From andy at clearwind.ca Mon Aug 17 21:11:00 2015 From: andy at clearwind.ca (Andy McKay) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:11:00 -0700 Subject: [portland] Vancouver Python Day Message-ID: Hi there Portland, Vancouver, BC is having a Python Day in September. This follows one from a successful event we held two years ago. This year our keynote speaker is Russell Keith-Magee from Australia. We also have talks from Brett Cannon and others. http://www.vanpyday.com/en/latest/ The event is free, if you'd like to come, please reserve your spot: http://www.meetup.com/vanpyz/events/223764139/ Thanks From kirby.urner at gmail.com Sat Aug 22 18:41:42 2015 From: kirby.urner at gmail.com (kirby urner) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 09:41:42 -0700 Subject: [portland] looking back on recent Python haps and recent Luciano's visit Message-ID: Followup: I really enjoyed both talks Luciano gave at OSCON. My college-age daughter is deeply into using Arduinos and such for serious science [1] and is studying Python both in her college and through O'Reilly where I work. I wrote to her about Pin.go right away. As a perk of my job I also get Safari Books On-Line where Luciano's new O'Reilly book, Fluent Python, has recently appeared. I'm finding it really useful and apropos given my day job as a Python mentor. Lots of details I've wanted to study up on but as too lazy to do so, are now succinctly summarized for me, such as how hashing works and the relationship of __hash__ and id etc. I've always been impressed by the emerging Pythonista subculture in Brazil and Luciano reinforces my admiration. Two OSCONs ago I hung out with Tatia from Brazil, who's dad is a professor of literature. She was really excited by my i18n focus and hopes of getting more of our own curriculum in Portuguese in a way customized for Brazilian mentors. 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URL: From mcbracket at gmail.com Sat Aug 22 22:41:54 2015 From: mcbracket at gmail.com (Stephen McCray) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:41:54 -0700 Subject: [portland] looking back on recent Python haps and recent Luciano's visit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I concur whole-heartedly. I really enjoyed Luciano's talk at the PDX Python event night and immediately got Fluent Python afterwards. I haven't gotten all the way through it but so far I think it's a great book for taking people from "good Python programmers" to "excellent Python programmers." As an aside, I'd also like to remind people that the Portland Python Users Group works with O'Reilly and that you can get a 50% discount off of eBooks and 40% off of print books (including Fluent Python) by using the discount code PCBW on their site. -Bracket On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:41 AM, kirby urner wrote: > Followup: > > I really enjoyed both talks Luciano gave at OSCON. > > My college-age daughter is deeply into using Arduinos and such for serious > science [1] and is studying Python both in her college and through O'Reilly > where I work. I wrote to her about Pin.go right away. > > As a perk of my job I also get Safari Books On-Line where Luciano's new > O'Reilly book, Fluent Python, has recently appeared. I'm finding it really > useful and apropos given my day job as a Python mentor. Lots of details > I've wanted to study up on but as too lazy to do so, are now succinctly > summarized for me, such as how hashing works and the relationship of > __hash__ and id etc. > > I've always been impressed by the emerging Pythonista subculture in Brazil > and Luciano reinforces my admiration. Two OSCONs ago I hung out with Tatia > from Brazil, who's dad is a professor of literature. She was really > excited by my i18n focus and hopes of getting more of our own curriculum in > Portuguese in a way customized for Brazilian mentors. > > Kirby > > > [1] http://earlham.edu/news/article/?id=37371&r=14619 > (that's my daughter holding the microphone) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/portland/attachments/20150822/61250ff5/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > Portland at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From luciano at ramalho.org Thu Aug 27 23:23:30 2015 From: luciano at ramalho.org (Luciano Ramalho) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:23:30 -0300 Subject: [portland] looking back on recent Python haps and recent Luciano's visit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for the kind words Kirby and Stephen! Looking up the PDX PUG was the best thing I did in this trip. I had I great time presenting to you and drinking beer afterwards. I am specially grateful to Paul M who kindly hosted me at his place with his wonderful family. Also thanks to everyone else who offered me places to stay when I asked. You rock! And if you ever come to S?o Paulo, let me know. I hope to see you all next year at PyCon! Cheers, Luciano On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Stephen McCray wrote: > I concur whole-heartedly. I really enjoyed Luciano's talk at the PDX > Python event night and immediately got Fluent Python afterwards. I haven't > gotten all the way through it but so far I think it's a great book for > taking people from "good Python programmers" to "excellent Python > programmers." > > As an aside, I'd also like to remind people that the Portland Python Users > Group works with O'Reilly and that you can get a 50% discount off of eBooks > and 40% off of print books (including Fluent Python) by using the discount > code PCBW on their site. > > -Bracket > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:41 AM, kirby urner wrote: > >> Followup: >> >> I really enjoyed both talks Luciano gave at OSCON. >> >> My college-age daughter is deeply into using Arduinos and such for serious >> science [1] and is studying Python both in her college and through O'Reilly >> where I work. I wrote to her about Pin.go right away. >> >> As a perk of my job I also get Safari Books On-Line where Luciano's new >> O'Reilly book, Fluent Python, has recently appeared. I'm finding it really >> useful and apropos given my day job as a Python mentor. Lots of details >> I've wanted to study up on but as too lazy to do so, are now succinctly >> summarized for me, such as how hashing works and the relationship of >> __hash__ and id etc. >> >> I've always been impressed by the emerging Pythonista subculture in Brazil >> and Luciano reinforces my admiration. Two OSCONs ago I hung out with Tatia >> from Brazil, who's dad is a professor of literature. She was really >> excited by my i18n focus and hopes of getting more of our own curriculum in >> Portuguese in a way customized for Brazilian mentors. >> >> Kirby >> >> >> [1] http://earlham.edu/news/article/?id=37371&r=14619 >> (that's my daughter holding the microphone) >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/portland/attachments/20150822/61250ff5/attachment.html >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Portland mailing list >> Portland at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > Portland at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland -- Luciano Ramalho | Author of Fluent Python (O'Reilly, 2015) | http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do | Professor em: http://python.pro.br | Twitter: @ramalhoorg From mcbracket at gmail.com Mon Aug 31 07:35:14 2015 From: mcbracket at gmail.com (Stephen McCray) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:35:14 -0700 Subject: [portland] Open Call for PDX Python Organizers Message-ID: Hi Everybody! Want to help keep making Portland an awesome place to be a Pythonista? Want to help organize the second-nicest (according to Joe) user group in the area? Well you're in luck! PDX Python is having an open organizers meeting in order to recruit new people who want to improve our user group and help with the day-to-day jobs of organizing hack nights, talk nights, and other fun projects. The meeting is September 3rd at Rentrak's downtown location. Details are available on the Meetup page at: http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/events/224962247/ The meeting space is somewhat limited so please only RSVP if you're fairly sure you will attend. If you're interested in helping organize but aren't able to attend please feel free to contact us through the Meetup page so we can keep you in the loop. Hope to see you there! -Bracket -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: