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[Tim Penhey]

Hello zope and python people,

I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
in NZ

I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
libraries using SWIG.

Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.

When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
(https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
onto a PostgreSQL database.

And what about you people?

Tim
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[Tim Knapp]

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Hi Tim (great name that :),

My name is Tim Knapp and I'm a Plone consultant/developer. Been working with Plone now for about 4 years and still love the beast :) esp. now it's moving more towards Zope3 tech. I'm trying to get more involved in the Plone project itself (time allowing), initially with some minor bug fixes but hopefully contributing a translation soon(ish).

I'm excited about the python web dev community in general and it's great to see other projects beginning to get more-and-more mind share and hoping that we can get a good python following going in NZ. There's a few pythonish things happening lately (as can be seen in the list archives) so thats gotta be good for python in NZ in general IMHO. There are a few of us (on the list too) who are located in Christchurch, a number in Wellington, a cluster or so in Auckland, and in Dunedin (couldn't forget that one :) and Thames, etc. Makes things a little hard logistically but not impossible. My next goal is to get a python sprint going - something in the spirit of the hack sessions they have in WLG regularly (forgot name) - anyone?

-Tim

On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 20:55 +1300, Tim Penhey wrote:

Hello zope and python people,

I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
in NZ

I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
libraries using SWIG.

Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.

When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
(https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
onto a PostgreSQL database.

And what about you people?

Tim
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[Shaun Hills-2]

Hi Tim,

> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
> zope and python people in NZ. So given that I'm new, I'd really like if
> people could just reply saying who they are and what they do. I'm real
> curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python in NZ

I'm a kiwi, but right now I'm in the UK with thousands of other expats.
I work for the NHS, doing a lot of Plone and a bit less of other things
like Django.

I keep wondering about moving back to NZ, but there's still a decent
number of interesting/challenging things on the go over here, even if
they are Zope2 related ;->

> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> It was using zope 2 and plone.

Wasn't RBS by any chance?

> God I hate acquisition.

I feel your pain.

> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
> onto a PostgreSQL database.

Neat :-)

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[Tim Penhey]

On Saturday 08 December 2007 03:41:19 Shaun Hills wrote:
> > Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> > a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> > It was using zope 2 and plone.
>
> Wasn't RBS by any chance?

Yes it was.

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[Les Ferguson]

Hi all,
while you are all doing intros and stuff, thought I should say
something, rather than just lurk...
I am not using Python or Zope, just wish I could... like to play with it
in my spare time tho :)  Actually I like TurboGears a lot and would love
to convert some people over to it... e.g. them what pay me to work on
IIS.  In the meantime I just follow you guys expressing your enthusiasm
for Zope and Python.

I have been developing Health IT solutions for most of the last 20
years, currently getting into C#, but would prefer Python if I could
prove it was beneficial from the development point of view.  Anybody
here following the adventures of IronPython?


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[Chris Chambers-2]

Following Les' example of not being a lurker I should introduce myself also.

I'm a mechanical engineer and have been interested in computing for a
long time. Never really had the time to become completely conversant in
any particular platform but have decided to go with Zope/Plone/Python
for as long as it takes and to not try something else when it gets
tough. I have many long term plans/projects relating to engineering as
well as open source community but first goal a Plone site just as I want
it. Darryl is helping me out here.

I have hacked many things in the past mainly in VB and Delphi but gave
up on doing that stuff a few years ago and looked out for what I should
try next. Java... no. Ruby on Rails..... maybe. Python.. perhaps? Plone
? Used the forums and got great help and advice esp from Alexander Limi
and went with my decision as much for the type of people as the techo
reasons.

I have contributed to Plone documentation by documenting the security
schema in diagrammatic form but Martin isn't convinced of this approach
so it's not public. If anyone has plone.org documentation access find me
and this stuff and let me know what you think?

BTW is Galbraith's on for this Friday 14th?

