From simon at mediaco-op.net Wed Feb 11 14:07:18 2015 From: simon at mediaco-op.net (Simon Yuill) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:07:18 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] media co-op is looking for a UX/Participatory Designer for a paid Internship Message-ID: <1DF2E1ED-6207-4E65-8D2D-ADC9992616E5@mediaco-op.net> Hi, I would be grateful if you could circulate this to your group and ask if they can forward it on to anyone they think might be interested. A PDF is attached and a plain text version below. The intern would be working as part of a team doing Python-based web development (Django), although Python skills are not essential to the post. We imagine it would primarily be of interest to recent graduates or people looking to enter the digital media field. yours sincerely, Simon Yuill media co-op *** START *** media co-op is offering a PAID internship for a UX / Participatory Designer media co-op is a multi award winning digital agency established in 2004. We work with charities and the third sector to produce films, animations, websites and digital media that strive to make a positive difference. We believe that digital has huge potential to do good in the world. We want to make it easier and more affordable for the third sector and charities to use digital in their work ? and we need someone to help us do that better. If you think this is the role for you ? you?ll understand UX, the digital production processes, you can communicate, and you?ll have a genuine interest in the 3rd sector. Even better if you also have some coding knowledge. To apply for an internship: To be eligible to apply you need to be unemployed, between 18 ? 30 years old and hold a relevant qualification (HND or above). You need to apply for this post via your Jobcentre Plus Advisor who can check your eligibility and give you an Eligibility Referral form. You don't have to have been claiming Job Seekers' Allowance for any length of time or even at all but you do have to make an appointment with an Advisor. The internship is organised through SCVO?s Digital Internships programme. The reference number is: BDG/5142. Closing date for applications is: 9 March 2015. For full details visit our website: http://mediaco-op.net/digital-user-participatory-design *** END *** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mediacoop_intern_ad.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 424836 bytes Desc: not available URL: From pcolrain at yahoo.com Wed Feb 18 22:57:32 2015 From: pcolrain at yahoo.com (paul colrain) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Python tutor wanted Message-ID: <474205758.1726285.1424296652505.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Edinburgh Pythonistas Sorry I have not beenable to attend any of the events so far this year, my job takes me away fromhome quite a bit. This is not likely to change in the coming months but I amstill keen to start climbing the steep learning curve whenever I am at home inEdinburgh. For this reason I am looking for a private tutor to teach me theropes, to learn through doing. I would like 2 or 3 hours per week whenever I amhere, which at the moment is about 2 weeks each month. Not sure what the goingrate is but I?m happy to pay a premium for a real guru. My background is inParticle Physics and Economics and I currently work for WHO and UNICEF inimmunization supply chain design and data analysis. I wish to develop web andmobile apps for my line of work, but I also hope one day to start developingsimple economics educational apps/games. Any advice,suggestions, interest? Cheers, Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andyhasit at gmail.com Thu Feb 19 13:22:26 2015 From: andyhasit at gmail.com (Andrew Buchan) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:22:26 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Edinburgh Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Paul, I've been told that I'm good at explaining things by the two people I've had working for me. I'm not the most experienced programmer in this group by far, but in terms of getting you off the ground with python, advanced OOP, and good coding practices (and making you understand WHY good practices are considered good, which I think is crucial) I'm happy to put myself forward. I also spend a lot of time thinking about how best to teach programming (do all programmers do this?) One thing I'll definitely lack compared to others is experience in large-scale team programming, agile, scrum etc... Almost all the projects I undertake are or could be one-man projects, which I have drafted help on from others when I had too many projects on my hands. The workflow, tooling and how you go about being agile on small projects is considerably different to much of what you'll read about agile in books and blogs which tends to be targeted at big team projects. A lot of the practices simply aren't applicable on small projects, or ones where you are simultaneously the dev, the client, the QA and the stakeholder. On the flip-side it's too easy to skip inculding a good practice in your workflow because it seems like too much hassle for the size of project. If it's those kind projects you're going for, then I'm perhaps better placed to guide you in the right direction. Note that python isn't going to get you very far on mobile apps (except for the backend) that's mostly javascript & HTML land, and you'll be using an entirely different toolset to get ahead of the game (e.g. Node is crucial for JS these days, and something like PhoneGap or Titanium can really make a difference for mobile dev). But a good basis in general programming will definitely help, and python is as good a language as you can get to get your feet off the ground. If you're interested, PM me so we can meet up and figure out a rate of sorts. Cheers, Andrew. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM, wrote: > Send Edinburgh mailing list submissions to > edinburgh at python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edinburgh > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > edinburgh-request at python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > edinburgh-owner at python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Edinburgh digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 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Not sure what the goingrate is but I?m happy to pay a premium > for a real guru. > > > My background is inParticle Physics and Economics and I currently work for > WHO and UNICEF inimmunization supply chain design and data analysis. 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URL: From mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk Fri Feb 20 12:16:10 2015 From: mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk (Mark Smith) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:16:10 +0000 Subject: [Python Edinburgh] Python Talk on Tuesday Message-ID: Hi All! A very exciting month this month - next Tuesday evening we'll be hosting the first of our quarterly talks. Tom Dalton will be giving the following talk, which will be about 30 mins, followed by a Q&A session: # Threading and Multiprocessing Looking at these two different approaches to parallel processing, the pros and cons of both and some practical examples of using them to solve simple problems Hogarth are very generously providing us with food & drink and a venue - in their offices at Waverley Gate, right next to Waverley Station. Thanks very much! I expect that after the talks a few of us will head over the road to the Guildford Arms. Tickets for this event are FREE! 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