pyCologne Python User Group, Cologne, Germany, July, 8th, Announcement

The next meeting of pyCologne will take place

Wednesday, July, 8th
starting about 6.30 pm - 6.45 pm
at Room 0.14, Benutzerrechenzentrum (RRZK-B)
University of Cologne, Berrenrather Str. 136, 50937 Köln, Germany

Agenda:

• Report from EuroPython 2009 (ReimarBauer, AndreasSchreiber)

• Django (DanielHepper)

At about 8.30 pm we will as usual enjoy the rest of the evening in a nearby restaurant.

Further information including directions how to get to the location can be found at:
http://wiki.python.de/User_Group_Köln (Sorry, this page is in German only)

pyCologne Python User Group, Cologne, Germany, June 10th Notes

The Cologne Python User Group met on June, 10th at the computer centre of the University of Cologne. The meeting was attended by 11 people. German speakers might want to refer to our wiki page http://www.pycologne.de.

Announcements

• EuroSciPy in Leipzig (Germany) see http://www.euroscipy.org/

• NumPy Workshop (comercial) in DLR (Cologne, Germany), Everyone interested should contact AndreasSchreiber (see http://wiki.python.de/AndreasSchreiber)
  

• In case pyCologne members would like to contribute project-presentations to FrOSCon, please decide quickly. Call for projects is (was) still open. (see http://www.froscon.de/)
  

• pycologne.de appears to experience problems. Christopher Arndt and Fabian Schächter solved the problem. pyCologne's homepage is reachable at http://www.pycologne.de again.
  

Proposals for upcoming pyCologne-Sessions

• Daniel Hepper offers a talk about the Web-Framework Django

Todays Talk: Mercurial (Reimar Bauer)

• Version-Control-Systems in General
• Distributed Version-Control-Systems
• Introduction into Mercurial (init, update, ...)
  
• Clones, pull and push operations

You can find the talk (in German language) at http://wiki.python.de/User%20Group%20K%C3%B6ln/Protokoll%2020090610/mercurial

Books

• Beginning Python Visualization: see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1430218436

• Dive into Python, available as well as free Online-Book http://www.diveintopython.org/

The minutes of the meeting in German language can be found here.

The next meeting will be held on, Wednesday, July, 8th.

We enjoyed the rest of the evening in our usual italian restaurant having food, drinks and friendly conversation.

pyCologne Python User Group, Cologne, Germany, June, 10th, Announcement

The next meeting of pyCologne will take place

Wednesday, June, 10th
starting about 6.30 pm - 6.45 pm
at Room 0.14, Benutzerrechenzentrum (RRZK-B)
University of Cologne, Berrenrather Str. 136, 50937 Köln, Germany

Agenda:

• Mercurial (ReimarBauer)

At about 8.30 pm we will as usual enjoy the rest of the evening in a nearby restaurant.

Further information including directions how to get to the location can be found at:
http://wiki.python.de/User_Group_Köln (Sorry, this page is in German only)

(Please note: Our usual web-address www.pycologne.de does not work at the moment for unknown reasons.)

PyOhio CFP, May 15

A reminder: Proposals for PyOhio talks (tutorials, etc.) are due May 15 - tomorrow!

PyOhio 2009, the second annual Python programming mini-conference for Ohio and surrounding areas, will take place Saturday-Sunday, July 25-26, 2009 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, and Open Spaces. PyOhio will be free of charge.

PyOhio invites all interested people to submit proposals for scheduled talks and tutorials. PyOhio will accept abstracts on any topics of interest to Python programmers.

Standard presentations are expected to last 40 minutes with a 10 minute question-and-answer period. Other talk formats will also be considered, however; please indicate your preferred format in your proposal. Hands-on tutorial sessions are also welcomed. Tutorial instructors should indicate the expected length

PyOhio is especially interested in hosting a Beginners' Track for those new to Python or new to programming in general. If your proposal would be suitable for inclusion in the Beginners' Track, please indicate so. Organizers will work with speakers and instructors in the Beginners' Track to help them coordinate their talks/tutorials into a smooth, coherent learning curve for new Python users.

