#pycon-us-2020 | adafruit | Page 1

vital skiff Apr 20, 2018, 6:36 PM

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New channel for those going to https://us.pycon.org/2018/

primal crane Apr 20, 2018, 6:36 PM

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I'm really excited for PyCon this year!

jolly viper Apr 20, 2018, 7:30 PM

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I wish I could go, but I'm heading to Seattle the weekend after

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I will live vicariously through everyone that goes

sage sentinel Apr 20, 2018, 8:28 PM

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shame it's not in Montreal anymore, then I could go

uncut shard Apr 21, 2018, 12:39 AM

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If work was nicer to me, I wish I could take that time off.

opal oxide Apr 21, 2018, 2:18 AM

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Yeah, I couldn't swing it this year with other goings on. Always next year... Have fun all of you that are attending!

muted bay May 3, 2018, 11:55 AM

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I thought I was going, but couldn't fit it in. A shame since it is only 4 hours away...

worldly wagon May 5, 2018, 6:27 PM

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I'm gonna be doing one of the keynotes at the Education Summit

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Anyone going?

vital skiff May 6, 2018, 3:36 AM

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@worldly wagon I'm hoping to sneak into the education summit 😃

random vale May 7, 2018, 5:21 PM

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@vital skiff you have to come and see @worldly wagon in action. (this was a message from the french "Josh" support team 😃 )

worldly wagon May 7, 2018, 5:22 PM

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Ahaha, thanks @random vale . I shall be sporting my MixTeen shirt on the way over!

vital skiff May 7, 2018, 5:22 PM

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I look forward to it!

random vale May 7, 2018, 5:23 PM

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@dreamy bane If you do this, I'll arrange to come to PyconUK just to bend the knee 😉

uncut shard May 10, 2018, 4:29 AM

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PyCon 2018 has a YouTube channel with all the talks -- today's talks are already uploaded.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsX05-2sVSH7Nx3zuk3NYuQ

YouTube

PyCon 2018

worldly wagon May 10, 2018, 4:07 PM

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Hello!

plain cargo May 10, 2018, 4:09 PM

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Hello!

frigid tinsel May 11, 2018, 9:14 PM

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looks like a heck of a party at pycon !

untold zinc May 12, 2018, 12:06 AM

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wishes he was in Cleve Land as Howard would say it

vital skiff May 12, 2018, 1:30 AM

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@frigid tinsel we filled the open spaces room that holds 48 people! everyone was trying their gemmas

primal crane May 12, 2018, 1:36 AM

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So many people! And so many of them expanded past our quick-start examples into figuring out their own ideas for things to do with it.

vital skiff May 12, 2018, 1:38 AM

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yup!

robust sparrow May 12, 2018, 1:47 AM

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'their' gemmas . ;)

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Sounds like a kid's birthday party with favors!

vital skiff May 12, 2018, 1:57 AM

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yeah, the trick is getting them to understand what it is amongst all of the other stuff

robust sparrow May 12, 2018, 1:58 AM

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A nice sea to be drowning in, though. ;)

vital skiff May 12, 2018, 1:58 AM

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totally

woeful lodge May 12, 2018, 3:22 AM

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In a large group context, getting someone curious is more important than getting them to understand.

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Understanding takes context and that's difficult in a mixed group.

stoic gorge May 12, 2018, 3:31 AM

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Sounds like success. Congratulations to the CircuitPython team at Pycon!

woeful lodge May 12, 2018, 3:34 AM

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oh, yes, still a success.

vital skiff May 12, 2018, 12:40 PM

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🎉 blinka

languid quiver May 12, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Thanks @vital skiff @kattni#1507 for the help and intro to the Gemma M0 at PyCon .

primal crane May 13, 2018, 1:32 AM

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You're very welcome!

worldly wagon May 13, 2018, 1:37 PM

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Last day for me at PyCon

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It's been great

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Thanks to @primal crane @vital skiff & @light flume for being so awesome

frigid tinsel May 13, 2018, 5:35 PM

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yay!

vital skiff May 13, 2018, 7:47 PM

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@worldly wagon Happy to hang out! Thanks for EduBlocks. I'm excited to work with you more!

worldly wagon May 13, 2018, 10:06 PM

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No problem @vital skiff , I can't wait to see what people think of EduBlocks for CircuitPython

vital skiff May 13, 2018, 10:06 PM

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Yay!

light flume May 14, 2018, 1:09 AM

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@worldly wagon Great to meet you!

lethal sky May 14, 2018, 7:03 PM

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hey folks, is there a styleguide for errors/exceptions? i want to make sure i'm being a good citizen with the sprint thing i'm working on

vital skiff May 15, 2018, 1:47 PM

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@lethal sky Nope, any PR you'd like me to look at?

lethal sky May 15, 2018, 1:48 PM

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It got merged yesterday 😎

primal crane May 15, 2018, 3:05 PM

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@vital skiff Where'd you end up today? I have a few minutes.

vital skiff May 15, 2018, 3:13 PM

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great @lethal sky !

