Python

Last week I was at the EuroPython 2006 conference in CERN, Geneva.

CERN has WiFi coverage everywhere. I felt like I was in the future. Nokia 770 is a wonderful little device when there's WiFi everywhere. I never had to pull out my laptop from the backpack (except during my talk). After three months of constant usage I can say that am very happy with my 770. (A few other folks also had 770s, but not everyone was happy with them.)

I noticed at least three people using GTimeLog. I feel bad about not making a proper release...

It was nice to see familiar faces again, although I missed some of them (Beatrice Fontaine, Laura Creighton, Andy Robinson, Michael Salib).

Interesting things that I want to look into, time permitting: pydoctor, astng, bzr, Zope 3 cookbook.

Some of the talks were streamed over the Internet (live) because the speakers were ill. One of these was the (very good) keynote by Alan Kay. Squeak is impressive.

The only thing that wasn't very good this year was the lack of community space for socializing during lunch or in the evenings. The next conference is going to be in Vilnius. It will be hard to surpass this one...