From cbc at unc.edu Tue Apr 3 16:48:39 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:48:39 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Server Maintenance Message-ID: <4F7B0DC7.3060605@unc.edu> You may see trizpug.org become temporarily unavailable as some drive issues are diagnosed. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From cbc at unc.edu Tue Apr 3 18:19:51 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:19:51 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Server Maintenance In-Reply-To: <4F7B0DC7.3060605@unc.edu> References: <4F7B0DC7.3060605@unc.edu> Message-ID: <4F7B2327.4010804@unc.edu> On 4/3/2012 10:48 AM, Chris Calloway wrote: > You may see trizpug.org become temporarily unavailable as some drive > issues are diagnosed. This issue was resolved with only a couple of minutes of downtime. A drive in the RAID array was replaced. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From nfoster at caktusgroup.com Fri Apr 6 16:28:24 2012 From: nfoster at caktusgroup.com (Nicole Foster) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:28:24 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Contract Position at Caktus Group Message-ID: Caktus is looking for an experienced Django web developer to work on a contract basis who enjoys working on a team and is excited to work on new and diverse projects. We would like to develop a long term relationship with someone who has between 10 and 30 hours per week available. This position requires on site work in our Carrboro, NC office. Your work will involve: - Data modeling complex business ideas - Creating and integrating Django apps in new projects - Maintaining existing Django projects - Django deployment *Qualifications* - At least 2 years of experience building dynamic web applications in any language - At least 6 months of experience using Python and Django - Familiarity with Linux (Debian-flavor) desktop and server environments - Deployment experience using Apache and WSGI - An appreciation of test driven development and other agile methodologies - A strong knowledge of relational databases, such as PostgreSQL or MySQL - Proficiency in HTML and CSS - Fluency in both written and spoken English - Self-motivated and resourceful, with the proven ability to multi-task and operate successfully under tight deadlines and time pressures - Enjoys a fast pace, dynamic, challenging and team-oriented work environment. *Bonus Points For* - Familiarity with JavaScript - Experience with jQuery or another popular front-end JavaScript library *How to Apply* If you're interested in this position, email jobs+website at caktusgroup.com with your resume. Kindly include a brief letter stating why you think you'd be a great fit for this opportunity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nfoster at caktusgroup.com Mon Apr 9 21:13:54 2012 From: nfoster at caktusgroup.com (Nicole Foster) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:13:54 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Caktus' Django Fundamentals Bootcamp Message-ID: Hello! I'm excited to announce that on June 9th and 10th, Caktus will be hosting our first Django bootcamp. It will be a two day intensive bootcamp session where you'll learn the basics of developing a web application using Django through constructing a crossword drill application that was created by the Caktus staff. It will go over the architecture of Django and also different third party applications that will allow you to enhance your finished application. For more information regarding our bootcamp, you can check out the schedule of the day's event here. For the two day class, the early bird rate is $400.00-lunch, snacks and lots of coffee will be provided. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tdsimpson at gmail.com Mon Apr 9 22:00:19 2012 From: tdsimpson at gmail.com (Troy S) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 16:00:19 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Caktus' Django Fundamentals Bootcamp In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When does registration need to be completed in order to take advantage of the early bird special? Thanks, On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Nicole Foster wrote: > Hello! > > I'm excited to announce that on June 9th and 10th, Caktus will be hosting > our first Django bootcamp. It will be a two day intensive bootcamp session > where you'll learn the basics of developing a web application using Django > through constructing a crossword drill application that was created by the > Caktus staff. It will go over the architecture of Django and also different > third party applications that will allow you to enhance your finished > application. For more information regarding our bootcamp, you can check out > the schedule of the day's event here. For the two day class, the early bird > rate is $400.00-lunch, snacks and lots of coffee will be provided. > > > > _______________________________________________ > TriZPUG mailing list > TriZPUG at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug > http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group -- Troy S From cbc at unc.edu Tue Apr 17 