Chris Chambers


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[Danny Adair-2]

Yup,

NZPUG Friday 14th 18:00 @ Galbraith's

Kind regards,
Danny

On 12/10/07, Chris Chambers <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Following Les' example of not being a lurker I should introduce myself also.
>
> I'm a mechanical engineer and have been interested in computing for a
> long time. Never really had the time to become completely conversant in
> any particular platform but have decided to go with Zope/Plone/Python
> for as long as it takes and to not try something else when it gets
> tough. I have many long term plans/projects relating to engineering as
> well as open source community but first goal a Plone site just as I want
> it. Darryl is helping me out here.
>
> I have hacked many things in the past mainly in VB and Delphi but gave
> up on doing that stuff a few years ago and looked out for what I should
> try next. Java... no. Ruby on Rails..... maybe. Python.. perhaps? Plone
> ? Used the forums and got great help and advice esp from Alexander Limi
> and went with my decision as much for the type of people as the techo
> reasons.
>
> I have contributed to Plone documentation by documenting the security
> schema in diagrammatic form but Martin isn't convinced of this approach
> so it's not public. If anyone has plone.org documentation access find me
> and this stuff and let me know what you think?
>
> BTW is Galbraith's on for this Friday 14th?
>
> Chris Chambers
>
>
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[jmoller]

Kia ora tatou,
Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am currently
working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone site
- http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in the
end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research databases
etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone before
I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things to
a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign to
me!

So yep I'm learning the ways..

Cheers,
Julian

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello zope and python people,
>
> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
> zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
> in NZ
>
> I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
> libraries using SWIG.
>
> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.
>
> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
> onto a PostgreSQL database.
>
> And what about you people?
>
> Tim
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[C>]

Moin,

I've come to NZ in Sept 2006 and work in Auckland developing in C++ and
C#, first for a small embedded place, now for a bigger CRM company.
I'm a huge fan of Python and I would love to use it in my job, but so
far, I haven't been able to convince my boss of its advantages. We are a
full-on M$ house, so maybe this changes when Iron Python hits the
mainstream.

I have played around with Zope, but I didn't like it at all. I basically
  joined this list to lurk a little and see if there's anything
happening in NZ in terms of Python. Looks really good so far :-)

Cheers,

Stefan


Julian Moller schrieb:

> Kia ora tatou,
> Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
> Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am currently
> working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
> at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone site
> - http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in the
> end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research databases
> etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
> what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone before
> I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things to
> a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign to
> me!
>
> So yep I'm learning the ways..
>
> Cheers,
> Julian
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hello zope and python people,
>>
>> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
>> zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
>> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
>> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
>> in NZ
>>
>> I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
>> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
>> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
>> libraries using SWIG.
>>
>> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
>> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
>> It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.
>>
>> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
>> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
>> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
>> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
>> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
>> onto a PostgreSQL database.
>>
>> And what about you people?
>>
>> Tim
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[Danny Adair-2]

Hello Stefan,

Do you have some experience with IronPython? Would you be comfortable
to present to other Python people on this for a few (15-45) minutes?

The New Zealand Python User Group (http://nzpug.org) had a first
pre-meeting on Friday.
We will hold monthly meetings with presentations starting in January.
I already have a number of speakers and very interesting topics.
People have shown interest in IronPython but no one found yet fit
enough to tell others a bit about it.

P.S.: There's a few of us Germans in NZPUG already... :-)

P.P.S.: If you have a LinkedIn profile (never mind Xing), I started
the group "Python Community" (797 members and counting) - just visit
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/25827/3B50BC189075 and I'll approve your
membership asap. Note this is a world-wide group.

Kind regards,
Danny

On 12/10/07, C> <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Moin,
>
> I've come to NZ in Sept 2006 and work in Auckland developing in C++ and
> C#, first for a small embedded place, now for a bigger CRM company.
> I'm a huge fan of Python and I would love to use it in my job, but so
> far, I haven't been able to convince my boss of its advantages. We are a
> full-on M$ house, so maybe this changes when Iron Python hits the
> mainstream.
>
> I have played around with Zope, but I didn't like it at all. I basically
>   joined this list to lurk a little and see if there's anything
> happening in NZ in terms of Python. Looks really good so far :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stefan
>
>
> Julian Moller schrieb:
> > Kia ora tatou,
> > Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
> > Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am currently
> > working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
> > at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone site
> > - http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in the
> > end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research databases
> > etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
> > what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone before
> > I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things to
> > a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign to
> > me!
> >
> > So yep I'm learning the ways..
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Julian
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >> Hello zope and python people,
> >>
> >> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
> >> zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
> >> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
> >> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
> >> in NZ
> >>
> >> I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
> >> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
> >> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
> >> libraries using SWIG.
> >>
> >> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> >> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> >> It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.
> >>
> >> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
> >> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
> >> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
> >> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
> >> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
> >> onto a PostgreSQL database.
> >>
> >> And what about you people?
> >>
> >> Tim
> >> _______________________________________________
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Hello again Danny,

On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 09:38 +1300, Danny Adair wrote:

Hello Stefan,

Do you have some experience with IronPython? Would you be comfortable
to present to other Python people on this for a few (15-45) minutes?

