Happy Holidays and Thank You!
Happy Holidays from the Python Software Foundation! The holiday season gets us thinking about all that we have accomplished over the past year and about t...
"Kurt Doesn't Drop The Ball": Thanks For Kurt Kaiser's 10 Years As PSF Treasurer
"We were all amateurs," recalls Guido van Rossum. In the early years of the Python Software Foundation, its founders were more interested in writing code tha...
Power Of "We": PyCon CZ Keynote Speaker Ana Balica
Next week Ana Balica will give her first keynote, but she isn't nervous. At least, not yet. "I definitely will be before going on stage," she says. "That’s a...
Opening the BBC micro:bit
As many of you will know, the PSF has been a partner in the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) micro:bit project. A million devices capable of running ...
PyCon APAC - Bringing us together
Two weekends ago I was lucky enough to get the chance to attend PyCon APAC 2016. This year the event was held in Seoul, South Korea at the COEX Convention Ce...
"In the beginning, there was one Python group": Community Service Award Recipient Stéphane Wirtel
“In the beginning, there was one Python group in Charleroi, the P3B (Python Blanc Bleu Belge)”, Stéphane Wirtel recalls. This first Python group was led by D...
The Python Software Foundation is seeking a blogger!
Interview prominent Pythonistas, connect with the community, expand your circle of friends and learn about events in the Python world! The Python Software ...
"Avoiding the Curse of Knowledge": Community Service Award Recipient Ned Batchelder
Ned Batchelder didn't mean to get himself nominated for an award. He'd simply encouraged his Twitter followers to "nominate someone who made a difference for...
PyGotham: a Python Conference at the United Nations
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The PSF's Growing Success
In honor of the 2016-2017 board of director's first board meeting today, I wanted to share the PSF's growing success with the public! For as long as I have b...
PyCon 2016: A look back, my take away, and thank you!
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Unconference Day at CubaConf
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Note: This is the third post on my trip in April to Havana, Cuba to attend the International Open Software Convention, CubaConf. The second day of CubaConf, ...
Our 2016 PSF Board of Directors
The PSF's annual election completed yesterday. Please welcome the new PSF Board of Directors for the 2016/17 term! - Annapoornima Koppad - Carol Willing ...
Reminder: Vote for the 2016 Board of Directors
If you're a voting member of the Python Software Foundation, then on May 20 you were emailed a ballot to vote for this year's Board of Directors. The voting ...
Brett Cannon wins Frank Willison Award
This morning at OSCON, O'Reilly Media gave Brett Cannon the Frank Willison Memorial Award. The award recognizes Cannon's contributions to CPython as a core d...
CubaConf, Day 1
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This is the second in a series of posts on my trip in April to Havana, Cuba to attend CubaConf, an International Conference on Free Software. Day one of Cuba...
Python and Open Source Alive and Well in Havana, Cuba
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I recently had the amazing opportunity to travel to Havana, Cuba to attend several free software events. My partner, David Mertz, was invited to talk at a me...
Reminder: Run for the 2016 PSF Board of Directors
As we announced last week, the Python Software Foundation is seeking candidates for this year's directors. Nominations are open now until the end of May 15 A...
We Want You to Run for the 2016 Board of Directors
You don't have to be an expert, or a Python celebrity. If you care about Python and you want to nurture our community and guide our future, we invite you to ...
PyCamp Argentina
You settle into a deck chair in the sun. All around you are the hills, streams, and spectacular greenery of Cordoba Province, Argentina. You could take a nap...
The PSF has hired an IT Manager!
We are pleased to announce that the PSF has hired a part-time Infrastructure Manager. Please join us in welcoming Mark Mangoba! Mark has a background in IT ...
"I Found My Secret Calling As An Auctioneer": Community Service Award Recipient Jacqueline Kazil
When a pair of cufflinks in the shape of the Python logo sold for $900, Jacqueline Kazil thought, "We're on to something." The cufflinks were the most covete...
"A Genuinely Nice Chap": Community Service Award Recipient Damien George
"We wouldn't have Python on the micro:bit if he hadn't made it work, to put it simply," Nicholas Tollervey says. He's talking about Damien George, the physic...
A Million Children
Today, March 22nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begin to deliver 1 million small programmable devices to the UK's 11 and 12 year old children. ...
Postscript to Warehouse Post!
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Yesterday’s post described an important development project currently being undertaken by the PSF called Warehouse. This will redevelop and improve the Pytho...
Welcome to the Warehouse!
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Warehouse is the new codebase being developed to power the Python Packaging Index (PyPI). Python developers and users already know that PyPI is the official ...