Michigan Python Users Group Google Group

Python developer contractors needed

mitchell...@gmail.com (chiefpenguin) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:28:42 UT

Dear Michigan Python Users Group,
NovaPoint Group LLC ([link]) is looking for Python
developers to work as independent contractors on our upcoming ERP
projects. We are the only US partner for OpenERP, a modular based
system built using Python and the OpenObject framework and are
building a significant backlog of work. (visit openerp.com and

Fwd: [a2geeks] Django Developer Needed

dang...@gmail.com (Kevin Dangoor) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:35:38 UT

I didn't see this come through on this list... just to be sure, since this
is a likely place to find a Django developer in this area :)

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To: a2geeks <a2geeks@googlegroups.com>

Hi fellow geeks...

We've got a lead for an independent Python/Django developer. Contact me and

Fwd: Sprint to PyCon / Code on the Road / Snakes On a Bus

catherine.dev...@gmail.com (Catherine Devlin) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:39:09 UT

Hey, Michigan and Ohio Pythonistas...

I wanted to float this idea by you and see if we have enough enthusiasm to
send a bus to PyCon from our region. For instance, a bus could leave
Detroit and scoop up folks in Toledo and Dayton then Cincinnati, and maybe a
few more in Kentucky and Tennessee. Or Cleveland - Columbus - Cincinnati

Re: Meeting tonight (12/3/09 7pm)

dugs...@gmail.com (dugsong) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:02:58 UT

We're also using RabbitMQ and Twisted's inlineCallbacks (in Twister,
the Twisted-enabled Tornado - [link]), but not Thrift
(hrr... I hate this trend toward completely generic common-word
project names - Thrift, Carrot, Celery, ANNOYING)

Zach is back in Michigan for a bit, and will be presenting on other

Re: Meeting tonight (12/3/09 7pm)

mark.mchristen...@gmail.com (Mark Ramm) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:37:42 UT

I am very sorry that I missed the meeting as we're using RabbitMQ+json
for a bunch of stuff, and I'd like to look at a format like Thrift or
BSON that has faster serialization/de-serialization and can provide an
even lower latency multi-language accessible remote protocol.

And of course I think async programming ala twisted is going to do

Re: Meeting tonight (12/3/09 7pm)

ste...@gmail.com (Zach Steindler) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:33:24 UT

Here's what networking awesomeness I'd like to talk about:

- Using Twisted's inline deferred callbacks to write very short, very
powerful network code (like load testers and web scrapers)

- Using Thrift + Rabbit to easily add a service-oriented architecture
to an existing mixed language/mix component system.

Meeting tonight (12/3/09 7pm)

mark.mchristen...@gmail.com (Mark Ramm) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:08 UT

Topic: Networking awesomeness
Location: SRT Solutions
([link])
Mark: Not there

Unfortunately I have some work stuff going on, and I won't be able to
make it to the meeting tonight, or will only be able to get there
towards the end. The meeting will go on with out me of course.

Thursday meeting

mark.mchristen...@gmail.com (Mark Ramm) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:49:57 UT

Were meeting this third. Hopefully it'll be all kinds of python+windows goodies.

Anybody got a cocoa+python app or some OS X python love? Same for
ubuntu/gnome or KDE/QT? I'd love to see some more if this stuff in
'10.

--
Mark Ramm-Christensen
email: mark at compoundthinking dot com
blog: [link]

Re: Meeting time and location

dang...@gmail.com (Kevin Dangoor) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:18 UT

Hi Adam,

Welcome! Yeah, I don't think it's wholly obvious.

The group meets on the first Thursday of each month, at 7pm. The topics vary
wildly among everything going on in Python.

Actually, we haven't had many Django talks. Hearing about Pinax one of these
months would be cool :)

Kevin

Meeting time and location

adamthetechd...@gmail.com (Adam Feldman) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:26:46 UT

Hello,

I'm a freshman at U. Michigan working on a web startup using django
+pinax and I'm looking forward to attending some user group meetings.
However, I could not find a definitive page in the group that lists
future meeting dates and times. Sorry to spam the group; I hope I
didn't miss some obvious page.

I'm doing some research for sf.net

mark.mchristen...@gmail.com (Mark Ramm) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:03 UT

I'm looking for a handful of people to interview and see how they work
with online development tools.
If you are a member of an Open Source development team or you have
experience with distributed software development using source control
management, bug tracker, mailing lists, etc, and are interested in

Re: November Meeting Topic

askso...@gmail.com (Ask Solem) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:03 UT

It does have a cool web interface, something we're currently working
on.
But with the limitation of not being able to peek at the queue, we're
building it around
messages not direct data access. Being able to peek is a nice feature,
but so is being
able to not use pull, and having message reliability. The default

Re: November Meeting Topic

dang...@gmail.com (Kevin Dangoor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:51:20 UT

Hi,
This is very cool. After taking a bit more of a look at what Resque does, we
dropped the idea entirely. It had nice features along certain axes, but
along others was not so good.
Celery actually looks quite good. We were talking about how
scheduling+worker queue makes good sense, and it's nice to see that this has

Re: November Meeting Topic

askso...@gmail.com (Ask Solem) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:25:44 UT

I'm not in Michigan, but felt I had a need to respond to this.

There's already a work queue implementation for python called Celery:
[link]

It recently gained support for using Redis as the message backend as
well:
[link]

Re: November Meeting Topic

mark.mchristen...@gmail.com (Mark Ramm) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:47:04 UT

I like these suggestions, just priming the discussion a bit ;)

--Mark

--
Mark Ramm-Christensen
email: mark at compoundthinking dot com
blog: [link]