What TriZPUG Does:

Meet

Next TriZPUG Meeting: Thursday, January 22, 7pm at 435 Chapman Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill. To present a lightning talk at this meeting, please volunteer on the TriZPUG email list or just show up.

TriZPUG meetings are either at Duke, UNC, or Capstrat (Raleigh) depending on what we feel like in any given month, usually on the fourth Thursday with a special holiday meeting in early December. We could probably meet at your place if you feel like having us over. We'll even bring the chips and dip. See the Upcoming Events and Calendar portlets to the right of this paragraph for meeting announcements.

Mail

Join our suitably Python powered mailing list hosted on Python.org to be notified of TriZPUG happenings and ongoing discussions.

Chat

Try out our IRC channel.

Collaborate

TriZPUG forges relationships. Many of our participants end up working together both professionally and informally. Many of our events initiate important new software projects or improve existing ones.

TriZPUG sometimes conducts "Plone Jams". A Plone Jam is an improvisational meeting. You can bring a problem you are trying to solve at work. You can bring a pet project. You can bring something you are playing around with. You can make a presentation. You can just work on your code. The idea is sort of an "un-sprint." That is, the topic is what you show up with to work on rather than a pre-planned theme. We may work on our own things side by side for synergistic effect or we may work in teams/pairs like a sprint; it's up to the individuals how to work together at each Jam.

This site is our online clubhouse made with Plone, a Zope and Python-based content management system with which we work a lot. We knock around and try out ideas here.

Advise

We have some advice for budding pythonistas. It was recently updated to reflect new developments.

Sponsor

TriZPUG sponsored the 2008 and 2006 Plone Conferences.

Train

TriZPUG hosted the first large-scale Zope community event in the western hemisphere with participation from four continents. We sponsored the first ever Plone Bootcamp, the largest Plone training meeting in the world to date. And we've done it again and again! In 2008, TriZPUG hosted three Plone and Python Bootcamps at once for our first BootCampArama attended by 120 people. And we've taken PyCamp to Houston where we helped start the new Houston Zope and Python Users Group. A total of 489 people on six continents have been to TriZPUG boot camps!

To keep informed about future TriZPUG Plone Bootcamps, as well as Plone Bootcamps elswhere in the world, subscribe to the Plone Bootcamps announcement email list. To keep informed about future TriZPUG PyCamps and Zope community events, subscribe to the TriZPUG email list.

A few of the TriZPUG merit badges
2008 PyCampers and Advanced Plone Bootcampers get together to shout about their new skills.
Plone Boot Campers for 2008 got an all new updated program based on buildout.
TriZPUG hosted to first international Zope conference.
TriZPUG helped the new Houston ZPUG raise $1800 in startup funds.
2006 PyCampers are ecstatic about functional programming with Python.
The world's first Plone Bootcamp was hosted by TriZPUG in January 2005.
The March 2006 TriZPUG Plone Bootcamp was a whoop-it-up affair!
The August 2007 TriZPUG Plone Bootcamp was the largest ever held.
TriZPUG hosted its first Advanced Plone Bootcamp in the August 2007 heat wave.

Sponsors

Plone Bootcamps is the premier sponsor of TriZPUG. TriZPUG is proud to have hosted the first Plone Bootcamp. Joel Burton, the trainer for Plone Bootcamps and twice Chair of the Plone Foundation, is perhaps the finest technical instructor on the planet, and the author of the canonical document of Plone development, Building a Humane CMS with Plone. Joel has trained thousands of Plone developers around the world, having logged more than 200 days at the head of the classroom. TriZPUG is pleased to one again host two rounds of Plone Bootcamps in 2008. Subscribe to the low traffic Plone Bootcamps announcement email list to be kept up to the minute about Plone Bootcamps coming to your area.

