Catch an EuroPythoner by the toe If he quacks let him go
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe! What's better than a rhyme to count ourselves? We guess nothing! This is why we are pleased to announce that we are **crossing 550 registrations!** That's right! The counter on the website is counting down from 600, which is the absolute maximum that we are allowed to host in our venue! And given the rate at which the counter is going down, we **will have to close registrations** far before than time would allow! So, how does it sound to come to Florence, enjoy one of the [most beautiful][1] city in the world, and join the **biggest EuroPython to date?** Will one week be enough to get acquainted with 600 fellow [quacking][2] pythoneers? And this is also a very good time to announce a new keynote speaker that we managed to slip into the schedule after the initial publication. If you watched really close to changes, you already know who I am speaking of: [Brian Fitzpatrick!][3] Not only Brian is a brilliant programmer and manager, member of the Apache Software Foundation and head of Google's offices in Chicago, but he is a _astounding_ speaker. He is a good old friend of Python Italia and already delighted us with a [keynote at PyCon Due][4] in 2008. We have been literally counting days waiting for his return, and we are so happy to have him again in Florence for EuroPython! His keynote is called [The myth of the Genius Programmer][5], and it is scheduled on Thursday evening. Don't miss it! ### Good EuroPythoneer's checklist * [Ticket][6] * [Hotel][7] * Travel * [Data/Tethering SIM][8] * [PyFiorentina][9] conference dinner reservation * At least one [tour of the city][1] * Marked all talks I like in the [schedule][10] * Printed 5-10 paper copies of my CV for the [recruiting session][11] * Follow [@europython][12] on Twitter * Read EuroPython [blog][13]/[RSS][14] * Have fun with 600 programmers in Florence [1]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/partner-program [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing [3]: http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/ [4]: http://www.pycon.it/conference/talks/do-you-believe-users [5]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/conference/talks/the-myth-of-the-genius- programmer [6]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/registration [7]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/where [8]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/mobile#sim [9]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/blog/2011/05/18/pyfiorentina-legendary- steak [10]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/p3/schedule/ep2011/ [11]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/work-python [12]: http://twitter.com/europython [13]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/blog/ [14]: http://ep2011.europython.eu/blog/feeds/latest/
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