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 4:30 PM

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Hello 😃 Finally made it to Discord now that I am back in the UK 😃 @vital skiff @primal crane @light flume Great to meet you all at PyCon 😃

primal crane May 15, 2018, 4:34 PM

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@marble oriole Les! Glad you made it home safe. So great to meet you too!

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 4:36 PM

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Thanks @primal crane We had a 2hr delay at JFK, waiting on the tarmac as a traffic jam formed around us, but the pilots let me take over, given that I own a flying cap and goggles, and we got home only 30 minutes late 😄

primal crane May 15, 2018, 4:36 PM

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You knew it would happen!

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 4:44 PM

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Instead of "is there a Dr on board?" it was more "Is there a self appointed pilot on board?" I raised my hand.

primal crane May 15, 2018, 4:49 PM

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@marble oriole The music starts as you produce your hat and goggles from your bag...

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@marble oriole I added you to CircuitPython helpers. You'll get notifications when we ping about the weekly.

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 4:54 PM

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Cool thanks 😃

maiden spruce May 15, 2018, 5:08 PM

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Just plugged in the pycon gemma. IT COMES PRELOADED WITH EVERYTHING 😍 😂

worldly wagon May 15, 2018, 5:25 PM

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Hey @marble oriole !

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Recovered from jetlag?

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 5:37 PM

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Hi @worldly wagon I had a nap yesterday, then did a little swag curation before 10 hours of glorious sleep! How was school?

worldly wagon May 15, 2018, 5:38 PM

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Ha, well. I was tired for most of the day and was wishing I was still at PyCon. Now I have tons of revision to do, YAY! @marble oriole

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 5:48 PM

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So @worldly wagon you need to get your head down, revise and get the exams out of the way before you do any major / serious work on projects. It may not sound like fun, but it is important! 😄

vital skiff May 15, 2018, 5:50 PM

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hi @marble oriole and @worldly wagon it was great to meet you

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just finishing the sprints

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 5:51 PM

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Hi @vital skiff great to meet you too mate 😃 Keep up the good work! Enjoy the sprints.

light flume May 15, 2018, 7:44 PM

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@marble oriole @worldly wagon Glad getting back wasn't too bad. Great to meet you and talk with you!

worldly wagon May 15, 2018, 7:45 PM

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Same, it was great meeting you @light flume . Keep up the good work!

marble oriole May 15, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Thanks @light flume 😃 Our plane was delayed but the pilot put his foot down 😉

opal oxide May 16, 2018, 12:23 AM

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US->EU is always a way worse time transition, than EU->US. "Must. Stay. Awake." 😄 And, @marble oriole & @worldly wagon, glad you both got to meetup with the Adafruit team! Welcome!

marble oriole May 16, 2018, 9:14 AM

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Thanks @opal oxide 😃

rancid phoenix May 16, 2018, 9:27 PM

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Hey channel 😃 A belated update as I wait for my flight! I did a handful of things with CircuitPython and the PyCon Gemma during the sprints, but the culmination ended up being a Morse Code tweeter! It went live at https://twitter.com/pycon_gemma, and the code is at https://github.com/katlings/pycon-gemma. There's also a video demo: https://streamable.com/xrdhn

Streamable

VID_20180516_144553 - Streamable

▶ Play video

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I'd be interested in writing up some sort of guide about what I did and/or how I did it but don't really know where to start. @primal crane ?

primal crane May 16, 2018, 9:41 PM

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@rancid phoenix That's so great! We loved your project!

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I can get you started. Please send me an email at kattni@adafruit.com and we'll get you setup in our Learn System!

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Watching the video now, that is so amazing.

rancid phoenix May 16, 2018, 9:42 PM

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@primal crane will do! thanks 😃 and thanks again for the beautifully soldered pixel ring, I had a lot of fun working with it

primal crane May 16, 2018, 9:43 PM

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@rancid phoenix I'm so glad! I was really proud of how they turned out. I'm glad we got them to happy making homes!

primal crane May 16, 2018, 10:10 PM

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@rancid phoenix If you haven't already, make an account on adafruit.com and visit learn.adafruit.com while logged in. Then respond to the email from Justin. Thanks!

vital skiff May 16, 2018, 10:22 PM

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@rancid phoenix I can't tell you how excited I am to see you wanting to write guides!

tropic lagoon May 17, 2018, 12:24 AM

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@rancid phoenix It was so fun to actually tap out some morse code! Thanks so much for doing that project. I'd love to run that project on a gemma for my kids to see what long distance communications was like long ago. 😃 Also maybe to practice on so I can get myself a HAM license.

rancid phoenix May 17, 2018, 9:29 PM

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@tropic lagoon Thanks! Definitely let me know if you decide to load it up! 😄

robust sparrow Jun 13, 2018, 8:49 PM

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My first microcontroller project (8051-based) was a morse code keyer; I added some glue code to make it a general purpose input routine (typing in morse code instead of at a standard keyboard).

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So it's a device that recognizes an iambic keyer paddle keying sequence as regular ASCII input.

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Obviously provides a side-tone during input. ;)

cobalt tendon Oct 26, 2018, 3:50 PM

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that is pretty cool

desert mason Feb 24, 2019, 2:03 AM

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https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/02/23/digi-key-and-adafruit-at-pycon-all-attendees-will-receive-a-circuit-playground-express-digikey-adafruit-pycon-pycon2019/

Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

Digi-Key and Adafruit at PyCon – All attendees will receive a Ci...

PyCon 2019 returns May 1–9, 2019 to Cleveland, OH – with talks, tutorials, sprints, and more! Big news! Digi-Key and Adafruit have teamed up for PyCon 2019 so every attendee (abou…

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mild prairie Mar 1, 2019, 4:30 AM

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This is so cool y’all

opal oxide May 4, 2019, 3:05 AM

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well...how is PyCon going!? Here's to hoping you're all having waaay too much fun to post!! blinka

primal crane May 4, 2019, 12:03 PM

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@opal oxide It's amazing! I did my tutorial for Microsoft yesterday, and apparently it was brilliant. Having a ton of fun. 🙂

crimson smelt May 4, 2019, 12:47 PM

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Yes, that is true @opal oxide. I’ve posting to Twitter a bunch, which is usually retweeted by Adafruit, so follow Adafruit for more updates.

opal oxide May 4, 2019, 1:46 PM

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yay! @primal crane glad to hear the MS tut was "brilliant"! and ahh...the tweeter twitter; i'm never there but that makes sense. 😄

lapis basin May 6, 2019, 10:12 PM

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where did people get those rgb led screens? also, project idea: a Morse code translator that emulates keyboard input from Morse audio

lapis basin May 6, 2019, 10:47 PM

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has anyone made a Simon says game yet for the playground? that'd be fun too

solar dragon May 6, 2019, 11:06 PM

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I don't know which RGB LED screens you meant, but many people sell a variety of RGB LED matrices like this one https://www.adafruit.com/product/1484

32x32 RGB LED Matrix Panel - 6mm pitch

Bring a little bit of Times Square into your home with this sweet 32 x 32 square RGB LED matrix panel. These panels are normally used to make video walls, here in New York we see them on the ...

placid egret May 7, 2019, 12:49 AM

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It was a blast!

marsh ocean May 7, 2019, 4:04 AM

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@lapis basin I made one using my own basic game engine: https://github.com/jreese/playground/blob/master/circuitpython/cpx/simon.py

GitHub

jreese/playground

A bunch of random test projects. Contribute to jreese/playground development by creating an account on GitHub.

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just need to copy cpgame.py over, and then copy simon.py to your main.py/code.py

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it also has sound on by default, which can be toggled with either of the digital buttons

mortal remnant May 7, 2019, 1:03 PM

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Scott: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PUD4png8ifux06IvB7NxdcPXNGL4rC0DRDEs4oFEdFs/edit#

Google Docs

PyCon CircuitPython Sprint

PyCon 2019 CircuitPython Sprints Link here: http://bit.ly/circuitpython-pycon2019-sprint Welcome! We’re excited that you want to help with CircuitPython. Scott, aka @tannewt, is live with you there at the sprints. If he is busy and you have questions, please hop into the A...

