From ntoll at ntoll.org Wed Nov 4 15:28:04 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:28:04 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Reminder: Dojo tomorrow... Message-ID: <5E5F13DD-6FE8-4D6E-8BF2-3950CCB60073@ntoll.org> Folks, Just a reminder that the London Python code dojo is tomorrow evening. Details here: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/3rd-london-python-code-dojo See you there! Nicholas. From general.mooney at googlemail.com Fri Nov 6 12:13:24 2009 From: general.mooney at googlemail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Ciar=C3=A1n_Mooney?=) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:13:24 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] [OT] Extra Ticket to Birmingham from London Message-ID: <3e4e51a80911060313p678ac902j714f0ffe6c9257bc@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I made a mistake when booking a train ticket from London to Birmingham, and got it off by one day. I've had to buy another ticket (cheaper than changing the date on my original). So I now have one extra ticket for a train to Birmingham. Ticket details London Euston to Birmingham University (via New Street) **Young Persons Rail Card** Virgin Trains. Depart 20:23 Arrive 21:26 (New Street) The seat is reserved and it's standard class. ?5 or nearest offer. (current price for one way is ?9.25 from East Midlands Trains) If anyone ones it please contact me off list, and we can meet up near Euston Station and I'll give you the ticket. From ntoll at ntoll.org Fri Nov 6 22:18:15 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:18:15 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Dojo mojo... Message-ID: Folks, Last night's meeting was another good one. Quite a few of us were not able to make it (bonfire night, concerts, work etc) but we still had plenty of people and I think those of us who made it had a good time. We actually got a working Tic-Tac-Toe game with a super intelligent AI player ;-). I'll post a link to the code once I've got Peter to git push it from his laptop (nudge Peter). During the Pizza and Beer part at the start of the evening many people expressed an interest in expanding the scope of the "Dojo" to also include other activities. I think the sentiment was that by mixing the type of activity at these evenings (public coding, lightning talks, show and tell etc) the meetings would remain interesting and "new". My personal impression of people's views was that there is a pent up desire for all these sorts of activities to take place in the Python community in London. As a result the following attendees volunteered their services for an evening of "show and tell": Dave - Ipython (an enhanced Python shell) Carles - OpenOffice and Python Ben - Solving Sudoku with NumPy Peter - The Norvig Spell Checker Me - ??? You - ??? Suggestions for some live programming. We all agreed that each talk should be time bound - perhaps something like the Ignite 20slides/15seconds/5mins rule (http://lesposen.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ignite/ ) or perhaps we could agree a time-limit of 10 mins (as with the pair programming) followed by 5 mins of questions before the next speaker? Another point of discussion was the date for the next meeting. In the end we agreed to do a straw poll here with the following possible days: Tues 1st Dec, Wed 2nd Dec, Thurs 3rd Dec. Once we get a clear "winner" I (or Bruce - whoever gets there first) will put all this up on a new EventWax page. Fry-IT have agreed to let us use their offices and are prepared to provide the pizza/beer again. :-) As always, comments, suggestions, ideas and good ideas are *most* welcome. Best wishes, Nicholas. From carles at pina.cat Sat Nov 7 01:12:39 2009 From: carles at pina.cat (Carles Pina i Estany) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:12:39 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Dojo mojo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091107001238.GF21307@pina.cat> Hello, On Nov/06/2009, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > Last night's meeting was another good one. Quite a few of us were I would say very good! > Carles - OpenOffice and Python How to do a real time system with OpenOffice.org Impress and Python using pyuno to fetch values from Mysql. > We all agreed that each talk should be time bound - perhaps > something like the Ignite 20slides/15seconds/5mins rule > (http://lesposen.