The New Zealand Python User Group (http://nzpug.org) had a first
pre-meeting on Friday.
We will hold monthly meetings with presentations starting in January.
I already have a number of speakers and very interesting topics.
People have shown interest in IronPython but no one found yet fit
enough to tell others a bit about it.

That's excellent! I'm really glad to see a Python User Group starting to take shape in Aotearoa :) esp. with meetups/presentations and the like.

Keep us posted! (that's, here in NZZUG too).

-Tim

P.S.: There's a few of us Germans in NZPUG already... :-)

P.P.S.: If you have a LinkedIn profile (never mind Xing), I started
the group "Python Community" (797 members and counting) - just visit
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membership asap. Note this is a world-wide group.

Kind regards,
Danny

On 12/10/07, C> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Moin,
>
> I've come to NZ in Sept 2006 and work in Auckland developing in C++ and
> C#, first for a small embedded place, now for a bigger CRM company.
> I'm a huge fan of Python and I would love to use it in my job, but so
> far, I haven't been able to convince my boss of its advantages. We are a
> full-on M$ house, so maybe this changes when Iron Python hits the
> mainstream.
>
> I have played around with Zope, but I didn't like it at all. I basically
>   joined this list to lurk a little and see if there's anything
> happening in NZ in terms of Python. Looks really good so far :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stefan
>
>
> Julian Moller schrieb:
> > Kia ora tatou,
> > Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
> > Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am currently
> > working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
> > at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone site
> > - http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in the
> > end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research databases
> > etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
> > what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone before
> > I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things to
> > a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign to
> > me!
> >
> > So yep I'm learning the ways..
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Julian
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >> Hello zope and python people,
> >>
> >> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
> >> zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
> >> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
> >> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
> >> in NZ
> >>
> >> I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
> >> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
> >> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
> >> libraries using SWIG.
> >>
> >> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> >> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> >> It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.
> >>
> >> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
> >> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
> >> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
> >> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
> >> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
> >> onto a PostgreSQL database.
> >>
> >> And what about you people?
> >>
> >> Tim
> >> _______________________________________________
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[Danny Adair-2]

Thanks Tim,

I'm going to post more info on the meeting and future plans on
nzpug.org but I'm just flat out with work atm. Maybe I find some time
this upcoming week, otherwise it'll probably be just after New Year's,
as I'm going to have a computer-free week before then (!).

Just subscribe to the nzpug mailing list to stay informed.