All proposals should include abstracts no longer than 500 words in length. Abstracts must include the title, summary of the presentation, the expertise level targeted, and a brief description of the area of Python programming it relates to.

All proposals should be emailed to cfp@pyohio.org for review. Please submit proposals by May 15, 2009. Accepted speakers will be notified by June 1.

You can read more about the conference at http://pyohio.org

If you have questions about proposals, please email cfp@pyohio.org. You can also contact the PyOhio organizers at pyohio-organizers@python.org.

pyCologne Python User Group, Cologne, Germany, May, 13th, Announcement

The next meeting of pyCologne will take place

Wednesday, May, 13th
starting about 6.30 pm - 6.45 pm
at Room 0.14, Benutzerrechenzentrum (RRZK-B)
University of Cologne, Berrenrather Str. 136, 50937 Köln, Germany

Agenda:

• Code-Testing-Workshop including short presentations und discussion (Rex
  Turnbull, Ralf Schönian, Andi Albrecht et al.)

At about 8.30 pm we will as usual enjoy the rest of the evening in a nearby restaurant.

Further information including directions how to get to the location can be found at:
http://www.pycologne.de (Sorry, this page is in German only)

TuPLE (Tucson, AZ) - April recap

The TuPLE (Tucson, AZ) group met on Monday, April 20th, attended by 10 members.

We had some good conversation and it was great to see more new faces show up. 

Rich Saunders gave a presentation on Pycon 09, touching on some issues relevant to his work at Rincon Research. 
General discussion of Pycon structure (tutorials, general conference, sprints), Lightning Talks, and Open Spaces.

3 of our members attended Pycon. Generally agreed the lightning talks and open spaces were popular and enjoyable conference additions.

All pycon videos are available at http://pycon.blip.tv/ 

Pycon Tutorial sessions (http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/) were filmed and are available 
in addition to the talks and general conference videos. These look to 
be a great resource for in-depth exploration of python topics, from 
Python 101 to "A Curious Course on Coroutines and Concurrency" 

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O'Reilly User Group program 
We are now part of the O'Reilly UG program, which offers benefits to 
us as members (35% discount and free review copies)

Details and registration for other user groups available here: http://ug.oreilly.com/

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We also briefly discussed setting up a website for the group using Google App Engine as an exercise/group project. There seems to be some interest in possible group projects or hack days, but there wasn't much in the way of commitment moving forward. We aren't using meetup.com so it would be nice to have an RSVP function and a more active web presence than the google group.

Encouraged members to bring in their projects/code samples for group review and discussion for the next meeting. 

PyOhio: Call for Proposals

PyOhio 2009, the second annual Python programming mini-conference for Ohio and surrounding areas, will take place Saturday-Sunday, July 25-26, 2009 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, and Open Spaces. PyOhio will be free of charge.

PyOhio invites all interested people to submit proposals for scheduled talks and tutorials. PyOhio will accept abstracts on any topics of interest to Python programmers.

Standard presentations are expected to last 40 minutes with a 10 minute question-and-answer period. Other talk formats will also be considered, however; please indicate your preferred format in your proposal. Hands-on tutorial sessions are also welcomed. Tutorial instructors should indicate the expected length

PyOhio is especially interested in hosting a Beginners' Track for those new to Python or new to programming in general. If your proposal would be suitable for inclusion in the Beginners' Track, please indicate so. Organizers will work with speakers and instructors in the Beginners' Track to help them coordinate their talks/tutorials into a smooth, coherent learning curve for new Python users.

All proposals should include abstracts no longer than 500 words in length. Abstracts must include the title, summary of the presentation, the expertise level targeted, and a brief description of the area of Python programming it relates to.

All proposals should be emailed to cfp@pyohio.org for review. Please submit proposals by May 15, 2009. Accepted speakers will be notified by June 1.

You can read more about the conference at http://pyohio.org

If you have questions about proposals, please email cfp@pyohio.org. You can also contact the PyOhio organizers at pyohio-organizers@python.org.