17:00:18 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:00:18 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG April 2012 Meeting: Reminder In-Reply-To: <4F70E038.7070702@unc.edu> References: <4F70E038.7070702@unc.edu> Message-ID: <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> Reminder: meeting this week at Caktus: On 3/26/2012 5:31 PM, Chris Calloway wrote: > Thanks to Tobias McNulty, the April 26 TriZPUG meeting will be at 7pm at > Caktus Group, 209 Lloyd St, Suite 110, Carrboro: > > http://trizpug.org/Members/tobias/apr-12-mtg > > If you would like to present a main topic at this meeting, you should > definitely notify this email list of your topic as soon as you can > commit, and your name and topic will be up in lights. > > If no one claims the podium as the main speaker, we will have lightning > talks as usual. > > In any event, we will have lightning talks. If there is a main speaker, > lightning talks will be after the main speaker. You can't stop the > lightning talks. They're like lightning. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From cbc at unc.edu Wed Apr 18 19:49:35 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:49:35 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Python Code Visualizer Message-ID: <4F8EFEAF.2090006@unc.edu> Nice training tool: http://people.csail.mit.edu/pgbovine/python/tutor.html -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From tobias at caktusgroup.com Wed Apr 18 21:22:10 2012 From: tobias at caktusgroup.com (Tobias McNulty) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:22:10 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Python Code Visualizer In-Reply-To: <4F8EFEAF.2090006@unc.edu> References: <4F8EFEAF.2090006@unc.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Chris Calloway wrote: > Nice training tool: > > http://people.csail.mit.edu/**pgbovine/python/tutor.html Wow, that is awesome! -- Tobias McNulty, Managing Member Caktus Consulting Group, LLC http://www.caktusgroup.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fwierzbicki at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 21:37:26 2012 From: fwierzbicki at gmail.com (fwierzbicki at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:37:26 -0700 Subject: [TriZPUG] Python Code Visualizer In-Reply-To: <4F8EFEAF.2090006@unc.edu> References: <4F8EFEAF.2090006@unc.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Chris Calloway wrote: > Nice training tool: > > http://people.csail.mit.edu/pgbovine/python/tutor.html That is fantastic! -Frank From cbc at unc.edu Fri Apr 20 16:25:00 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:25:00 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG April 2012 Meeting: Reminder In-Reply-To: <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> References: <4F70E038.7070702@unc.edu> <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> Message-ID: <4F9171BC.20103@unc.edu> On 4/17/2012 11:00 AM, Chris Calloway wrote: > Reminder: meeting this week at Caktus: s/this/next/ Y'all have been so helpful in the past when I get senile and do something like that. What happened this time? I'm serious. I was so thinking this week was meeting week that I made 12 slides for a lightning talk at the last minute. I rushed over to Caktus because I thought I was running four minutes "late," only to find nobody there. I looked at my watch and saw "19" for the date and realized that I wasn't late. I was a whole week early. My more new agey friends (yes, I have them) would tell me this is the universe's way of telling me I'm doing too much, which I already know. I think it's more the universe's way of telling me, goldang what a flake. Anyway, I'm hoping I'm the only one who fell for it. I didn't see anybody else there. Thankfully. -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From jmack at wm7d.net Thu Apr 26 12:09:13 2012 From: jmack at wm7d.net (Joseph Mack NA3T) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG April 2012 Meeting: Reminder In-Reply-To: <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> References: <4F70E038.7070702@unc.edu> <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> Message-ID: On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Chris Calloway wrote: > Reminder: meeting this week at Caktus: tonight thurs 26 Apr right :-) Joe -- Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux! From cbc at unc.edu Thu Apr 26 17:43:29 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:43:29 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG April 2012 Meeting: Reminder FOR REALS In-Reply-To: References: <4F70E038.7070702@unc.edu> <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> Message-ID: <4F996D21.5010202@unc.edu> On 4/26/2012 6:09 AM, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote: >> Reminder: meeting this week at Caktus: > > tonight thurs 26 Apr right :-) Yes, I was hoping someone would send a reminder while I was out of town earlier this week. Thanks. Yes, the meeting is tonight, fourth Thursday of the month April 26. :) http://trizpug.org/Members/tobias/apr-12-mtg -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From cbc at unc.edu Fri Apr 27 21:15:54 