From brian at python.org Thu Aug 14 04:58:02 2014 From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:58:02 -0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] PyCon 2015 Call for Proposals is open! Message-ID: Hi Edinburgh Python Users! The PyCon organizers invite you to submit proposals for talks, tutorials, and posters to be presented at PyCon 2015 - https://us.pycon.org/2015/. The conference takes place April 8-16 in Montreal, Queubec, Canada and we'll be accepting talk and tutorial proposals through September 15, with posters accepted through November 1! We want everyone to be a part of making PyCon what it is, which is why we invite everyone to submit proposals, and we invite everyone to be a part of the program committee. It's your PyCon, not mine. Whether you started with Python yesterday or you've been writing it since the 90s, everyone has different experiences, different knowledge, and a different story to tell. This is why we aim to strike a balance between beginner, intermediate, and advanced talks. We want the entire community to level up as a result of PyCon. Over the years, we've put together proposal resources and advice to help answer some common topics surrounding our CFP (https://us.pycon.org/2015/speaking/proposal-resources/). We even put together a sample proposal and reviewed it for you at https://us.pycon.org/2015/speaking/proposal_advice/samples/SpacePug/. If you have any questions or tips that may help others, please email them to pycon-pc at python.org, or feel free to respond and I'll help you out. The full details of our Call for Proposals are available at https://us.pycon.org/2015/speaking/cfp/. Keep an eye on that page as well as https://twitter.com/pycon and http://pycon.blogspot.com/ for details about ticket sales, financial aid, and more PyCon news! Thanks for your time! Brian Curtin, brian at python.org Publicity Coordinator, PyCon 2015 From toms.baugis at gmail.com Mon Aug 25 13:54:48 2014 From: toms.baugis at gmail.com (Toms) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:54:48 +0100 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Created a meetup.com group (mirroring the site) Message-ID: Hello pythonistas! My name is Toms Bau?is, and i've been coding in python for good 7 years now. I'm the original author of project hamster - the open source time tracking sofware (linux/gnome) and have a few other projects under my belt ( https://github.com/tbaugis). Professionally, last 4 years i've been working with Parse.ly - we are a full-stack python shop and our most recent and prominent open source project is streamparse ( https://github.com/Parsely/streamparse) I've created a meetup.com page for the python edinburgh. The page is mirroring the site: http://www.meetup.com/Python-Edinburgh/ Hope you won't mind and please join the group. Mark - i'll be more than glad to hand you over the ownership of the meetup page. Rationale: The meetup.com has become pretty much de-facto meetup organisation site - it allows easy discovery of related events, is indicative of the group health, makes all the communication a breeze and allows the users easily track all their meetups in a single place and simplifies disovery and communication between peers. Looking forward meeting you tomorrow! Regards, Toms -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rebkwok at gmail.com Mon Aug 25 14:45:21 2014 From: rebkwok at gmail.com (Becky Smith) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:45:21 +0100 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] PyLadies Edinburgh code night Thurs 28th Aug Message-ID: Hi all! PyLadies Edinburgh's code night is this Thursday, 28th August from 6.30pm. All experience levels welcome. This is an opportunity to start and work on group projects together, share something you've been working on with others or work on your own projects in a group environment. Complete beginners are always welcome; come and work through Code Academy or similar and take advantage of a friendly group that can (probably) help when you get stuck! This is a free event, but please visit the meetup page and sign up so we have an idea of numbers. http://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesEdinburgh/events/199635442/ Many thanks to Hogarth for hosting us in their offices at Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Pl. Becky -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Mon Aug 25 14:55:53 2014 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:55:53 +0100 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Created a meetup.com group (mirroring the site) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Toms, Thanks for your enthusiasm! Let's try running the meetup page for a couple of months and see if it makes a difference. To clarify, the lack of a meetup page wasn't an accident - it was a conscious decision, and with the mailing list, a website and a Google+ group (and a derelict Facebook page) we're one of the more successful groups in Edinburgh, with regular turnouts of ~30 people. If you're keen to get involved with helping run the group, I've been looking for someone to organise regular talks on different Python topics - I'll talk to you about it tomorrow if you're interested in taking this on. --Mark On 25 August 2014 12:54, Toms wrote: > Hello pythonistas! > > My name is Toms Bau?is, and i've been coding in python for good 7 years > now. I'm the original author of project hamster - the open source time > tracking sofware (linux/gnome) and have a few other projects under my belt ( > https://github.com/tbaugis). Professionally, last 4 years i've been > working with Parse.ly - we are a full-stack python shop and our most recent > and prominent open source project is streamparse ( > https://github.com/Parsely/streamparse) > > > I've created a meetup.com page for the python edinburgh. > The page is mirroring the site: http://www.meetup.com/Python-Edinburgh/ > > Hope you won't mind and please join the group. > Mark - i'll be more than glad to hand you over the ownership of the meetup > page. > > Rationale: > The meetup.com has become pretty much de-facto meetup organisation site - > it allows easy discovery of related events, is indicative of the group > health, makes all the communication a breeze and allows the users easily > track all their meetups in a single place and simplifies disovery and > communication between peers. > > > Looking forward meeting you tomorrow! > > Regards, > Toms > > > _______________________________________________ > Edinburgh mailing list > Edinburgh at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Mon Aug 25 15:19:25 2014 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:19:25 +0100 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: **Different Venue** Message-ID: Hi All, I've changed the venue for tomorrow's meetup to The Potting Shed, on Potterrow [1]. It's the next step in our ongoing quest for the perfect venue :-) The Potting Shed is a bit more expensive than The Southsider, but the food's much better, and we won't be competing with football when there's a big match on. I thought we'd try it this month and see how it goes. The pub meetup is a great opportunity to meet up with other Python developers in Edinburgh and find out what they're up to! Developers of all levels are welcome, and there will be pictures of the Python logo on the table to help any newcomers to identify us. Next month, we're going to have a code dojo followed by the pub. I'll email out more details closer to the time. --Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Mon Aug 25 15:30:58 2014 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:30:58 +0100 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Pub Meetup Tomorrow: **Different Venue** In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Given that I put in the [1], I should at least provide the footnote: http://www.thepottingshededinburgh.co.uk/contact --Mark :-) On 25 August 2014 14:19, Mark Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > I've changed the venue for tomorrow's meetup to The Potting Shed, on > Potterrow [1]. It's the next step in our ongoing quest for the perfect > venue :-) The Potting Shed is a bit more expensive than The Southsider, but > the food's much better, and we won't be competing with football when > there's a big match on. I thought we'd try it this month and see how it > goes. > > The pub meetup is a great opportunity to meet up with other Python > developers in Edinburgh and find out what they're up to! Developers of all > levels are welcome, and there will be pictures of the Python logo on the > table to help any newcomers to identify us. > > Next month, we're going to have a code dojo followed by the pub. I'll > email out more details closer to the time. > > --Mark > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: