PyCon 2009: Call for sprint projects

2009-02-09 Thread Jacob Kaplan-Moss
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Re: Pycon disappointment

2008-03-17 Thread Jacob Kaplan-Moss
On Mar 17, 2:52 pm, Dianne Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm bummed about the lightning talks at PyCon from 2008, but I have a > lot of confidence based on what I have read here from Jacob and > others, that things will be different in 2009. They will! This year's lightning talks[*] were disa

Re: Pycon disappointment

2008-03-16 Thread Jacob Kaplan-Moss
On Mar 16, 6:10 am, Bruce Eckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But it gets worse. The lightning talks, traditionally the best, newest > and edgiest part of the conference, were also sold like commercial air > time. Thanks for being harsh here, Bruce. I've been responsible for organizing the lightnin

Re: Pycon disappointment

2008-03-16 Thread Jacob Kaplan-Moss
On Mar 16, 9:59 am, Fuzzyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This isn't new though. Last year (my only other PyCon) all the > sponsors gave lightning talks. The difference is that there were more > sponsors this year I guess... The difference (from my POV as the guy who helped plan and run the lightn