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ignite/) or perhaps we > could agree a time-limit of 10 mins (as with the pair programming) > followed by 5 mins of questions before the next speaker? it depends of the number of presentations, I would say 10min+5 or 5+5. This time maybe without number of slides limit (either max or min). Even maybe someone (Ipython?) wants without slides. > Another point of discussion was the date for the next meeting. In > the end we agreed to do a straw poll here with the following > possible days: Tues 1st Dec, Wed 2nd Dec, Thurs 3rd Dec. Wednesday is a bit complicated for me. I cannot guarantee that I can attend until week before. Plus, I usually cannot arrive before 7:00, usually 7:15. Take in mind preparing the schedule. Usually I arrive when the pizza is cold :-) Cheers, -- Carles Pina i Estany http://pinux.info From mail at timgolden.me.uk Sat Nov 7 13:47:51 2009 From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden) Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:47:51 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Dojo mojo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AF56C77.7090803@timgolden.me.uk> Nicholas Tollervey wrote: [...] My > personal impression of people's views was that there is a pent up > desire for all these sorts of activities to take place in the Python > community in London. I agree, and I'd actually go so far as to produce a calendar in advance for the next year to show some sort of commitment: I suggest cycling round the first Tue, Wed, Thu of each month and creating a Google Calendar or some equivalent thing. Or at least, blogging a list of dates! Then all we have to do is decide how to fill in the gaps! > > We all agreed that each talk should be time bound - perhaps something > like the Ignite 20slides/15seconds/5mins rule (http://lesposen.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ignite/ > ) or perhaps we could agree a time-limit of 10 mins (as with the pair > programming) followed by 5 mins of questions before the next speaker? I'm actually quite keen on the idea of having a few speakers in quick succession with a sort of questions-panel at the end. (I forget who mentioned that idea: Peter?) But I'm happy with anything. > Fry-IT have agreed to let us use their offices and are prepared to > provide the pizza/beer again. :-) And thanks very much to them! [blogged about over there -> http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/] TJG From tom at tomdunham.org Tue Nov 10 19:36:29 2009 From: tom at tomdunham.org (Thomas Dunham) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:36:29 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Dojo mojo... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > We all agreed that each talk should be time bound - perhaps something like > the Ignite 20slides/15seconds/5mins rule Apparently that's called Pecha Kucha. Sounds fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha Tom From gnublade at googlemail.com Fri Nov 13 00:26:19 2009 From: gnublade at googlemail.com (Andy Kilner) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:26:19 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov Message-ID: <6294ac990911121526i64bd3d15xd873539fe0eea979@mail.gmail.com> Next Wednesday is the 3rd Wednesday of the month so it's time for another London Python pub meet. Time: Wednesday 18th Nov, from 7pm Venue: The George[1] It's back to The George which will be hosting a beer festival that week. As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure wannabes all welcome. We'll display a can of spam or something suitably geeky so you can pick us out from the crowd. See you there, Andy Kilner & Stephen Emslie [1] http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple From bld at otfrom.com Fri Nov 13 00:32:59 2009 From: bld at otfrom.com (Bruce Durling) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:32:59 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov In-Reply-To: <6294ac990911121526i64bd3d15xd873539fe0eea979@mail.gmail.com> References: <6294ac990911121526i64bd3d15xd873539fe0eea979@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: 2009/11/12 Andy Kilner : > As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure > wannabes all welcome. I think I'm a python wannabe and clojure curious. From jon+python-uk at unequivocal.co.uk Fri Nov 13 02:59:12 2009 From: jon+python-uk at unequivocal.co.uk (Jon Ribbens) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:59:12 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov In-Reply-To: References: <6294ac990911121526i64bd3d15xd873539fe0eea979@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20091113015912.GM23521@snowy.squish.net> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:32:59PM +0000, Bruce Durling wrote: > 2009/11/12 Andy Kilner : > > As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure > > wannabes all welcome. > > I think I'm a python wannabe and clojure curious. I'm curious about Py-curious. From stephenemslie at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 16:20:27 2009 From: stephenemslie at gmail.com (Stephen Emslie) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:20:27 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Tomorrow: Next London Pyssup Message-ID: <51f97e530911170720t31f54891xb809aca45b856251@mail.gmail.com> Just a quick reminder about the next pyssup: tomorrow from 7pm at the George pub (full details below). http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple Its a good laugh and a good chance to catch up with what the Python community in London is up to. There are usually a fair number of non-python developers so feel free to join us even if you're just in the mood to share that geeky idea. Oh and did I mention /there's a beer festival/ ? Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Kilner Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:26 PM Subject: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov To: UK Python Users Next Wednesday is the 3rd Wednesday of the month so it's time for another London Python pub meet. Time: Wednesday 18th Nov, from 7pm Venue: The George[1] It's back to The George which will be hosting a beer festival that week. As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure wannabes all welcome. We'll display a can of spam or something suitably geeky so you can pick us out from the crowd. See you there, Andy Kilner & Stephen Emslie [1] http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk Tue Nov 17 20:42:57 2009 From: tibs at tibsnjoan.co.uk (Tony Ibbs) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:42:57 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Next Cambridge & East Anglia Meeting: Tue 1st Dec 2009 Message-ID: Summarising from the CamPUG Google Group: The Cambridge and East Anglia Python Users Group will be holding a Python Code Dojo on Tuesday 1st December. This will once again be hosted by RealVNC at their offices here: http://tinyurl.com/realvncoffices For those who have not come across them before, a Code Dojo is a "public collaborative coding with the aim of mutual learning based upon the premise that acquiring coding skill should be a continuous process". We're expecting it will be something in the manner of http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/2009/09/18/ , but we haven't tried one before, so we'll see how it goes. All are welcome. If you'd like to tell us you're coming, you can do so at http://campug-guestbook.appspot.com/. Hope to see you there. Meetings after that will be: * Tue 5th January 2010. This will be a pub meeting - come and tell people about what Pythonic gifts you got for Christmas, or share new year resolutions to use more unit testing, or whatever. * Tue 2nd February 2010 - another talks or similar meeting. Tibs From fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk Fri Nov 20 00:38:51 2009 From: fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk (Michael Foord) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:38:51 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet: Thursday November 26th Message-ID: <4B05D70B.7010208@voidspace.org.uk> Hello all, The second episode of the Northampton geek meet is on Thursday November 26th. All welcome (even if you're not from Northampton but just interested in technology or good beer and conversation). We start around 7.30pm. You can read a little bit about the previous one here: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_10_17.shtml#e1131 The chosen location is the King Billy pub, which has WiFi (via the Cloud) and a good selection of beer: The King Billy 2 Commercial St Northampton, NN1 1PJ 01604 621325 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?fb=1&gl=uk&hq=king+billy+pub&hnear=northampton&cid=18118288521489232767 http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/73/7321/King_Billy/Northampton -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog From ntoll at ntoll.org Fri Nov 20 12:33:01 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:33:01 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December Message-ID: Hi Folks, The subject says it all... First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. How did the last one go..? Tim has written up a blog post that spills the beans about our awesome tic-tac-toe playing AI: http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/2009/11/07/london-python-dojo-that-was-interesting/ This time there is a difference: After a group discussion it was agreed that the next meetup should involve presentations, demos, talks, individual ?code and tell? and other such activities. We already have five people who want to do something: ? Dave Kirby ? Ipython (an enhanced Python shell) ? Carles Pina Estany ? How to do a real time system with OpenOffice.org Impress and Python using pyuno to fetch values from Mysql ? Ben Moran ? Solving Sudoku with cvxopt ? Peter Bengtsson ? The Norvig spell checkor (sic) ;-) ? Nicholas Tollervey ? Dojo Future? lets agree something concrete We'd welcome further participants too? if you have a great idea for a talk, want to get something off your chest or show us something cool then volunteer ;-) As usual there will be free pizza and beer from 6:30 with talks and demos kicking off at around 7:30. Pub at the end. To sign up please visit: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/4th-london-python-dojo--meetup (signing up helps us judge how much pizza/beer/whatever needs to be ordered). Comments and suggestions most welcome. See you there! Nicholas. 