Behind the scenes with PyCon-Tech
Doug Napoleone gives an introduction to the tech behind PyCon in a ShowMeDo screencast:
PyCon-Tech is an initiative started by A. M. Kuchling to create an integrated set of tools for running the PyCon conference. In this introduction we give an overview of the PyCon web site public interfaces (wiki, talk archive, schedule) and the technologies used to implement them (pmwiki, zope, django). The technologies are fully integrated into a (mostly) seamless site.
Definitely not the most exciting video in the world, but it’s kind of interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes to organize such a large conference.
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:17 am
Hi, thanks for linking to our videos. Doug’s goal with this series is to show other conference organisers that this technology is available and might be useful elsewhere, they don’t want it hidden just in the Python world.
Granted, conference organising isn’t the sexiest of events, but Doug’s series (now 4 parts, with more to come) is well presented.
PyCon should be kicking off about now, afterwards we’ll be hosting most of their tutorial videos so keep an eye open for some announces from us…
Cheers,
Ian.
February 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 am
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the comment, and I’ll be looking forward to more videos!
- John