Kia ora,
Danny

On 12/16/07, Tim Knapp <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>  Hello again Danny,
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 09:38 +1300, Danny Adair wrote:
>  Hello Stefan,
>
> Do you have some experience with IronPython? Would you be comfortable
> to present to other Python people on this for a few (15-45) minutes?
>
> The New Zealand Python User Group (http://nzpug.org) had a first
> pre-meeting on Friday.
> We will hold monthly meetings with presentations starting in January.
> I already have a number of speakers and very interesting topics.
> People have shown interest in IronPython but no one found yet fit
> enough to tell others a bit about it.
>
>
>  That's excellent! I'm really glad to see a Python User Group starting to
> take shape in Aotearoa :) esp. with meetups/presentations and the like.
>
>  Keep us posted! (that's, here in NZZUG too).
>
>  -Tim
>
>
>
>
> P.S.: There's a few of us Germans in NZPUG already... :-)
>
> P.P.S.: If you have a LinkedIn profile (never mind Xing), I started
> the group "Python Community" (797 members and counting) - just visit
> http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/25827/3B50BC189075 and I'll
> approve your
> membership asap. Note this is a world-wide group.
>
> Kind regards,
> Danny
>
> On 12/10/07, C> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Moin,
> >
> > I've come to NZ in Sept 2006 and work in Auckland developing in C++ and
> > C#, first for a small embedded place, now for a bigger CRM company.
> > I'm a huge fan of Python and I would love to use it in my job, but so
> > far, I haven't been able to convince my boss of its advantages. We are a
> > full-on M$ house, so maybe this changes when Iron Python hits the
> > mainstream.
> >
> > I have played around with Zope, but I didn't like it at all. I basically
> > joined this list to lurk a little and see if there's anything
> > happening in NZ in terms of Python. Looks really good so far :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> >
> > Julian Moller schrieb:
> > > Kia ora tatou,
> > > Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
> > > Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am
> currently
> > > working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and
> Environment
> > > at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone
> site
> > > - http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in
> the
> > > end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research
> databases
> > > etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
> > > what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone
> before
> > > I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things
> to
> > > a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign
> to
> > > me!
> > >
> > > So yep I'm learning the ways..
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Julian
> > >
> > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >> Hello zope and python people,
> > >>
> > >> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
> > >> zope and python people in NZ. So given that I'm new, I'd really like
> > >> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do. I'm
> > >> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
> > >> in NZ
> > >>
> > >> I've been using python for almost seven years. I initially started
> > >> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar". To start
> > >> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
> > >> libraries using SWIG.
> > >>
> > >> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> > >> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> > >> It was using zope 2 and plone. God I hate acquisition.
> > >>
> > >> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
> > >> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
> > >> This allows me to work from home. I work on a distributed team of
> > >> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
> > >> (https://launchpad.net). Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
> > >> onto a PostgreSQL database.
> > >>
> > >> And what about you people?
> > >>
> > >> Tim
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> NZZUG mailing list
> > >> [hidden email]
> > >>
> http://lists.thevirtual.co.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzzug
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> >
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> >
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> >
>
>
>
>
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Danny Adair schrieb:
> Hello Stefan,
>
> Do you have some experience with IronPython?

None at all :-)

> Would you be comfortable
> to present to other Python people on this for a few (15-45) minutes?

Not really, wouldn't make much sense...

> The New Zealand Python User Group (http://nzpug.org) had a first
> pre-meeting on Friday.
> We will hold monthly meetings with presentations starting in January.
> I already have a number of speakers and very interesting topics.
> People have shown interest in IronPython but no one found yet fit
> enough to tell others a bit about it.
>
> P.S.: There's a few of us Germans in NZPUG already... :-)

Jeeez, you find them buggers everywhere ;-)

> P.P.S.: If you have a LinkedIn profile (never mind Xing), I started
> the group "Python Community" (797 members and counting) - just visit
> http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/25827/3B50BC189075 and I'll approve your
> membership asap. Note this is a world-wide group.

At last a reason to do something with my profile...

Cheers,

CU S>

>
> Kind regards,
> Danny
>
> On 12/10/07, C> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Moin,
>>
>> I've come to NZ in Sept 2006 and work in Auckland developing in C++ and
>> C#, first for a small embedded place, now for a bigger CRM company.
>> I'm a huge fan of Python and I would love to use it in my job, but so
>> far, I haven't been able to convince my boss of its advantages. We are a
>> full-on M$ house, so maybe this changes when Iron Python hits the
>> mainstream.
>>
>> I have played around with Zope, but I didn't like it at all. I basically
>>   joined this list to lurk a little and see if there's anything
>> happening in NZ in terms of Python. Looks really good so far :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> Julian Moller schrieb:
>>> Kia ora tatou,
>>> Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
>>> Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am currently
>>> working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
>>> at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone site
>>> - http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in the
>>> end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research databases
>>> etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
>>> what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone before
>>> I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things to
>>> a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign to
>>> me!
>>>
>>> So yep I'm learning the ways..
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Julian
>>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Hello zope and python people,
>>>>
>>>> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
>>>> zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
>>>> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
>>>> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
>>>> in NZ
>>>>
>>>> I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
>>>> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
>>>> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
>>>> libraries using SWIG.
>>>>
>>>> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
>>>> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
>>>> It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.
>>>>
>>>> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
>>>> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
>>>> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
>>>> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
>>>> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
>>>> onto a PostgreSQL database.
>>>>
>>>> And what about you people?
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NZZUG mailing list
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>> http://lists.thevirtual.co.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzzug
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> NZZUG mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>> http://lists.thevirtual.co.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzzug
>>>
>>> __________ NOD32 2712 (20071209) Information __________
>>>
>>> Diese E-Mail wurde vom NOD32 antivirus system geprüft
>>> http://www.nod32.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
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[Danny Adair-2]

Thanks Stefan,

Bugger, still no IronPython speaker. Ah, well...