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:15:54 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Thanks Caktus In-Reply-To: <4F996D21.5010202@unc.edu> References: <4F70E038.7070702@unc.edu> <4F8D8582.10300@unc.edu> <4F996D21.5010202@unc.edu> Message-ID: <4F9AF06A.3060909@unc.edu> Thanks for the nice meeting space last night. Thanks to Scott M., Mark L., and Brad C. for the talks. Here are the slides from my talk: http://trizpug.org/Members/cbc/unittest-discovery.pdf Here are some things I mentioned: http://www.pyweek.org/14/ http://pyvideo.org/ Here are my jokes (Mark C wanted the links): http://sigkill.dk/hacks/scripts/cloud http://www.xkcd.com/844/ -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From cbc at unc.edu Mon Apr 30 17:38:35 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:38:35 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] PyOhio 2012 Call for Proposals Message-ID: <4F9EB1FB.9080702@unc.edu> I know it's not local, but PyOhio is the largest regional Python conference in the US and is in its fifth year: http://pyohio.org It may also be of interest to some of you because PyCon sold out a month early this year leaving many people who wanted to go without tickets. It may also be of interest to those of you who have been talking about planning a similar event locally. Did I mention PyOhio is free to attend? Yep, free. PyOhio brought in about 200 people last year. I know people from all over the US who go to it, simply because it is a smaller affair than PyCon. It attracts speakers from all over the US, also. It's a very high quality weekend, which you can see from the video archive on pyvideo.org: http://pyvideo.org/category/12/pyohio-2011 http://pyvideo.org/category/11/pyohio-2010 Anyway, PyOhio just put out its call for proposals, which I'm passing along to you below: PyOhio 2012, the fifth annual Python programming conference for Ohio and the surrounding region, is now accepting proposals! About PyOhio PyOhio is one of the largest Python conferences in the midwest, and the largest entirely free Python conference anywhere. PyOhio 2012 will take place Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29, 2012 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, Open Spaces and Sprints. Talk Proposals PyOhio invites all interested people to submit proposals for scheduled talks, tutorials, and panels. All topics of interest to Python programmers will be considered. PyOhio is a great venue to get the word out about your favorite Python library and how you use it, talk about how Python is used in your company, or practice your speaking in front of a welcoming audience. Standard presentation slots will be 40 minutes plus a 10 minute question-and-answer period. Tutorials may run longer, but should be structured to be broken across 50 minute slots with a 10 minute break between. PyOhio is especially interested in hosting a Beginner?s Track for those new to Python or new to programming in general. If your proposal would be suitable for inclusion in a Beginner?s Track, please indicate so. Organizers will work with speakers and instructors in the Beginner?s Track to help them coordinate their talks/tutorials into a smooth, coherent learning curve for new Python users. PyOhio is also especially interested in talks or panel discussions about using Python as a core component of your business, or success with using Python in a traditional corporate IT environment. How To Submit a Proposal To ensure that you provide all necessary information, please use the submission form at the PyOhio web site. If organizing a panel, please confirm all panelists? intention to participate before submitting your proposal. http://pyohio.org/speaker/ The deadline for submitting a proposal is Friday, June 1st. Accepted speakers will be notified by June 15th. You can read more about the conference at http://pyohio.org. If you have questions about proposals, please email cfp at pyohio.org. You can also contact the PyOhio organizers at pyohio-organizers at python.org. Recording Rights Release PyOhio may record presentations for later release over the web. Presenters will need to sign a release of recording rights to PyOhio; see http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyOhio/RecordingRelease -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 From cbc at unc.edu Mon Apr 30 21:35:28 2012 From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:35:28 -0400 Subject: [TriZPUG] Fwd: [group-organizers] Example PSF grant proposal for meetup.com fee reimbursement In-Reply-To: References: <4F5EA879.4070209@nedbatchelder.com> Message-ID: <4F9EE980.9040006@unc.edu> On 3/26/2012 10:02 AM, Tobias McNulty wrote: > In light of the recent discussion about possibly using meetup, I thought > I'd forward this along in case the relevant parties hadn't seen it yet. Thanks. Just now seeing this as the [group-organizers] string in the subject line caused this to go to my [group-organizers] email folder, which doesn't get read nearly as often as the [TriZPUG] folder. :) -- Sincerely, Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc office: 3313 Venable Hall phone: (919) 599-3530 mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599