What an excellent idea! We should have these at *every* regional
conference.
Doug
On May 6, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Catherine Devlin wrote:
Hey, everybody... I'm Catherine, a database administrator who makes
up excuses to write Python instead.
I'm not actually here as a core developer, but as somebody who hopes
to become a developer and recruit some more, which brings me to my
question:
Who lives close enough to Ohio to make it to PyOhio this summer? I
want to use PyOhio to create new Python devs (including myself), but
I need some existing ones to seed the process.
I need a few veterans (3?) who can commit to come to PyOhio and take
part as audience/instructors in a "Teach Me [Python core / standard
library] Bugfixing" session. (See http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/2010/04/bugfixing-at-pyohio.html.)
The PyOhio Call for Proposals is up May 10 so I'd better find you
quick!
I'm pretty much ignorant enough to lead a Teach Me session. In a
Teach Me session, the person at the projector *doesn't* know the
material. Instead, she asks the audience questions ("How do I find
a bug to work on?"), and they talk her through it. It's based on
Teach Me Twisted, a mind-blowing session Steve Holden led at PyCon
2008 (http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/2008/03/teach-me-twisted.html
). I think it's a fantastic way to teach, but it depends on some
veterans being in the audience. There are folks in the greater
Python community eager to get hold of a video of such a session...
if we do this well, it could become an important tool in keeping the
quality of core Python code high.
And all I need from you, my audience-instructors, is a promise to
show up (no preparation necessary). Can you make it? Can you pass
the appeal on to others you know of?
Thanks! Hope to see you in July!
--
- Catherine
http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
*** PyOhio 2010 * July 31 - Aug 1 * Columbus, OH * pyohio.org ***
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