Hi Vicky, all, We said we might provide some small comment on the day so others on the list could learn a little abt what went on and what value there was. Here are some of my thoughts.
The day had a simple structure: we started by drawing up some list of topics that people were interested in discussing - this was a v open process and we ended up consolidating the list a little into separate topcis. Then we went through each of these topics pretty much one by one, moving on to the next when we felt we had exhausted discussion on a topic. >From my pov, the day was of great value - I learnt lots from the others; indeed, I was not able to absorb it all. It's prob fair to note that some of the guys were great contributors and had a lot of knowledge and experience to share - I had little to share, to be honest. I did think that there might be more emphasis on playing with stuff, rather than discussion; however, that was prob my misunderstanding. One thing that I thought did not happen so much was argument, which is always good for showing pluses and minuses of technologies/solutions. I don't know how to make this happen. Another point is that it was hard to point at any concrete outputs or conclusions - perhaps that's not the point, but it does make me feel a little uneasy - perhaps I just need to relax a bit! Overall, I had a v enjoyable day and very much hope to attend the next. Thanks to Vicky, Mike and Brian for having the initiative to give this a go. BR, Seán. On Feb 7, 10:08 pm, Vicky Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, The 1st Python Unconference in UCD on Saturday was a success. 10 > people turned up for it (I expected between 5-15 people) and we didn't > finish till 6pm! Special thanks to:- > > - UCD, for letting us use their fantastic lab for the Unconference (we > didn't need the other 2 rooms after all) > - Sean Murphy, who helped organised and setting up the rooms (and > pointing out the important location of the nearest cafe) > - Brian Brazil, who got us in contact with Sean re. room for our > Unconference > > And finally, big shout out to the folks who turned up to make our first > Unconference work. > > And here is an anonymous feedback form (even if you didn't attend the > unconference) on how we can improve the next Python Unconference > event.http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dC0xWElFeFNLenV... > > Much was discussed about that day, I've created a google page giving very > brief highlights of what was discussed. The page is open for people who > attended to add their own notes to the relevant > sections.http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland/web/python-irelands-1st-... > > Cheers, > > /// Vicky > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
