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Python411
Sun Apr 24 04:42:25 EDT 2011
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Software Archaeology - Software Archaeology, as explained by Vernor Venge in "a Deepness in the Sky", can be practised today by digging into PyPI, the Python Package Index, and updating its contents. I certainly made an interesting discovery....

Software is Not Magic - Hello I'm back, embarassed because of the long hiatus, but podcasting about Python 3, a simplified language with cruft removed, the book Programming in Python 3, thoughts on Unicode in Python 3, and a look at what I'm up to.

Mini Book Reviews - Mini reviews of the books Expert Python Programming, Python Phrasebook, Python for Unix and Linux System Administration, A New Kind of Science, Meta Math, The Grand Design and more...

Interview with Bryan Lunduke - This podcast is an interview with Bryan Lunduke, the creator of Illumination, a visual programming tool.

Comments and Feedback from Listeners - Comments and feedback from listeners about subjects of previous podcasts including Python's versions and implementations, web apps, books, Microsoft, visual programming, mobile phones, etc.

In Praise of Web Apps - A short podcast in praise of web apps for mobile devices, comments about my own web app project, and about upcoming podcasts.

Python Versions and Implementations - A look at the various versions and implementations of Python, including Python 3, Python 2, PyPy, IronPython, Jython, Stackless, Psycho, Shedskin, Cython, Unladen Swallow, etc.

An Interview with Vim Toutenhoofd - This podcast is the long awaited interview with Vim Toutenhoofd, about Python on Nokia phones, Meego, QT, and and his app for hang gliding and sailplanes. At 75 years old, Vim was born in the Netherlands, earned his PhD in Physics in Australia, was a long time research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado, where he specialized in piloting sailplanes into the heart of thunderstorms for the sake of scientific data collection and analysis, and is now an active hang glider in the Oregon mountains.

Python on Nokia Devices - Python on Nokia devices, including the Symbian and Meego operating systems, plus commentary on various developments in the Python community.

the Maker - An interview with Gerald Spreer and Ian Barrow about The Maker, an open source Content Management System for websites, coded in Python. We also discuss Gerald's new iPhone game Color Rush

Mobile Operating Systems - Exciting times for mobile operating systems leads me to podcast about and prepare an online app titled (Which mobile operating system is right for me" among Android, iPhone, Windows, Nokia Symbian, HP Palm WebOS, and Blackberry.

Open Allure - This podcast is an interview and wide-ranging discussion with John Graves about his Open Allure open source project, a web based educational tool written in Python with a fascinating user interface utilizing gestures, voice recognition, and text to speech. Open Allure is his PhD project in New Zealand and John is heading to silicon valley this summer as an intern at Ray Kurzweil's Singularity University. He is a man of many interests and the wide ranging discussion hits on many Pythonic topics, the philosophy of open source, key technological tipping points, and much more. I have been delinquent in producing podcasts lately but this is a good one. John has a lot to say on many topics covered in previous Python411 podcasts.

A little bit of python rides an unladen swallow from Atlanta to Marina Del Rey... - I welcome "A Little Bit of Python", a great new Pythonic Podcast. PyCon is in full swing and Unladen Swallow has been accepted into Python 3. Python411 takes off in a bit of a new direction. Hear it here first ;-)).

Sikuli - Sikuli is the coolest Python project I have ever seen in my ten year hobbyist career. An MIT oepn source project, Sikuli uses Python to automate GUI tasks (in any GUI or GUI based app that runs the JVM) by simply drag and dropping GUI elements into Python scripts as function arguments.

Epiphany - Epiphany: The User Interface is the Programming Language, and the programming language is the user inerface. In the next 5-10 years, the Operating System of the future will take shape. Epiphany: it will be mobile and wearable.

Natural Language Processing with Python - This podcast is a review of the new book Natural Language Processing with Python about the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK). I read this book on my flights between LA and Mumbai and really enyoyed it.

IronPython - This episode of Python411 is an interview with Sven Passig about his creation of a professional B2B app using IronPython and Silverlight on Mono and the Mac.

Community - A Visit to Disney Animation Studio, where Python is extensively used; Google Wave uses Python; Android Scripting Environment enables Python on Android powered cell phones; various new books; OSCON, Python 3.1, Jython 2.5 etc.

ShowMeDo - A wide ranging interview with Kyran Dale and Ian Ozsvald, the founders of ShowMeDo, the innovative and fast growing learning resource for Python and other open source technologies, featuring video-tutorials/screencasts and learning paths.

Dr. Chrono - An interview with the creators of Dr. Chrono, a web 2.0 startup to help doctors manage their communication with their patients, created with Django and Python. Also contains feedback from listeners and several recommendations of Python tools and resources

Visualization - An interview with Shai Vaingast, author of Beginning Python Visualization, Creating Visual Transformation Scripts, in which we explore, MatPlotLib, Numpy, SciPy, Image Processing, Curve Fitting, GPS data gathering and manipulation, graphing, and more.