In a message of Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:24:59 +0200, Paul Boddie writes: >Hello, > >Here's a message from Ville Säävuori about the conference schedule which >didn't make it to the list for some reason. I can't see whether there was > a >moderation problem in this case, but I'll gladly do moderation on this li >st >if someone will let me into the moderators club. > >Paul
I never got a message that there was anything needing moderation here. I'd gladly let you into the club if somebody will tell me how to do it. >P.S. There's a large e-mail from Jacob waiting in the moderation queue fo >r the >EuroPython list because it's a very big message containing some kind of >template. I've left it in the queue so far because I don't want to either >send a big message to lots of potentially angry people or to send a messa >ge >without the main payload to such people. Maybe we can upload the template > to >the site. That sounds like a good idea to me. Laura > >---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > >From: Ville Säävuori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 16. kesäkuuta 2008 klo 0.44.07 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Europython-improve] iCalendar of the conference schedule > >Hi all, > >>> The only PyCon-Tech *code* it uses is the CSS, plus many *ideas* >>> which using PyCon-Tech last year gave us. > >The output is very well formed and therefore also quite easily >parseable. Paul already provided us a simple script for parsing the >schedule into an ical-file, and I would like to reproduce my app >from last year and make all data available in easily searchable and >mobile-ready form. The example parser from Paul is basically all I >need for putting this data into database. > >My ideas for the schedule data have already been mostly implemented >in the new PyCon-Tech code. I would like to have *my* conference >schedule (to not impose these ideas on anyone who doesn't like them) >have following functionality: > >- possibility to log in with OpenID (to customize things) >- possibility to select sessions that I want to attend >- possibility to browse this selection (== my customized schedule) > in a format tailored for a mobile reader (for example smartphone/ > iphone) >- simple search functionality for session and presenter details >- more ways to browse the data trough cross-linking and tagging > (browse by topic, level, author) >- a possibility to comment sessions > >These are exactly the same ideas I already implemented last year (at >first just for my own purposes, but eventually as a public site). > >[about structured data] >>> Well, it was talked about, but nobody actually did anything ;) > >I'm willing (and very likely to) to do this again and share it as a >complementary service for anyone who likes to read the schedule in a >customized format. I understand that organizers have lots of things >on theirs hands as the conference is getting closer so I don't want >to be a burden to anyone with these ideas -- especially if someone >thinks that they are bad or unnecassary. But I also am gladly >willing to help to integrate these to the official site if needed. > >(I also want to point out that I implemented previously mentioned >functionalities last year with Django in _one evening_ taking >advance of the structured data provided, so I am not talking about a >monumentally huge commitment.) > >>> I'm down to give a talk on the conferencing software at Vilnius, >>> maybe >>> it would be a good idea to get together and build in the iCal stuff >>> for next year. > >I'm getting a slight feeling of NIH-syndrome here, since, AFAIK, >PyCon-Tech system already produces iCal syndication. Would it be OK >to just try to work on that codebase for next year or are their >needs totally different from EPs? > >Best regards, > >- VS >_______________________________________________ >Europython-improve mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
