A Python Web Application Package and Format (we should make one) blog.ianbicking.org 1 Apr 2011 | 04:01 am

At PyCon there was an open space about deployment, and the idea of drop-in applications (Java-WAR-style). I generally get pessimistic about 80% solutions, and dropping in a WAR file feels like an 80%...

unittest.mock and mock 1.0 alpha 1 voidspace.org.uk 29 Mar 2012 | 05:15 am

One of the results of the Python Language Summit at PyCon 2012 is that mock is now in the Python standard library. In Python 3.3 mock is available as unittest.mock. ... [501 words]

The Future of Pika gavinroy.com 13 Mar 2011 | 11:00 am

I've been listening to a lot of the conversations at PyCon about asynchronous development. The basic sentiment I've picked up on is that Callback Passing Style (CPS) is not currently in favor in the P...

PyCon by Network Adapter Manufacturer gavinroy.com 13 Mar 2011 | 07:00 am

On Friday, Doug Hellmann of PyMOTW fame commented on Twitter that he'd be interested in the breakdown of laptop vendors for people attending PyCon, something I had been pondering that morning as well....

Five Pycon 2010 Talks I Need to See apipes.blogspot.com 8 Dec 2009 | 04:12 am

How Not to Get a (Python) Job – a rant learnpython.wordpress.com 28 May 2012 | 02:29 pm

How Not to Get a (Python) Job – a rant At PyCon 2011, Brian Moloney (of Imaginary Landscape here in Chicago) gave a talk titled “How to Get A Python Job”. It wasn’t really so much about getting speci...

ISTE, Python and Robots learnpython.wordpress.com 29 Jun 2011 | 12:18 am

Monday I was at the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference in Philadelphia to give a version of the same talk I gave at PyCon in March, talking about my experiences teachi...

PyCon Poster Session will be Amazing learnpython.wordpress.com 24 Jan 2011 | 03:57 pm

As the poster session chair, I’ve been watching poster proposals come in for PyCon over the past several weeks. I was very happy with the posters last year, but this year we have a truly amazing colle...

New weblogs planetpy.blogspot.com 22 Nov 2006 | 04:58 am

Added this week: Michael Bayer, the Python Papers. Removed: the Infogami FAQ, reference, and library wikis; Andrew Kuchling (my PyCon and PSF content now goes in other weblogs that are already on Pla...

I am now working for SourceForge. Kind of smallpy.posterous.com 20 Apr 2010 | 11:27 pm

My trip to PyCON 2010 brought about something unexpected. I've got a contract job with Geek.net (owner of SourceForge.net, Slashdot and few other sites). In short, I am helping SF team to build a ...