> At last a reason to do something with my profile...
Just approved it.

Cheers,
Danny

On 12/18/07, C> <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Danny Adair schrieb:
> > Hello Stefan,
> >
> > Do you have some experience with IronPython?
>
> None at all :-)
>
> > Would you be comfortable
> > to present to other Python people on this for a few (15-45) minutes?
>
> Not really, wouldn't make much sense...
>
> > The New Zealand Python User Group (http://nzpug.org) had a first
> > pre-meeting on Friday.
> > We will hold monthly meetings with presentations starting in January.
> > I already have a number of speakers and very interesting topics.
> > People have shown interest in IronPython but no one found yet fit
> > enough to tell others a bit about it.
> >
> > P.S.: There's a few of us Germans in NZPUG already... :-)
>
> Jeeez, you find them buggers everywhere ;-)
>
> > P.P.S.: If you have a LinkedIn profile (never mind Xing), I started
> > the group "Python Community" (797 members and counting) - just visit
> > http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/25827/3B50BC189075 and I'll approve your
> > membership asap. Note this is a world-wide group.
>
> At last a reason to do something with my profile...
>
> Cheers,
>
> CU S>
>
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Danny
> >
> > On 12/10/07, C> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >> Moin,
> >>
> >> I've come to NZ in Sept 2006 and work in Auckland developing in C++ and
> >> C#, first for a small embedded place, now for a bigger CRM company.
> >> I'm a huge fan of Python and I would love to use it in my job, but so
> >> far, I haven't been able to convince my boss of its advantages. We are a
> >> full-on M$ house, so maybe this changes when Iron Python hits the
> >> mainstream.
> >>
> >> I have played around with Zope, but I didn't like it at all. I basically
> >>   joined this list to lurk a little and see if there's anything
> >> happening in NZ in terms of Python. Looks really good so far :-)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Stefan
> >>
> >>
> >> Julian Moller schrieb:
> >>> Kia ora tatou,
> >>> Thought I'd introduce myself as well! I've recently joined the list like
> >>> Tim. I'm a third year computer science student at Otago Uni. I am currently
> >>> working for the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
> >>> at Otago University as a vacation bursar, working on a website(a plone site
> >>> - http://mahingakai.org.nz, currently managed by CSAFE but hopefully in the
> >>> end run by maori communities across NZ), and setting up research databases
> >>> etc. Tim Knapp told me about the list and I thought I'd jump on and see
> >>> what the haps was :) - Having never used zope, python(much) or plone before
> >>> I find myself in a confusing situation where people want me to do things to
> >>> a system that someone else had already setup and is completely foreign to
> >>> me!
> >>>
> >>> So yep I'm learning the ways..
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Julian
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:21 +1300, Tim Penhey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>>> Hello zope and python people,
> >>>>
> >>>> I've just joined this list, and I'm curious to meet and talk with other
> >>>> zope and python people in NZ.  So given that I'm new, I'd really like
> >>>> if people could just reply saying who they are and what they do.  I'm
> >>>> real curious to see the extent of work that is being done in python
> >>>> in NZ
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been using python for almost seven years.  I initially started
> >>>> looking at it after reading "The cathedral and the bazaar".  To start
> >>>> with I just used it instead of perl, and generated wrappers for C++
> >>>> libraries using SWIG.
> >>>>
> >>>> Before I left the UK (I was over there for 8 years) I managed to snag
> >>>> a job working with python full time on an intranet project for a bank.
> >>>> It was using zope 2 and plone.  God I hate acquisition.
> >>>>
> >>>> When I was looking for a job back in NZ I ended up applying for a
> >>>> job with Canonical (the corporate company behind ubuntu linux).
> >>>> This allows me to work from home.  I work on a distributed team of
> >>>> around 30ish people from all around the world working on Launchpad
> >>>> (https://launchpad.net).  Launchpad is a Zope 3 application backed
> >>>> onto a PostgreSQL database.
> >>>>
> >>>> And what about you people?
> >>>>
> >>>> Tim
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> NZZUG mailing list
> >>>> [hidden email]
> >>>> http://lists.thevirtual.co.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzzug
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> NZZUG mailing list
> >>> [hidden email]
> >>> http://lists.thevirtual.co.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzzug
> >>>
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> >>> http://www.nod32.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> >
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