PyCon 2014 is over, and as
usual, I loved every minute. There are a huge number of people that
I know there, and about 5 different sub-communities that I feel an
irrationally strong attachment to. Some highlights:
I gave a talk entitled Getting Started Testing ,
which people seemed to like, though if you are interested, I can point
out the five places I messed up...
Jenny turned me into a
cute illustration ,
which was a fun surprise.
I was super-proud of Michelle Fulwood, who has been working on an Arabic
learning tool at Boston Python project nights, and always demurred when
I brought up the idea of her talking about it. But Sunday morning, she gave a kick-ass
lightning talk about it!
I had a great meal with Kenneth Reitz, Cory Benfield, and Ian Cordasco,
where we bonded over indentation, packaging, abstract syntax trees, and
startup gossip.
I sat next to John Perry Barlow for a bit before his keynote .
He was witty, erudite, inspiring, and good-natured.
On the downside, I did not see as much of Montreal as I would have liked,
but we'll be back for PyCon 2015, so I have a second chance!
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