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A Week at `PyCon DC 2004 `__ -- Day 5
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Conference Day 1 -- Wednesday, March 24
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:Author: David Goodger
:Contact: goodger@python.org
Woke up around 5am, tried to get another precious hour of sleep, but
no luck. Met another PyCon-goer, Nestor Nissen of Germany, when I was
on my way out of the bathroom after brushing my teeth, and he was on
his way in. I was wearing my black staff PyCon shirt.
Arrived at PyCon at 7:15am, ran around setting up schedules and
helping out wherever I could. I manned the registration desk from 8
to 9; met a lot of people. Bill Sconce had his stuffie python, Eric,
on the registration table, so I made a name badge for him. Was
wearing my name badge with "Docutils" plus a "FOR HIRE" badge, which
got some response. Talked to a recruiter after Mitch Kapor's keynote
address.
Anthony Baxter's talk, `"Scripting Language" My Arse: Using Python for
Voice over IP `__, was a
lot of fun. Attended `Andrew Koenig's talk
`__ & Andrew Kuchling's
`Quixote tutorial `__,
both good.
Lunch was fine, met Thomas Wouters, Neil Norwitz, Neil Schemenauer,
and others. Made a BOF session schedule board, then went to buy some
socks at Gap. Caught Jacob Hallen's PyPy talk; interesting work.
Did a bit more sprinting, then held the `Docutils Birds-of-a-Feather
session`__ at 8pm. About 20 people showed up. I described the
results from the sprint, then opened the floor for discussion. Got
some good ideas too.
__ http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/DocutilsBof
Walked back to the hostel with Tamer Fahmy, talking about
middle-eastern politics among other subjects. He worked on his
slide show for Thursday's session; Nester arrived and we critiqued. My
advice: fewer words, more talking, and show the pretty pictures as
early as possible. We seem to have convinced him.
Met an Italian couple as I was getting ready for bed, who couldn't
speak much English. Tried French and Japanese, but their "little
English" was all we had in common. I bid them "buena notte".
* next: `Day 6 -- Conference Day 2 -- Thursday, March 25 `__
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