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Getting the most out of PyCon

March 8, 2011

Van Lindberg recently tweeted a link to some tips on how to attend a conference. The advice in that article is pretty sound for a business person looking to build up their network to find sales opportunities, but it doesn’t cover any PyCon-specifics. After a little thinking I’ve come up with my own list of [...]

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Looking forward to PyCon 2010!

February 17, 2010

On Thursday I’m making the yearly pilgrimage to PyCon in Atlanta. This will be my third year and I’m sure it’ll be better than ever. For me the real highlights of this conference are the legendary open space sessions. The level of interaction and learning at these really sets it apart from other conferences. Last [...]

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PyCon 2008 – IronPython Highlights

March 17, 2008

IronPython was one of the factors that impacted my decision to attend PyCon. Microsoft are approaching the release of version 2.0 which will have parity with CPython 2.5. The production versions already are close to full Python 2.4 support making it a viable platform for use in a lot of places where I would typically [...]

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PyCon 2008 – Day Zero

March 13, 2008

Today was the Python tutorial day. Given that I haven’t spent a lot of time reading or writing Python code I thought it would be a good idea to attend some of these tutorials. Since they kicked off at 9am it was a bit of a challenge making it on time. My Southwest flight from [...]

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