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During Andrew Kuchlings’s talk on How to Give a Python Talk he mentioned the top rated PyCon talks over the years. I was extremely surprised to see the talk Mike Pirnat and I gave in 2006 on the list. The video for Python Can Survive In The Enterprise is available here if you missed it.
I’m now motivated to do a talk next year. I have a large number of commitments so I’m starting the preparation early.
Possible Topics:
- Python Dependency Injection and snake-guice
- Virtual Hosting with WSGI - applications on multiple domains in the same app server instance
All feedback is welcome. I’m open to talk suggestions. Is there something that I do or work on that may make an interesting talk?
PyCon 2010 in Cleveland - Update
Today was the kickoff meeting. The first thing that struck me is that we were the only bidders in the room. There were people from the other bidding cities, but I don’t think any of them were actually a part of the bidding process. So that was good. We had a strong showing with about six of us in attendance.
The PyCon location selection process is really focused on evaluating the local community. This is good for us! We have a very strong Python community. I believe that Cleveland has other strong communities that may align with us. I’m going to be sending out an email to the NOOSS and Ruby groups to see if we can get their support. Anyone know of other local groups that may be interested?
More information to follow…
Cleveland Bidding For PyCon 2010
Back when PyCon was taking bids for 2008-2009 I tried to get Cleveland a bid. I was only able to call/visit a half dozen places or so. It was only me at the time so I eventually gave up as I saw how much the other bidders were able to accomplish in the same time. All I have to show for it is a bunch of hotel brochures.
I think this attempt can be different. I am going to get this thing rolling again, but I really do need some help! If you are interested in helping please let me know. We need a strong team of at least 5 people to pull this off.
I have created a bid page over at the Python wiki. If your interested in helping out email me at [dstanek AT dstanek DOT com] and add your name to the staff section of the wiki page. Also please read about the bid requirements.
If you are not able to participate in creating a bid there are other ways to help out. Do you know of a good location? Do you know of any cool extracurricular activities? Let us know and we’ll follow up on the leads.
Lets bring PyCon home in 2010!
PyCon 2008 in Chicago
It looks like I’ll be making another trip to to Chicago next year. The bid looks great. My little brother goes to school in Chicago so maybe I’ll be able to get him to check it out.
PyCon 2007: One Laptop Per Child
The first day’s keynote described a project called One Laptop Per Child. Ivan Krsti? gave a very inspiring presentation. The idea is to create low cost, highly cool hardward that can be distributed to countries where children have less access to information. The laptop is not designed for M$ Office type applications, but rather applications of learning.
I want one for my kids! I have been debating wether or not I want to buy my 5 year old a new laptop. This would be a great alternative. Unfortunately they are a non-profit and are not yet ready to commercialize this.
On the other hand I have been inspired enough to want to help develop the Python software that powers the device. Now it is just a matter of finding the time…
I Can’t Decide on a Topic For PyCon 2007
Presenting at PyCon 2006 was a good experience for me. So I naturally want to do it again this year. Now that I am right on the edge of the deadline I feel the pressure to either decide on a topic or give up. So far these topics interest me:
- AJAX in a Python application - using an open source application server and AJAX components similar to controls in .NET
- Python application communication techniques - talk about web services, network services, message queuing, etc.
- A specific implementation of the previous idea. Maybe showing how to use Python to talk to a JMS queue product.
- Enterprise design patterns applied to Python ** my favorite **
- Python development tools - debugging, refactoring, code checkers, etc.
Are there any opinions out there??
Pictures and Video from PyCon 2006
Some cool PyCon pics were made available by various amateur photographers. A co-worker captured a video of our presentation, Python Can Survive In The Enterprise. The video itself is not the greatest quality, but the audio is ok. The audio recorded by the PyCon folks will eventually find it’s way up to their website.
Feedback on “Python Can Survive In The Enterprise”
All of the feedback from PyCon 2006 is now available. I was rather surprised to see our presentation, Python Can Survive In The Enterprise, near the top of the favorites list. This is definitely encouraging.
Someone did have some negative feedback about us. The basic issue was the fact that we couldn’t go into detail:
The talk by AG Interactive, Python in the Enterprise was embarassingly bad. Essentially, they said “Python is great. We used python, but we can’t tell you anything else because it’s proprietary.”
While this is entirely true, it was not our intent to show how to build an enterprise system. We simply wanted to show the fact that it can be done. We do intend to present more detailed topics next year. The key is for us to find something that is not a competitive advantage and that the community would fine useful or interesting.
I am still getting positive feedback from our presentation in my email. Google is also yielding some blog entries when searching for the title:
- The Thiers
- pyjesse.blogspot.com
- the law of averages
- MickBlog - nothing direct, but it seems we were of the “usual high standards”
PyCon 2006 Was A Blast
PyCon is definitely an experience worth having if you are a Python programmer. There are so many interesting talks that you’ll find yourself having to decide what is most important to you. Most (all?) of the talks have the audio recorded and posted on the PyCon website. So you probably won’t miss anything. This is the second year that I have attended and I intend on returning for as long as they have it.
The Python community is very open and welcoming. This is one of its greatest assets. The Python celebrities and book authors are walking around in the crowd and are friendly and helpful. I remember attending Java conferences where certain people felt that they were some sort of royalty and that all the attendees where just commoners. This is the exact opposite of the PyCon vibe.
I met a lot of interesting people. Since I am terrible at keeping track of names and email addresses I having a hard time getting back to everyone. If we talked at PyCon feel free to email me to say hi.
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