From brian at python.org Mon Jan 14 16:32:50 2013 From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:32:50 -0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] PyCon 2013 Schedule Announced! Message-ID: Hi Edinburgh Python Users! 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 ali at rightscale.com Tue Jan 15 18:17:02 2013 From: ali at rightscale.com (Ali Khajeh-Hosseini) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:17:02 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] [Jobs] Help PlanForCloud handle 60K users Message-ID: I'm posting this in case any of you fancy taking up a full-time Ruby/Rails gig for a change. Two of us were python programmers before and are enjoying the change :) We're looking for an Interface Designer, Senior Software Engineer and a Software Developer in Test to join our team in the TechCube, and help us expand PlanForCloud's cost forecasting, management and optimisation features. We're starting to integrate PlanForCloud with RightScale's cloud management systems so all 60,000 RightScale users can use PlanForCloud. This has many interesting technical challenges and we're looking for: - an Interface Designer to lead our UX/UI efforts: http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/jobs/designer.html - a Senior Software Engineer to help us with heavy backend lifting: http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/jobs/senior_eng.html - a Software Developer in Test to develop test automation frameworks for our Web UI and backend systems: http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/jobs/sdit.html Our jobs page provides more info about what we do: http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/recruitment.html Email me at ali at rightscale.com if you want to chat about these positions. Cheers, Ali -- PlanForCloud.com Cloud cost forecasting, from RightScale From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Tue Jan 15 19:02:59 2013 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:02:59 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] [Jobs] Help PlanForCloud handle 60K users In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey All, I think Ali's email is a bit cheeky. :) I decided to let it go through moderation because I met him at a party over the summer, and he seemed like a nice chap. I figure emailing a Python mailing list for Ruby developers just shows he knows we're better, deep down. Maybe someone could get the job and persuade them to redo everything in a decent programming language ;-) --Mark PS: Full disclosure - I got a free RightScale T-shirt at the party. PPS: Although I prefer Python, I don't dislike Ruby. On 15 January 2013 17:17, Ali Khajeh-Hosseini wrote: > I'm posting this in case any of you fancy taking up a full-time > Ruby/Rails gig for a change. Two of us were python programmers before > and are enjoying the change :) > > We're looking for an Interface Designer, Senior Software Engineer and > a Software Developer in Test to join our team in the TechCube, and > help us expand PlanForCloud's cost forecasting, management and > optimisation features. We're starting to integrate PlanForCloud with > RightScale's cloud management systems so all 60,000 RightScale users > can use PlanForCloud. This has many interesting technical challenges > and we're looking for: > - an Interface Designer to lead our UX/UI efforts: > http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/jobs/designer.html > - a Senior Software Engineer to help us with heavy backend lifting: > http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/jobs/senior_eng.html > - a Software Developer in Test to develop test automation frameworks > for our Web UI and backend systems: > http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/jobs/sdit.html > > Our jobs page provides more info about what we do: > http://www.planforcloud.com/pages/recruitment.html > > Email me at ali at rightscale.com if you want to chat about these positions. > > > Cheers, > Ali > > -- > PlanForCloud.com > Cloud cost forecasting, from RightScale > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dougal85 at gmail.com Wed Jan 16 17:18:36 2013 From: dougal85 at gmail.com (Dougal Matthews) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:18:36 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Inaugural Python Glasgow Meetup Message-ID: Hey All, The good news is that the first meeting is almost upon us and will be in Blackfriars on Monday the 28th! For directions and location etc. go to; https://plus.google.com/118203602385718703490/about?gl=uk&hl=en I've booked a table under the name ?Dougal Matthews? for 6:30. I'll be there sharp (read as early) and have a Python sign and some relevant t-shirt probably. So we will be easy to spot! 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