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DjangoCon: GooglePlex, September 6 & 7 (more details)
Rob LoftHouse just announced on his Twitter that DjangoCon 2008 will be taking place at the GooglePlex (that's Google's Mountain View, California headquarters) on September 6th and 7th! Woo! Rob also indicates that a Djangoproject.com posting will be up soon. The official post is live: I am pleased to announce that DjangoCon will be held on the 6th and 7th of September, 2008 at the Google headquarters in Mountain View. This will tie in with the 1.0 release of Django, and so we'll be also having a 1.0 release party on Saturday September 6th. All the details including a schedule ...
djangocon: San Francisco, September 2008
Wow! I'm so excited about the news of an upcoming djangocon. Not only is it confirmed that it will eventually happen, it will be taking place in San Francisco, in September 2008! The date is engineered to coincide with Django 1.0's scheduled release.
South by Southwest Interactive
Yes, Jacqui and I are heading south this March. To Austin, Texas for South by Southwest, or SXSW as the kids say. A lot of really cool people from all over the country who also happen to be friends are going too. I am also excited to be attending my first conference in a long time where I am not media. That means I can have fun, enjoy things, learn stuff, goof around with friends, stay up as late as I want, and get a pony for Christmas too! For those who may not know exactly what South by Southwest ...
Posted on: 2008 February 07
Filed under: Internet, Marketing, Programming, Social Networking, Technology
Stale web developers
Jeremiah Owyan, an analyst at Forrester Research has a post titled "What to do when web developers get stale?" A seasoned web developer that knows Jeremiah expressed his frustration at the seemingly quickening pace of the web development eco-sphere. This web developer had been programming and developing websites for nearly 10 years, but admitted he was having a very hard time keeping up with the younger faster developers that knew the new languages. Jeremiah suggested that the individual in question try and move into a more business / production role. That was probably a good suggestion, but it's not the ...
Posted on: 2008 January 22
Filed under: Programming
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Signed up for PyCon this evening
Just thought I'd post here and let everyone know that I signed up for PyCon this evening. PyCon is the biggest Python Conference (and perhaps the only, who knows?). The coolest thing is that PyCon is taking place in Chicago for 2008 and 2009! Yay! I will only be attending for the conferences on Friday afternoon and the weekend and mostly for the web/Django related stuff. Also, just to meet people who I've only interacted with online. Those are the best parts about going to conferences.
by Clint Ecker
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