[Baypiggies] Brainstorming new talk ideas...

[Anna Ravenscroft]

I have *never* been seriously accused of being an optimist by anyone who
knows me. ;-)

But just remember: Everyone wants a
pony!<http://lists.idyll.org/pipermail/testing-in-python/2009-March/001277.html>

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:52 PM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:

>
>
>   were you that little girl whose parents wanted to
> cure of her overwhelming optimism?
>   one christmas her parents gave her gloomy brother
> a train set and a baseball glove and lots of other
> wonderful toys.
>   to her they gave a small paper bag that contained
> a small piece of poop.
>   when she opened it, her eyes filled with joy:
> "oh, papa, oh, mama! thank you for the pony!"
>
>   as to future meetings:
> april : damian eades : c/c++ extensions for computer vision
> may : come one, come all : pycon recaps
> june : alex martelli : abstraction
>
> july and subsequent months : : as yet not scheduled
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 21:30 -0700, Anna Ravenscroft wrote:
> > I want a pony!
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Shannon -jj Behrens <jjinux at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >         On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Glen Jarvis
> >         <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
> >
> >         > I don't know the official schedule, but I imagine that our
> >         next BayPIGgies
> >         > meeting will be sharing "What I learned from PyCon."
> >         > However, for the May meeting, I'd like to pitch an idea. I'd
> >         like to see a
> >         > Django themed evening. I'm a big fan of Pylons and other
> >         frameworks -- in
> >         > fact, I want to learn more about them -- especially for
> >         larger scaled
> >         > systems. But, my bread and butter these days is Django and I
> >         am going deeper
> >         > and deeper into it. I also saw that Simeon and quite a few
> >         others do Django
> >         > work.
> >         > I could do an introductory talk (or handle a topic of
> >         interest), but I'd
> >         > like to see others do a more advanced subject. For example,
> >         Simeon mentioned
> >         > a profiling tool for Django (which I'd not used before and
> >         would like to
> >         > learn more about).
> >         > What do you think about a 'Django themed' evening? What
> >         topics are people
> >         > most interested in? Who else would be willing to speak?
> >
> >
> >         I'd love to see a PyCon summary meeting, of course.
> >
> >         I'd also be happy to see a Django talk, although I'd like to
> >         see a
> >         power users talk.  It seems to me that Django is really easy
> >         to get up
> >         and running with, but it's easy to run into brick walls.  I'd
> >         love to
> >         see a talk from someone who has tips and tricks for breaking
> >         through
> >         brick walls without excessive use of monkey patching.  I'd
> >         also love
> >         to see someone tell me the practical difficulties of using a
> >         different
> >         templating engine.  I know it's possible, but I want to hear
> >         from
> >         someone who's done it in production and can talk about the
> >         drawbacks
> >         he encountered.
> >
> >         Simeon, if you want to help with such a meeting, don't feel
> >         like
> >         you're hogging the mic.  Your last meeting was great :)
> >
> >         -jj
> >
> >         --
> >         In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small
> >         things
> >         with great love. -- Mother Teresa
> >         http://jjinux.blogspot.com/
> >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > cordially,
> > Anna
> > --
> > I am the mother of all things and all things shall wear a sweater!
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-- 
cordially,
Anna
--
I am the mother of all things and all things shall wear a sweater!
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