC-KTVXcD7Z6Tr3V=YXKW34u@mail.gmail.com>

My company, Decipher Inc., is hiring a software developer for its Portland
office (main HQ in Fresno).  Here's the posting:


Software Developer

Salary: 45k-75k

Primary skills:

- Write software code in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Python, and other
languages as required

- Able to communicate through writing and provide documentation on features
produced.

- Test code using automated test tools; provide documentation of tests run.

- Use version control to exchange code with other developers

- Use bug tracking systems to exchange information with other developers.

- Know what STFW means, and how to do it. Also know the meaning of FTW, IRC,
and TDD.

Job tasks:

- Implement software using above programming languages, to specifications
provided

- Review and set task priorities using the bug tracker

- Document changes made in the bug tracker for testers

- Document changes made in wiki or other documentation, for end users

- Assist other developers in solving problems through written or in-person
communication

Decipher, Inc.

A marketing research service provider, Decipher, Inc. specializes in online
survey programming, data
collection, and report product efficiencies. Decipher's reporting suite
provides users with the ability to
automate post field production. This innovative solution is an industry
first, resulting in tremendous
time savings and labor costs for market researchers while significantly
increasing the accuracy and
quality of research reporting.

The self-motivation and positive energy of the individuals that continually
join our team are
matched only by the strength and consistency of our company's leadership.
For the last ten years,
this combination has provided Decipher with solid growth and profitability.
We offer attractive
compensation packages which include medical and dental coverage and an
excellent 401K plan.


See more info about us at www.decipherinc.com.  Send resumes to Marisa
Hernandez: marisa at decipherinc.com.  Let her know where you found the
posting.  Thanks!

Chris
-- 
christopher hiller
sr software engineer
decipher
115 sw ash st, ste 323
portland or 97209
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