From michelle at pdxpython.org Mon Feb 6 20:28:43 2012 From: michelle at pdxpython.org (Michelle Rowley) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:28:43 -0800 Subject: [portland] =?windows-1252?q?Survey=3A_Since_the_next_meeting_is_o?= =?windows-1252?q?n_Valentine=27s_Day=85?= Message-ID: Hey Pythonistas! As it happens, the next Python meeting is next week - on Valentine's Day. I'd hate to have talks on a day when many people can't make it due to other plans, so I'm taking a survey: https://app.e2ma.net/app2/survey/30520/201009295/ff1d218cb2. Please take a second to fill out the 2-question survey so we can plan accordingly. Thanks!! Michelle --- Michelle Rowley @pythonchelle http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'd hate to have talks on a day when many people can't make it due to other plans, so I'm taking a survey: https://app.e2ma.net/app2/survey/30520/201009295/ff1d218cb2. > > Please take a second to fill out the 2-question survey so we can plan accordingly. > > Thanks!! > Michelle > > --- > Michelle Rowley > @pythonchelle > http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > Portland at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland Where is the meeting usually held? I'm in NE and am learning Python and would love to attend if I can fit it in. -- Benjamin Kerensa "I am what I am because Team Lead, Ubuntu Oregon of who we all are." - Ubuntu bkerensa at ubuntu.com http://ubuntu-oregon.org From reidab at gmail.com Mon Feb 6 22:10:19 2012 From: reidab at gmail.com (Reid Beels) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:10:19 -0800 Subject: [portland] =?utf-8?q?Survey=3A_Since_the_next_meeting_is_on_Valen?= =?utf-8?b?dGluZSdzIERheeKApg==?= In-Reply-To: <4F304149.1060002@ubuntu.com> References: <4F304149.1060002@ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <50D6B1FB92A54AEDA206D4C88488D014@reidbeels.com> On Monday, February 6, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Where is the meeting usually held? I'm in NE and am learning Python and > would love to attend if I can fit it in. > > Meetings are at Urban Airship, in the pearl. http://calagator.org/events/1250461716 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michelle at pdxpython.org Thu Feb 9 20:20:29 2012 From: michelle at pdxpython.org (Michelle Rowley) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:20:29 -0800 Subject: [portland] Tuesday meeting changed: Valentine's Day Social @ Bailey's Message-ID: <7FC8FECC-E1ED-41E4-BA7A-7DCD4AFD9184@pdxpython.org> Hey Pythonistas, Survey says that around 60% of PDX Python members can't attend the meeting on Tuesday due to having other plans. That being the case, we're going to push the talks off to next month and meet up at Bailey's Taproom. I'll refactor the talk schedule and get us back on track for next month. If you don't have plans Tuesday (and you're over 21 - sorry!), come join us at Bailey's at 6:30pm for Pythonic discourse and a general ignoring of the holiday. :) See you then! Michelle Bailey's Taproom is located at: 213 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97205 --- Michelle Rowley @pythonchelle http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xwraithanx at gmail.com Thu Feb 9 20:31:37 2012 From: xwraithanx at gmail.com (Wraithan McDonald) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:31:37 -0800 Subject: [portland] Tuesday meeting changed: Valentine's Day Social @ Bailey's In-Reply-To: <7FC8FECC-E1ED-41E4-BA7A-7DCD4AFD9184@pdxpython.org> References: <7FC8FECC-E1ED-41E4-BA7A-7DCD4AFD9184@pdxpython.org> Message-ID: Also, Bailey's serves lots of Oregon beer and we were admitted into the union on Feb 14th 1859, so it will be a happy 153rd birthday for Oregon! -Wraithan On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Michelle Rowley wrote: > Hey Pythonistas, > > Survey says that around 60% of PDX Python members can't attend the meeting on Tuesday due to having other plans. That being the case, we're going to push the talks off to next month and meet up at Bailey's Taproom. I'll refactor the talk schedule and get us back on track for next month. > > If you don't have plans Tuesday (and you're over 21 - sorry!), come join us at Bailey's at 6:30pm for Pythonic discourse and a general ignoring of the holiday. :) > > See you then! > Michelle > > > Bailey's Taproom is located at: > 213 SW Broadway > Portland, OR 97205 > > --- > Michelle Rowley > @pythonchelle > http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > Portland at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland From michelle at pdxpython.org Tue Feb 14 23:27:09 2012 From: michelle at pdxpython.org (Michelle Rowley) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:27:09 -0800 Subject: [portland] Reminder: Social meeting tonight at Bailey's Taproom @ 6:30pm Message-ID: <1DFF58A3-2037-4124-9230-1EC331CBA5D9@pdxpython.org> Hey PDX Pythoneers, Just a quick reminder that tonight's meeting is a social gathering at Bailey's Taproom. We are *not* meeting at Urban Airship beforehand. Bailey's is at: 213 SW Broadway Portland, 97205 See you at Bailey's! Michelle --- Michelle Rowley @pythonchelle http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at youell.com Mon Feb 20 00:19:47 2012 From: matt at youell.com (Matt Youell) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:19:47 -0800 Subject: [portland] RSpec-ish DSL Message-ID: <4F418393.2080906@youell.com> Hey y'all. Brain failure. I make it to about 1 meeting a year. I'm doing that thing where I started working on an idea and then start to wonder if it was my original idea or if it was something I saw at a meeting. I'm working on a Python testing DSL that's inspired by (but not a clone of) RSpec. I'm making liberal use of the 'with' keyword. Does any of this sound familiar? I vaguely remember a lightning talk where this might have been discussed. Thanks! -- -/matt/- http://youell.com/matt From pacopablo at pacopablo.com Mon Feb 20 07:18:13 2012 From: pacopablo at pacopablo.com (John Hampton) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:18:13 -0800 Subject: [portland] PyCon Lodging Message-ID: To all those attending PyCon, If any one needs a room, I have one available. The person with whom I was going to share a room is not going to be able to attend PyCon. I already have a reservation for a room with 2 beds at the Avatar. It's not the conference hotel, but it will have shuttle service [1] to the conference. I wanted to post the availability here before I hit the PyCon room sharing site. I am not in need of splitting the cost, so the room would be free for whomever wanted. The only kciker is that I am checking in on the 9th. I will be checking out on the 14th. -John [1] Supposedly, the Avatar is only 1.2 miles from the conference center. 