PyOhio Publicity Desk

PyOhio 2011 is July 30-31

2011-06-08T11:55:00.001-07:00

The PyOhio blog has moved to the PyOhio website. You can find the blog here:

http://www.pyohio.org/blog/

You can register for PyOhio 2011 by going here:

http://www.pyohio.org/register/

See you at PyOhio 2011!

Contribu-palooza, Sprints, and Android.. Oh My!

2010-07-09T18:14:00.001-07:00

Here's a message from our fearless leader, Catherine Devlin!

Hopefully you've already heard about PyOhio's Contribu-palooza (http://www.pyohio.org/Contribute), where we remove all your excuses not to sprint on Python core code.

Now PyOhio also features a sprint-style workshop on the Android Scripting Environment. Participants will get to work on their own scripts to hack their Android phones the easy way: with Python. Tell all your phone-loving friends!

See http://www.pyohio.org/Sprints2010

There's plenty more going on in PyOhio preparations, too.

- Registration is open: http://www.pyohio.org/Registration - please register!

- Our talks (http://www.pyohio.org/2010/Talks?action=show&redirect=Talks) and tutorials (http://www.pyohio.org/2010/Tutorials?action=show&redirect=Tutorials) are posted.

- Swag sponsors O'Reilly, No Starch, and Packt are sending some great books registered attendees can win.

Less than a month to go - we're looking forward to seeing you there!

PyOhio 2010 Blog Badges and Flyer

2010-07-09T18:06:00.001-07:00

Let's get the word out about this year's event!

You can download the flyer here: PyOhio 2010 Flyer (PDF).

Want to show your support on your blog?

Here are some of the blog badges so far:

A smaller badge for those short on space:

Why You Need to Register for PyOhio

2009-07-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

From our fearless leader, Catherine Devlin:

Here it comes! PyOhio starts this Saturday. (Actually, sprints start Friday night!)

Are you ready? Have you registered? Please register right away at http://pyohio.org. 4 top reasons:

1. Only pre-registered attendees will be eligible for fabulous swag prizes.

2. The organizers need to figure out how much food to order. If we get it wrong, there could be food riots. That would be bad.

3. Sponsors want hard attendance data. They are not impressed when we say that PyOhio draws "a bunch of people".

4. It's possible that we could run out of space. If that happens, it's same-day walk-ins who will have to walk the plank.

We have 126 registered right now, already handily topping last year's total of 92. I know there are lots more of you out there, though - so register!

Hope to see you there!

Sprinting at PyOhio 2009

2009-07-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

New for 2009, PyOhio is going to have development Sprints on Friday and Saturday evenings. There is no additional cost to participate in Sprints and while the location has not been specifically nailed down, they will either be at the conference site or very close by. We are currently looking for Sprint Leaders (that's you!) to help manage at least a few different Sprint topics.

What are Sprints?

There is no running involved, and no phone companies are attached to this activity.

Sprints are a relatively free-form and ad-hoc environment where projects can commonly even spring up on site, but we'll try to seed the pot with some interesting projects.

What does a Sprint Leader have to do?

Primarily, your responsibility would be to explain to likely sprinters what your project is and what work needs to be done. If you have a python software project that would benefit from a few developers banging out new features, doing bug fixing, testing, writing documentation, etc., then you are a candidate for being a Sprint Leader!

If you have any interest in being a sprinter on a topic (even if you're not willing to lead that topic), or even better, taking charge of a given Sprint topic, please check out our Sprints page or contact us at pyohio-organizers@python.org.

PyOhio Goes Social

2009-06-26T19:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, PyOhio has gone social this year, as in getting the word out through various social media markets. Are you interested in connecting up with us? Here's where we can be found:

Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn (networking group)

LinkedIn (event)

CrowdVine

Social networking is a good way to meet fellow attendees and event organizers before the event. So I challenge you - check out at least one of these social networking sites and connect with us!

Hope to see you at the event on July 25th and July 26th!

Looking for Volunteers

2009-06-26T18:50:00.001-07:00

We're less than a month away and we're still looking for volunteers. So please, spread the word!

Here's what we're looking for:

A/V COORDINATOR (projectors)

We need somebody to check on the projectors in the morning, see that they're present and fully-functional, and be a "go to" person in case there are problems during the day (which, hopefully, there won't be).

FOOD COORDINATOR

It basically involves deciding what to get, placing orders for food, seeing that any deliveries are directed to the right place, and getting people to haul any stuff we decide to bring in ourselves.

SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR

Although sponsorships are rolling in, we can always use someone who's organized and good at bringing in sponsorships and tracking sponsorships as well.

EVENING PLANNER

This year, we have an evening together, and if everybody disperses to their homes and hotels as 6 PM, our fearless leader may cry. (And we really, really, REALLY don't want that to happen...) Right now, the only thing we are definitely doing on Saturday evening is Open Spaces - which is expected to be fantastic, incidentally. A greater variety of activities would give people more options and help keep people from going home early just because they don't know what Open Spaces are.

Some possible evening activities...

- Sprints (possibly including a GiveCamp continuation)
- Group dinner expeditions to restaurants
- After-party
- ?

Basically, somebody's got to think about this, make some suggestions, find out who's interested, make some decisions, and beat the drum to get people involved. (And work with the publicity lead so that she can get the word out as well.)

A/V COORDINATOR (video)

Plenty of people asked whether last year's talks were recorded. It would be especially nice this year, since multiple talks will be going at once... but we need somebody with the time to make it happen. We should be able to borrow some A/V equipment from OSU and/or PyCon, if someone can make the arrangements, find and instruct volunteers to do the taping, and get the results posted on the Web.

GIVE-CAMP LEADER

Some people in the community have been curious about the GiveCamp happening the weekend before PyOhio. Wait... haven't heard about it? Check out the Columbus GiveCamp site! There have been talks of possibly working remotely or attending, but there doesn't seem to be anyone stepping up to lead the effort. If you're interested, please step forward!

SWAG COORDINATOR

Receive shipments of swag, bring them to the conference, arrange and run a drawing. Easy and crowd-pleasing. (Take it from a former swag coordinator - there's nothing like having a house full of swag and seeing it disappear at a conference!)

So are you interested? Contact us at pyohio-organizers@python.org and let us know how you can help!

Introduction from the Publicity Lead

2009-06-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

Last year’s event was so successful that we’ve decided to take it one step further. This year’s PyOhio event is going to be not one, but TWO days of content.

What: A two day conference dedicated to all things Python
Cost: FREE!!!!
When: July 25th-26th, 2009
Where: The Ohio State University, Knowlton Hall, 275 W. Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 (view map)

Look forward to seeing teasers, interviews, and other things here to help promote PyOhio. We hope to see you there!