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From javier at correo.com Fri Nov 20 19:07:24 2009 From: javier at correo.com (Javier Llopis) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:24 -0000 (GMT) Subject: [python-uk] Tomorrow: Next London Pyssup In-Reply-To: <51f97e530911170720t31f54891xb809aca45b856251@mail.gmail.com> References: <51f97e530911170720t31f54891xb809aca45b856251@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1eb2e1913cccb96c5e9fa6eef2806e90.squirrel@webmail.correo.com> It was a good laugh indeed. Next time we'll try hard to top this month's record of two people! Nice meeting you Tom! J > Just a quick reminder about the next pyssup: tomorrow from 7pm at the > George > pub (full details below). > > http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple > > Its a good laugh and a good chance to catch up with what the Python > community in London is up to. There are usually a fair number of > non-python > developers so feel free to join us even if you're just in the mood to > share > that geeky idea. > > Oh and did I mention /there's a beer festival/ ? > > Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Andy Kilner > Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:26 PM > Subject: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov > To: UK Python Users > > > Next Wednesday is the 3rd Wednesday of the month so it's time for > another London Python pub meet. > > Time: Wednesday 18th Nov, from 7pm > Venue: The George[1] > > It's back to The George which will be hosting a beer festival that week. > > As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure > wannabes all welcome. > > We'll display a can of spam or something suitably geeky so you can > pick us out from the crowd. > > > See you there, > > Andy Kilner & Stephen Emslie > > [1] http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > From renesd at gmail.com Sat Nov 21 09:30:09 2009 From: renesd at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Dudfield?=) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:30:09 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The subject says it all... > > First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. > > How did the last one go..? Tim has written up a blog post that spills the beans about our awesome tic-tac-toe playing AI: http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/2009/11/07/london-python-dojo-that-was-interesting/ > > This time there is a difference: After a group discussion it was agreed that the next meetup should involve presentations, demos, talks, individual ?code and tell? and other such activities. We already have five people who want to do something: > > ? ? ? ?? Dave Kirby ? Ipython (an enhanced Python shell) > ? ? ? ?? Carles Pina Estany ? How to do a real time system with OpenOffice.org Impress and Python using pyuno to fetch values from Mysql > ? ? ? ?? Ben Moran ? Solving Sudoku with cvxopt > ? ? ? ?? Peter Bengtsson ? The Norvig spell checkor (sic) ;-) > ? ? ? ?? Nicholas Tollervey ? Dojo Future? lets agree something concrete > > We'd welcome further participants too? if you have a great idea for a talk, want to get something off your chest or show us something cool then volunteer ;-) > > As usual there will be free pizza and beer from 6:30 with talks and demos kicking off at around 7:30. Pub at the end. > > To sign up please visit: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/4th-london-python-dojo--meetup (signing up helps us judge how much pizza/beer/whatever needs to be ordered). > > Comments and suggestions most welcome. > > See you there! > > Nicholas. > > > > When: Thursday 3rd December 6:30pm > Where: > > Fry-IT Limited > 503 Enterprise House > 1/2 Hatfields > London SE1 9PG > > Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark > > Telephone: > 0207 0968800 > > Google Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1%2F2+Hatfields,+London,+SE1+9PG&sll=51.507954,-0.107825&sspn=0.007439,0.022724&ie=UTF8&ll=51.508235,0.107825&spn=0.007439,0.022724&z=16&iwloc=A > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > hello, sounds like great fun. See you all there. I could contribute a 'pygame in 10 minutes' little coding session demo if there's time and interest. cheers, From carles at pina.cat Sat Nov 21 13:13:26 2009 From: carles at pina.cat (Carles Pina i Estany) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:26 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> References: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20091121121326.GA23058@pina.cat> Hi, On Nov/21/2009, Ren? Dudfield wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > I could contribute a 'pygame in 10 minutes' little coding session demo > if there's time and interest. I'm _very_ interested. Also, in the future (2010 :-) ) I can prepare Python+Qt (step by step from nothing to something very simple, in 10 min. or something like this) -- Carles Pina i Estany http://pinux.info From ntoll at ntoll.org Sat Nov 21 23:42:57 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:42:57 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> References: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0CEDAFCF-6665-44C6-96D3-6BDCDF86054A@ntoll.org> Hi Ren?, Yup, there is time *and* interest - I've just updated the signup page and you're booked! :-) Looking forward to meeting you and hearing your talk! Nicholas. On 21 Nov 2009, at 08:30, Ren? Dudfield wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> The subject says it all... >> >> First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. >> >> How did the last one go..? Tim has written up a blog post that spills the beans about our awesome tic-tac-toe playing AI: http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/2009/11/07/london-python-dojo-that-was-interesting/ >> >> This time there is a difference: After a group discussion it was agreed that the next meetup should involve presentations, demos, talks, individual ?code and tell? and other such activities. We already have five people who want to do something: >> >> ? Dave Kirby ? Ipython (an enhanced Python shell) >> ? Carles Pina Estany ? How to do a real time system with OpenOffice.org Impress and Python using pyuno to fetch values from Mysql >> ? Ben Moran ? Solving Sudoku with cvxopt >> ? Peter Bengtsson ? The Norvig spell checkor (sic) ;-) >> ? Nicholas Tollervey ? Dojo Future? lets agree something concrete >> >> We'd welcome further participants too? if you have a great idea for a talk, want to get something off your chest or show us something cool then volunteer ;-) >> >> As usual there will be free pizza and beer from 6:30 with talks and demos kicking off at around 7:30. Pub at the end. >> >> To sign up please visit: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/4th-london-python-dojo--meetup (signing up helps us judge how much pizza/beer/whatever needs to be ordered). >> >> Comments and suggestions most welcome. >> >> See you there! >> >> Nicholas. >> >> >> >> When: Thursday 3rd December 6:30pm >> Where: >> >> Fry-IT Limited >> 503 Enterprise House >> 1/2 Hatfields >> London SE1 9PG >> >> Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark >> >> Telephone: >> 0207 0968800 >> >> Google Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1%2F2+Hatfields,+London,+SE1+9PG&sll=51.507954,-0.107825&sspn=0.007439,0.022724&ie=UTF8&ll=51.508235,0.107825&spn=0.007439,0.022724&z=16&iwloc=A >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> > > > hello, > > sounds like great fun. See you all there. > > I could contribute a 'pygame in 10 minutes' little coding session demo > if there's time and interest. > > > cheers, > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From ntoll at ntoll.org Sat Nov 21 23:47:16 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:47:16 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <20091121121326.GA23058@pina.cat> References: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> <20091121121326.GA23058@pina.cat> Message-ID: <204E2F79-588D-428C-B26B-26CF823A7433@ntoll.org> Hi Carles, Python+QT sounds very interesting. It'd be good if we could organise an evening of Python+(insert UI toolkit here) talks so we can compare and contrast. Even a handful of short (10-15 minute) introductions followed by some practical coding on a shared outcome (i.e. everyone attempts to implement some easy task) would be a lot of fun and good "educational" value. Any takers on other UI toolkits..? I can think of tk (comes as standard in Python), GTK, wxWindows and QT... any more...? Nicholas. On 21 Nov 2009, at 12:13, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > > Hi, > > On Nov/21/2009, Ren? Dudfield wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > >> I could contribute a 'pygame in 10 minutes' little coding session demo >> if there's time and interest. > > I'm _very_ interested. > > Also, in the future (2010 :-) ) I can prepare Python+Qt (step by step > from nothing to something very simple, in 10 min. or something like > this) > > -- > Carles Pina i Estany > http://pinux.info > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From carles at pina.cat Sun Nov 22 00:30:00 2009 From: carles at pina.cat (Carles Pina i Estany) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <204E2F79-588D-428C-B26B-26CF823A7433@ntoll.org> References: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> <20091121121326.GA23058@pina.cat> <204E2F79-588D-428C-B26B-26CF823A7433@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <20091121233000.GG26844@pina.cat> Hello, On Nov/21/2009, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > Hi Carles, > > Python+QT