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Requirements: * 8+ years of SW engineering experience * 3+ years of Python experience * Efficient and happy working in a Linux environment * Exemplary communication skills * Drive * A passion for automation, bringing order to chaos, and solving customer problems * An interested in doing your own design, implementation, testing, and basic documentation Nice to have: * Django experience * Familiarity with Agile methodology * Experience with virtualization technologies * Experience with data center automation technologies (Puppet, BladeLogic, CFEngine, Altiris, HPSA/Opsware, Chef, etc) Reasons to consider this job: * We score 11.5 out of 12 on the Joel Test * We use continuous integration and gain product strength through automated regression tests * You will have an ample field to exercise your creativity, problem solving skills, and leadership * Many fascinating technical challenges waiting to be solved To apply, submit your resume to: bernard at smartcloudit.com -- Bernard Sanders Lead Technologist SmartCloud IT Inc 503-683-2733 bernard at smartcloudit.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xwraithanx at gmail.com Tue Feb 28 00:36:52 2012 From: xwraithanx at gmail.com (Wraithan McDonald) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:36:52 -0800 Subject: [portland] Looking for a senior Python contractor for an exciting startup In-Reply-To: <4F4BA7FF.3090603@smartcloudit.com> References: <4F4BA7FF.3090603@smartcloudit.com> Message-ID: Bernard, Does your company have any open source projects or do they sponsor any open source development? If so where would I be able to find these projects? -Wraithan On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Bernard Sanders wrote: > Portland Pythoneers, > If you know someone who might be interested in this position, please pass it > along! > > thanks, > Bernard > > > Description: > ? ?Senior Python developer needed on a fast-paced engineering team. ?We want > you on our team to build an exciting new cloud computing product that is > transforming the way that people interact with their data centers. ?This > position is for a one-month, full-time contract position, with the > possibility of extending. Hourly pay rate commensurate with experience. > > Requirements: > ?* 8+ years of SW engineering experience > ?* 3+ years of Python experience > ?* Efficient and happy working in a Linux environment > ?* Exemplary communication skills > ?* Drive > ?* A passion for automation, bringing order to chaos, and solving customer > problems > ?* An interested in doing your own design, implementation, testing, and > basic documentation > > Nice to have: > ?* Django experience > ?* Familiarity with Agile methodology > ?* Experience with virtualization technologies > ?* Experience with data center automation technologies (Puppet, BladeLogic, > CFEngine, Altiris, HPSA/Opsware, Chef, etc) > > Reasons to consider this job: > ?* We score 11.5 out of 12 on the Joel Test > > ?* We use continuous integration and gain product strength through automated > regression tests > ?* You will have an ample field to exercise your creativity, problem solving > skills, and leadership > ?* Many fascinating technical challenges waiting to be solved > > To apply, submit your resume to: bernard at smartcloudit.com > > -- > Bernard Sanders > Lead Technologist > SmartCloud IT Inc > 503-683-2733 > bernard at smartcloudit.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > Portland at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland From bernard at smartcloudit.com Tue Feb 28 16:40:11 2012 From: bernard at smartcloudit.com (Bernard Sanders) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:40:11 -0800 Subject: [portland] Portland Digest, Vol 58, Issue 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F4CF55B.6000301@smartcloudit.com> Wraithan, I would love for SmartCloud to contribute to open source projects and development, and hope we get an opportunity to do that. At this point, the company has a single digit number of employees and our top 2 priorities are making our product strong and getting customers. All resources are trained on those goals. If we are successful in these goals, however, it could provide us with the time and capital to support open source projects like Django, Python, South, Flot, RRDtool, etc with code and/or monetary contributions. I'm looking forward to that. thanks, Bernard On 2/28/2012 3:00 AM, portland-request at python.org wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:36:52 -0800 > From: Wraithan McDonald > To: "Python Users Group -- Portland, Oregon USA" > Subject: Re: [portland] Looking for a senior Python contractor for an > exciting startup > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Bernard, > > Does your company have any open source projects or do they sponsor any > open source development? If so where would I be able to find these > projects? > > -Wraithan -- Bernard Sanders Lead Technologist SmartCloud IT Inc 503-683-2733 bernard at smartcloudit.com