I have been following the Openmoko project ever since the project went public, and have for some time been wanting to get more involved in experimenting with the software (and eventually the hardware), but this is my first message to any of the mailing lists. I'm a Python developer and a volunteer organiser for the EuroPython conference, held this year in Vilnius, Lithuania from 7th July until 9th July (with development sprints held afterwards from 10th July until 12th July).
I was wondering whether any developers in the Openmoko community had considered submitting a talk for EuroPython 2008, particularly those using Python as a development language. Previous EuroPython conferences have featured talks describing Python on other mobile devices, but the openness of the Neo devices raises the level of interest beyond anything previously featured at EuroPython, in my opinion. Details of talk submissions and other activities at the conference can be found here: http://www.europython.org/community/CallForParticipation The EuroPython site can be found here: http://www.europython.org/ In previous years, talks showing Python running on Symbian-based devices have attracted some attention, but without seeking to disparage such work, I think it's clear that the state of the art has moved on. Certainly, I'd be very interested to see Openmoko-related presentations at EuroPython which show just how far open mobile technologies have progressed and how important (and exciting) such technologies are for both users and developers. Paul P.S. I apologise if anyone perceives this message to be overly promotional. My intention is merely to encourage people to consider EuroPython as a venue to show the exciting things going on in this community to an audience who, in my opinion, would gain a lot from seeing such things. EuroPython is a volunteer-run, non-commercial, community event. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
