July 2011 Summaries

PyCodeConf, the successor to the successful CodeConf event, has opened ticket sales at an early bird rate of $500 USD for a limited number of attendees, after which the price will rise to $600 USD. The event aims to enhance programming skills for attendees, encouraging them to arrive with an open mind and promising they will leave as better programmers. The conference is set to take place in Miami, and the announcement was made by Tom Preston-Werner.

A group is planning to attend the Community Leadership Summit and OSCON in Portland next week and is organizing a social gathering for Sunday night. The event will take place at Rontoms, located at 600 East Burnside, Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, July 24th, starting at 8 PM. The announcement was made by Kami Richey, who is identifiable on social media as @kamzilla.

A group is planning a social gathering in Boston during the Monospace 2011 event, scheduled for 8 PM on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Flat Top Johnny’s in Cambridge, MA. The meetup is intended as a casual drink-up for attendees or anyone interested in joining. Timothy Clem, identified by the handle @tclem, is associated with organizing or promoting this event.

The GitHub Reflog is a chronicle highlighting notable GitHub repositories and community activities, featuring open-source projects and innovative developments. This edition introduces The League of Moveable Type's fonts to GitHub and highlights "ryanmcgrath/wii-js," a JavaScript project designed to interact with the Wii console's web browser, primarily for educational purposes. Other notable repositories include "danlucraft/git.js," a Git implementation in JavaScript, "j2labs/brubeck," a Python web framework, and "arthuredelstein/clooj," a lightweight IDE for Clojure. The edition also mentions "jceb/vim-orgmode," a plugin for note-taking in vim, and "Khan/khan-mobile," Khan Academy's mobile app source code. Promising projects feature "urbancoding/jenx," a Jenkins build monitor for Mac OS X, "jesusabdullah/pyee," a Python port of node.js’ EventEmitter, and "kennethkufluk/Twitter-Matrix," which visually displays Twitter feeds in a Matrix style. The Reflog encourages feedback and offers additional open-source news resources.

Fernando and Eduardo have been awarded the first two tickets for Magma Rails, a noteworthy event celebrating contributions to open source projects. Fernando, an early supporter of the event and a GitHub member based in Mexico, is affiliated with Freshout and has contributed to projects like Argon, Neon, and Dysprosium. Eduardo, a software engineer with a focus on Ruby and Sinatra, has worked on projects such as MrT and Vimerl. An honorable mention goes to Konstantin for his creative entry, and the event organizer, Kami Richey, expressed appreciation for all participants who submitted impressive Luchador-themed pictures.

GitHub is inviting attendees to a celebratory event at Bar Basic in their new neighborhood to mark the recent move to their new headquarters, GitHub HQ 2.0. The gathering, scheduled for Thursday, July 14th at 8:00 pm, serves as an alternative to a traditional office warming party, providing an opportunity for people to enjoy drinks and engage in conversations about coding. The event is announced by Kami Richey and tagged under events, reflecting a casual yet community-focused approach to celebrating the company's relocation.

A ticket giveaway is being held for Magma Rails, a Ruby/Rails conference taking place in Manzanillo, Mexico, from October 12th to 14th, in celebration of their second year. Two tickets are available through a contest that requires participants to fork a designated gist and answer specific questions, with submissions accepted until Sunday, July 17th, and winners announced the following Monday. The organizer, Kami Richey, also invites participants to share pictures or videos of themselves in luchador masks on Twitter for added fun.