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😃

dire zinc Nov 19, 2019, 1:21 PM

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I see the channel has been rechristened for pycon 2020 🆕

tropic lagoon Dec 2, 2019, 4:52 AM

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i'm registered!

wary mica Dec 10, 2019, 8:36 PM

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I just submitted my circuitpython-related talk. 🤞 🤞

edgy flume Dec 11, 2019, 3:37 PM

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good luck @wary mica !

vital skiff Dec 11, 2019, 6:04 PM

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looks to see when the cfp closes

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📎 Screen_Shot_2019-12-11_at_10.05.03_AM.png

wary mica Dec 11, 2019, 6:34 PM

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I got mine in early this year. 🙂

vital skiff Dec 11, 2019, 8:14 PM

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🙂 I'll probably submit the circuitpython 101 talk I prepped for pycascades already

wary mica Dec 11, 2019, 8:20 PM

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Good plan.

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Lmk if you want another pair of eyes on it! 👀

wary mica Jan 27, 2020, 9:57 PM

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My talk was accepted. 🙂

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"Controlling the world of modular synthesizers using CircuitPython"

primal crane Jan 27, 2020, 9:58 PM

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@wary mica Congrats!

wary mica Jan 27, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Thank you! I'm so excited to talk about CircuitPython.

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& how awesome it is. & How awesome this community is.

crimson smelt Jan 27, 2020, 11:02 PM

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Congratulations

vital skiff Jan 27, 2020, 11:12 PM

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🎉

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My talk wasn't accepted. I'm excited to see the others!

wary mica Jan 27, 2020, 11:18 PM

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Aw. I am so excited to see your talk as PyCascades, though!

vital skiff Jan 28, 2020, 7:09 AM

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ya, me too 🙂

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and I'm brainstorming a talk to submit to pycon.au

dire zinc Jan 28, 2020, 2:58 PM

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@vital skiff if/when you go to .au, I hope you can stay and sightsee. It was a very memorable trip when I went, and in 6 weeks I only scratched the surface...

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@wary mica awesome!

vital skiff Jan 28, 2020, 5:40 PM

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@dire zinc I probably won't stay too long this time. Becca is staying here and it's in August when it's nice here.

desert mason Feb 6, 2020, 6:57 PM

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https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/06/get-a-clue-at-pycon-us-from-digi-key-and-adafruit-digikey-adafruit-pycon2020-pycon-circuitpython/

Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

Get a CLUE at PyCon US from Digi-Key and Adafruit! @digikey @adafr...

Get a CLUE at PyCon US! Digi-Key and Adafruit have teamed up to get the latest and greatest Bluetooth and CircuitPython powered boards to each attendee, the CLUE! Here’s a video from our show…

desert mason Feb 6, 2020, 6:57 PM

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desert mason https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/06/get-a-clue-at-pycon-us-from-digi-key-and-ad...

vagrant ivy Feb 8, 2020, 4:09 AM

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In light of the exciting PyCon CLUE cornucopia, I'd like to suggest an upgrade to the standard (but so passé) lanyard. 😛

📎 ClueBrightBag.jpg

dire zinc Mar 1, 2020, 2:07 AM

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https://us.pycon.org/2020/schedule/talks/ for most of the time slots I have a clear favorite talk, but a few present tough choices 🙂

PyCon US

dire zinc Mar 20, 2020, 4:13 PM

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We expected it was coming, but PyCon 2020 has officially been canceled.

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It sounds like rather than trying to do a remote conference, they will put content that would have been seen at PyCon on youtube piecemeal. https://pycon.blogspot.com/2020/03/pycon-us-2020-in-pittsburgh.html

PyCon US 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is cancelled

The PSF’s priority is the health and safety of the community and the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has made it unsafe to hold PyCon US th...

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The organizers will send an email offering options to help you present your talks, tutorials, special events, and posters to the community, if you want to, via our publicly available PyCon US 2020 YouTube channel.
The PSF will continue regular operations including providing PyCon talks via YouTube, maintaining core Python infrastructure and Python Package Index, the grants program, and other community support.

uncut shard Mar 21, 2020, 12:00 AM

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It would have been nice to see a remote conference -- I'd be able to attend that without issue. And the channel-based discussion on the OHS's discord was really slick.

But at least we'll see the content in some form.

compact veldt Jun 25, 2020, 2:15 AM

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Just saw from the awesome @prisma spoke on twitter that Microsoft still have a [virtual] booth for pycon2020.
https://twitter.com/nnja/status/1275965637123117057