sounds very interesting. It'd be good if we could organise it's like it sounds, for lot of reasons. In my daily work I program in C++ and Qt, and I have done something in Pyqt some time ago. If we want someone real Pyqt expert, the people who is doing Pyqt is from UK: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/news (plus Nokia starting a similar project with different license...) > an evening of Python+(insert UI toolkit here) talks so we can compare > and contrast. Even a handful of short (10-15 minute) introductions > followed by some practical coding on a shared outcome (i.e. everyone > attempts to implement some easy task) would be a lot of fun and good > "educational" value. I didn't think about it, but we could define a simple task (e.g. phone book manager) and implement with different tookits. That could be very nice. -- Carles Pina i Estany http://pinux.info From renesd at gmail.com Sun Nov 22 17:59:52 2009 From: renesd at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Dudfield?=) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:59:52 +0100 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <0CEDAFCF-6665-44C6-96D3-6BDCDF86054A@ntoll.org> References: <64ddb72c0911210030o6d9d67d0v95e0d538d8c5fb1d@mail.gmail.com> <0CEDAFCF-6665-44C6-96D3-6BDCDF86054A@ntoll.org> Message-ID: <64ddb72c0911220859h45799993qb7c48cb904b22a3d@mail.gmail.com> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > Hi Ren?, > > Yup, there is time *and* interest - I've just updated the signup page and you're booked! :-) > > Looking forward to meeting you and hearing your talk! > > Nicholas. > great, thanks. see you all there. cheers, From pnasrat at googlemail.com Sun Nov 22 18:02:31 2009 From: pnasrat at googlemail.com (Paul Nasrat) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:02:31 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48c2022e0911220902y23aec2bdhe49dd1ab979e27f6@mail.gmail.com> 2009/11/20 Nicholas Tollervey : > Hi Folks, > > The subject says it all... > > First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. This conflicts with djugl, whilst I know that co-ordinating with all the groups in London is non-trivial, we could at least try and make sure the python events don't clash. Paul From ntoll at ntoll.org Sun Nov 22 19:21:58 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:21:58 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <48c2022e0911220902y23aec2bdhe49dd1ab979e27f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <48c2022e0911220902y23aec2bdhe49dd1ab979e27f6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <866FA6B3-029D-45C0-906A-03738EA39AA5@ntoll.org> Paul, As I mentioned when this was pointed out on the Python Wave a few days ago, DJUGL isn't announced here, on the wave nor on IRC etc... I guess I don't follow the right lists. :-( Also, we've been quite public in saying the meeting will take place in the first week of every month in order *not* to clash with the Pyssup (also advertised here). It's too late to change now as we've got five talks booked, people have reserved tickets and we've advertised it. Who organises DJUGL? perhaps we can at least coordinate for next time. I *completely* agree that the more Python events happening in London the better and we've all shot ourselves in the collective foot with the clash (not that Python have feet, but you get my drift). In future *I'll* endeavour not to organise anything that clashes but this is dependant on knowing about what else is happening. Nicholas. On 22 Nov 2009, at 17:02, Paul Nasrat wrote: > 2009/11/20 Nicholas Tollervey : >> Hi Folks, >> >> The subject says it all... >> >> First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. > > This conflicts with djugl, whilst I know that co-ordinating with all > the groups in London is non-trivial, we could at least try and make > sure the python events don't clash. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From jon+python-uk at unequivocal.co.uk Sun Nov 22 19:29:51 2009 From: jon+python-uk at unequivocal.co.uk (Jon Ribbens) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:29:51 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <48c2022e0911220902y23aec2bdhe49dd1ab979e27f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <48c2022e0911220902y23aec2bdhe49dd1ab979e27f6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20091122182951.GK16602@snowy.squish.net> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 05:02:31PM +0000, Paul Nasrat wrote: > This conflicts with djugl, whilst I know that co-ordinating with all > the groups in London is non-trivial, we could at least try and make > sure the python events don't clash. Never heard of it. When googling for it I find something called "londonpython" too, although it's not entirely clear what that actually is. Are there any other Python UK/London/etc groups that are currently being kept secret? From ntoll at ntoll.org Sun Nov 22 20:03:25 