PyCamp 2008 is sponsored by Andor Technology. Andor develops and manufactures a range of high performance digital cameras and associated products and systems used for the measurement of light. Today, Andor has a portfolio of over 400 products which are employed in fields as diverse as drug discovery, toxicology analysis, medical diagnosis and astronomy. Thanks to new techniques developed by Andor scientists, Andor cameras span performance specifications ranging from single photon detection to nanosecond (1 billionth of a second) time resolution. Andor is a supporter of open source software developments to provide the scientific community with flexible, robust solutions.

Camp 5 and the BBQ Sprint, Plone Bootcamp 2, and the original PyCamp were made possible by the kind sponsorship of the Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center.

Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center is a multidisciplinary, multidepartmental facility which serves as a focal point for interactions among basic, translational, and clinical scientists studying all aspects of cardiovascular disease. Areas of specific interest include atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases, angiogenesis and cardiovascular development, cardiovascular physiology, and diseases of hemostasis.

Camp 5 and the BBQ Sprint and the Houston edition of TriZPUG PyCamp are sponsored by Enfold Systems. Enfold Systems delivers complete solutions for clients around the world. From support services to scalable websites, from custom applications to intranets, our extensive consulting and development experience will help ensure your success. Get Enfold Systems working on your solution!

The Houston edition of TriZPUG PyCamp is sponsored by The Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLC2). TLC2 fosters and supports interdisciplinary research, education and training in computational sciences and engineering through centers, laboratories and individual faculty initiatives. TLC2 has state-of-the-art computation, visualization and educational facilities for environmental studies, biological, biomedical and energy research, undergraduate and graduate education and teacher training.

The Houston edition of TriZPUG PyCamp is also sponsored by Continental Airlines. Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 3,200 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 151 domestic and 136 international destinations. More than 400 additional points are served via SkyTeam alliance airlines. With more than 44,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 61 million passengers per year. Continental outranked all other U.S. carriers to be chosen as the Best Airline for North American Travel in Business Traveler magazine's 2006 Readers' Choice Best in Business Travel Survey.

The original PyCamp was made possible by the kind sponsorship of CapStrat.

Capstrat is the strategic communications firm that organizations turn to when the stakes are high and they can’t afford to lose. Capstrat helps clients tell their stories powerfully and effectively to the audiences that matter most—customers, prospects, the media, policymakers, employees, opinion leaders and shareholders. Capstrat draws on a wide array of disciplines, fueled by strategy and creativity. Every communication is targeted to meet strategic goals and deliver more value in the process.

TriZPUG.org was built with the help of Enfold Desktop. Enfold Desktop provides seamless integration between Window Explorer on the desktop the Plone Content Management System on the server. Bulk content upload and automatic content typing are just a few of the essential features of Enfold Desktop.

Acknowledgments

The TriZPUG logo was contributed by Ben Best. The Camp 5, PyCamp and 2006 Plone Bootcamp 2 logos were contributed by Rob Lineberger and the Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center. The 2005 Plone Bootcamp 1 logo was contributed by Jim Allman (Interrobang Digital Media) and Tom Bryan. TriZPUG was co-founded by Tom Bryan and Geoff Davis. Our Raleigh facilitator is Paul Smith and Capstrat. Our NCSU facilitator is Thomas Wilson. Our Duke facilitators are Mike Revoir, Robert Petrusz, and Ben Best. TriZPUG.org is hosted by Chris Calloway, our UNC facilitator. Josh Johnson and Dave Powell are also UNC facilitators. The TriZPUG email list is hosted by Python.org and administered by Chris Calloway, Mark Biggers, and Rob Lineberger. The TriZPUG IRC channel is operated by Chris, Calloway, Mark Biggers, and Brad Crittenden. For the first six years of TriZPUG's existence, the TriZPUG email list was hosted by Starship Python and administered by Tom Bryan. TriZPUG owes a great debt to many volunteers too numerous to list here. Special thanks to Sean Semone, Frank DiMauro, Charlie Hitlin, Walter Martin, Edmund Moseley, Carol Ludwig, Steve Corey, Hiawatha Demby, Kevin Morgan, Cheryl Jerozal, Scott Morningstar, Mali Ozbay, and Josten Ma.