Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Daniel Pope
Just a reminder that the python.org jobs board and pythonjobs.github.io are available if you want to post job opportunities. On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:10 Nicholas H.Tollervey, wrote: > On 01/09/16 22:49, Chris Withers wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > What's the current state of play with job ads and this

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Tom Viner
Potential candidates as well as recruiters are reminded that hitting reply will result in a mail aimed back to the list. You must then manually edit the To: field. Furthermore: Outlook's "recall this message" will not work, rather it will send a further email to the list, each and every time you

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Tim Golden
On 02/09/2016 09:48, Tom Viner wrote: > Potential candidates as well as recruiters are reminded that hitting > reply will result in a mail aimed back to the list. > > You must then manually edit the To: field. > > Furthermore: Outlook's "recall this message" will not work, rather it > will send a

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Chris Withers
Right, and that's where I'd prefer to see jobs, rather than on a mailing list... On 02/09/2016 09:34, Daniel Pope wrote: Just a reminder that the python.org jobs board and pythonjobs.github.io are available if you want to post job opportunities

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Tim Golden
We have this discussion every 18 months or so. As others have said, focused and relevant job ads have been acceptable on this list. It's even in the list description: (from https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk) "to help UK Python users to form a community, arrange events, advertise

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Nathan Jeffrey
I guess we can just revisit if it ever gets too spammy. Unlike Brexit, we can change our minds later without consequence đŸ˜‰ - N On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, 10:26 Tim Golden, wrote: > We have this discussion every 18 months or so. As others have > said, focused and relevant job ads have been acceptable

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Stephen Thorne
I've not only accidentally done this, but ended up working for that employer for 5 years! (not this list) On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 at 09:49 Tom Viner wrote: > Potential candidates as well as recruiters are reminded that hitting reply > will result in a mail aimed back to the list. > > You must then ma

[python-uk] London Python Code Dojo Sep 2016

2016-09-02 Thread Matt Wheeler
Tickets are now available for September's un-cancelled London Python Code Dojo: A new host, Yoyo Wallet, has stepped up so we are now able to run a dojo this month after all. Full details at the link below: *http://london-python-code-dojo-season-8-episode-1.eventbrite.co.uk

Re: [python-uk] No London Dojo in September

2016-09-02 Thread Matt Wheeler
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 at 13:20 Tim Golden wrote: > You probably guessed by virtue of the radio silence, but we regret that > we'll not be running a London Python Dojo in September. It's basically > down to people being too busy and our not finding a venue. > Just a quick note that the September do

Re: [python-uk] No London Dojo in September

2016-09-02 Thread Tim Golden
On 02/09/2016 11:54, Matt Wheeler wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 at 13:20 Tim Golden > wrote: > > You probably guessed by virtue of the radio silence, but we regret that > we'll not be running a London Python Dojo in September. It's basically > down to peopl

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread S Walker
And once again the amount of posts in a discussion about whether or not there are too many job postings significantly exceeds the amount of job postings! S On 02/09/16 11:44, Stephen Thorne wrote: I've not only accidentally done this, but ended up working for that employer for 5 years! (not thi

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
bike_shed = True ;-) On 02/09/16 16:09, S Walker wrote: > And once again the amount of posts in a discussion about whether or not > there are too many job postings significantly exceeds the amount of job > postings! > > S > > On 02/09/16 11:44, Stephen Thorne wrote: >> I've not only accidental

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Richard Barran
This thread does sound like a meeting of the People's Front of Judea. (PS: and that’s my convoluted attempt at slipping a Monty Python reference into this mailing list) > On 2 Sep 2016, at 17:09, S Walker wrote: > > And once again the amount of posts in a discussion about whether or not there

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Pepper R.
Splitters! Sent from my iPhone On 2 Sep 2016, at 16:26, Richard Barran mailto:rich...@arbee-design.co.uk>> wrote: This thread does sound like a meeting of the People's Front of Judea. (PS: and that’s my convoluted attempt at slipping a Monty Python reference into this mailing list) On 2 Sep

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Andy Robinson
Chris, thanks for pointing out the new job site, which I had not really clocked. I have a question about pythonjobs.github.io (assuming Steve Stagg reads this list). I'm looking at Jekyll / GitHub Pages for a number of static sites for sports clubs, where we need to get them up and running but r

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Jon Ribbens
On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 05:26:18PM +0200, Richard Barran wrote: >This thread does sound like a meeting of the People's Front of Judea. >(PS: and that’s my convoluted attempt at slipping a Monty Python reference >into this mailing list) Could we talk about top-posting instead please? __

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Nathan Jeffrey
On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, 17:54 Jon Ribbens, wrote: > > Could we talk about top-posting instead please? > I gave up on that fight a long, long time ago. You can't win. There are too many of them. - N > ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https:

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Steve Holden
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Jon Ribbens wrote: > Could we talk about top-posting instead please? > Me too! Steve Holden ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Steve Holden
To which the real geek solution would be to write a program that will re-order top-posted replies. We could call it "sensiblising". Steve Holden On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Nathan Jeffrey wrote: > On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, 17:54 Jon Ribbens, > wrote: > >> >> Could we talk about top-posting inste

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread Stestagg
Hi Andy We use travis to build the site. You can see the travis yaml file and build scripts in our repo: https://github.com/pythonjobs/jobs/blob/master/.travis.yml The scripts are a bit more complex than they need to be because I segregated the actual job .md files out from the rest of the site

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

2016-09-02 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
I would start worrying when companies will stop posting job ads, because of brexit Have a nice weekend everyone :) On 2 September 2016 at 19:30, Stestagg wrote: > Hi Andy > > We use travis to build the site. You can see the travis yaml file and build > scripts in our repo: > > > https://gith

[python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Andy Robinson
Re-subjecting... On 2 September 2016 at 19:30, Stestagg wrote: > Hi Andy > > We use travis to build the site. You can see the travis yaml file and build > scripts in our repo: ... > If you can make your repo public, I would recommend travis as a great way to > build your site. We can > If you've

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
It's also worth looking at circleci and buildbot, where the latter is run locally, which has its own pros and cons, and the former has had a lot of hype because of support for parallelism. Travis has good integration with slack though which is cool, and it has a lot of community support. On Fri, 2

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Andy Robinson
On 2 September 2016 at 20:18, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > It's also worth looking at circleci and buildbot, where the latter is run > locally, which has its own pros and cons, and the former has had a lot of > hype because of support for parallelism. Travis has good integration with > slack though

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Pepper R.
Sent from my iPhone On 2 Sep 2016, at 20:18, Alistair Broomhead mailto:alistair.broomh...@gmail.com>> wrote: It's also worth looking at circleci and buildbot, where the latter is run locally, which has its own pros and cons, and the former has had a lot of hype because of support for paralle

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I've used slack, as well as a few other messaging clients. I'd say that unless you have any specific requirements it's the best I've used, the integrations are fairly intuitive to set up, although i recommend separate notification rooms rather than having everything spewed into rooms where you migh

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Stestagg
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 7:57 PM Andy Robinson wrote: > Re-subjecting... > > On 2 September 2016 at 19:30, Stestagg wrote: > > Hi Andy > > > > We use travis to build the site. You can see the travis yaml file and > build > > scripts in our repo: > ... > > If you can make your repo public, I would