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:03:25 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December In-Reply-To: <866FA6B3-029D-45C0-906A-03738EA39AA5@ntoll.org> References: <48c2022e0911220902y23aec2bdhe49dd1ab979e27f6@mail.gmail.com> <866FA6B3-029D-45C0-906A-03738EA39AA5@ntoll.org> Message-ID: Folks Of course, and speaking personally (please shoot me down here), there is an obvious solution: we hold the DJUGL and Dojo groups at the same time in the *same* location so we can all knock our collective heads together to avoid such (unfortunate yet inevitable) problems arising again. Obviously this depends on: Django guys (Django=my day job) not minding 5 talks on stuff not directly connected with Django nor web-development and more generic Pythonistas not minding talks about something as specific as Django. We'd also get the approval of those speakers who have already committed, work out logistics such as location and who buys the pizza/beer and make sure we re-advertise whatever new solution is arrived at (if at all). There is probably a huge amount of cross-over between the groups and this would be a great opportunity to co-ordinate. To be honest, my main concern is that we have some great Python-related events going on in London and I'm pretty certain we, as a community, have enough nous to come up with some interesting stuff. Once again, who "specifically" do I get in touch with about DJUGL..? Nicholas. On 22 Nov 2009, at 18:21, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > Paul, > > As I mentioned when this was pointed out on the Python Wave a few days ago, DJUGL isn't announced here, on the wave nor on IRC etc... I guess I don't follow the right lists. :-( Also, we've been quite public in saying the meeting will take place in the first week of every month in order *not* to clash with the Pyssup (also advertised here). > > It's too late to change now as we've got five talks booked, people have reserved tickets and we've advertised it. Who organises DJUGL? perhaps we can at least coordinate for next time. > > I *completely* agree that the more Python events happening in London the better and we've all shot ourselves in the collective foot with the clash (not that Python have feet, but you get my drift). > > In future *I'll* endeavour not to organise anything that clashes but this is dependant on knowing about what else is happening. > > Nicholas. > > On 22 Nov 2009, at 17:02, Paul Nasrat wrote: > >> 2009/11/20 Nicholas Tollervey : >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> The subject says it all... >>> >>> First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. >> >> This conflicts with djugl, whilst I know that co-ordinating with all >> the groups in London is non-trivial, we could at least try and make >> sure the python events don't clash. >> >> Paul >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk From ntoll at ntoll.org Tue Nov 24 15:07:46 2009 From: ntoll at ntoll.org (Nicholas Tollervey) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:07:46 +0000 Subject: [python-uk] Re-schedule London Python Dojo: 10th December Message-ID: Folks, Since discovering the clash of dates between DJUGL and the Dojo Gareth, Paul, Matthew (who run DJUGL) and I have been attempting to turn the clash into something that could benefit both sides. We've agreed that in future announcements and coordination will take place here on the Python-UK mailing list. If you're on Twitter @londonpython will wake up occasionally when something is announced. To cut a long story short, the simplest thing to do is to re-schedule the Dojo to Thursday 10th December. All other details remain the same (see bottom of email for more information). DJUGL is a large event (currently 60+ attendees) and follows the regular "speakers speak and then answer questions" format. They also have free pizza too. I'd encourage anyone interested in Python/Django to attend - I'm definitely going. Their event page is here: http://londonpython.eventwax.com/djugl-december The Dojo is relatively small (usually around 20 attendees, 30 max) and involves lots of audience interaction, spontaneous discussion/argument erupting, live coding and pair programming. Free pizza and beer from 6:30 with talks and demos kicking off at around 7:30. Participants have an opportunity to win "Programming Collective Intelligence" by Toby Segaran (examples are in Python). Sign up here: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/4th-london-python-dojo--meetup As always, feedback, comments and good ideas most welcome. See you at both events, Nicholas. When: Thursday 10th December 6:30pm Where: Fry-IT Limited 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark Telephone: 0207 0968800 Google Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1%2F2+Hatfields,+London,+SE1+9PG&sll=51.507954,-0.107825&sspn=0.007439,0.022724&ie=UTF8&ll=51.508235,0.107825&spn=0.007439,0.022724&z=16&iwloc=A