A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by megamark16 » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 7:25 PM UTC

A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was
thisispycon.com

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by jinushaun » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

I must be the only one that doesn't think PyCon was tainted by Donglegate. This is TMZ for nerds.

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by gojomo » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 9:13 PM UTC

This site would be even stronger if it didn't mention the "sensations... inappropriate jokes... distastefully ugly backlash outside" at all.

Those captivated by that flaming (but short-burning) controversy can already appreciate the contrast. Others with negligible awareness of the controversy can just enjoy the awesomeness, without the injection of another emotionally-loaded reference.

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by zalew » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 9:41 PM UTC

isn't this http://pyvideo.org/category/33/pycon-us-2013 that site?

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by mbetter » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 9:45 PM UTC

jinushaun wrote: post #2

I must be the only one that doesn't think PyCon was tainted by Donglegate. This is TMZ for nerds.

I think you're supposed to use asterisks instead of saying the D-word now.

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by eliben » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 9:50 PM UTC

"And if you want to say “thank you” you should do so on Jesse’s Gittip page."

OK, seriously?

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by res0nat0r » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 9:57 PM UTC

eliben wrote: post #6

"And if you want to say “thank you” you should do so on Jesse’s Gittip page." OK, seriously?

What is wrong with giving the organizer of the conference a tip if you think he deserves it?

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by iwanttoprogram » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 10:48 PM UTC

mbetter wrote: post #5

jinushaun wrote: post #2

I must be the only one that doesn't think PyCon was tainted by Donglegate. This is TMZ for nerds.

I think you're supposed to use asterisks instead of saying the D-word now.

Dude. I love forking dongles.

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by eliben » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 11:06 PM UTC

res0nat0r wrote: post #7

eliben wrote: post #6

"And if you want to say “thank you” you should do so on Jesse’s Gittip page." OK, seriously?

What is wrong with giving the organizer of the conference a tip if you think he deserves it?

Because this is about PyCon, not Jesse. With all due respect (and I respect him - he did a great job) he's not the only one who's been working to make PyCon possible and great. Not to mention the other people working on the organization, there are also the (unpaid) tutorial teachers, presenters, session leaders, volunteer developers of Python itself and other open-source related tools, and so on.

Re: A site dedicated to showing how awesome PyCon was

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Post by hynek » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 11:49 AM UTC

eliben wrote: post #9

res0nat0r wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is wrong with giving the organizer of the conference a tip if you think he deserves it?

Because this is about PyCon, not Jesse. With all due respect (and I respect him - he did a great job) he's not the only one who's been working to make PyCon possible and great. Not to mention the other people working on the organization, there are also the (unpaid) tutorial teachers, presenters, session leaders, volunteer developers of Python itself and other open-source related tools, and so on.

last time i checked none of them got nightly creeper calls and death threats because of their involvement with PyCon. if you know of any, i’ll add them.