PyCon post Signed-off-by: Anirudh Oppiliappan <x@icyphox.sh>
Anirudh Oppiliappan x@icyphox.sh
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<h2>Put that screen down!</h2> <p>Ah yes, yet another article on the internet on this beaten to death subject. But this is inherently different, since it’s <em>my</em> opinion on -the matter, and <em>my</em> technique(s) to acheive “digital minimalism”.</p> +the matter, and <em>my</em> technique(s) to achieve “digital minimalism”.</p> -<p>According to me, minimalism can be acheived on two primary fronts – +<p>According to me, minimalism can be achieved on two primary fronts – the phone & the computer. Let’s start with the phone. The daily carry. The device that’s on our person from when we get out of bed, till we get back in bed.</p>
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</image> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0</copyright> - <item><title>Thoughts on digital minimalism</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Ah yes, yet another article on the internet on this beaten to death + <item><title>PyCon India 2019 wrap-up</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’m writing this article as I sit in class, back on the grind. Last +weekend—Oct 12th and 13th—was PyCon India 2019, in Chennai, India. +It was my first PyCon, <em>and</em> my first ever talk at a major conference! +This is an account of the all the cool stuff I saw, people I met and the +talks I enjoyed. +Forgive the lack of pictures – I prefer living the moment through my +eyes. </p> + +<h3 id="talks">Talks</h3> + +<p>So much ML! Not that it’s a bad thing, but definitely interesting to +note. From what I counted, there were about 17 talks tagged under “Data +Science, Machine Learning and AI”. I’d have liked to see more talks +discussing security and privacy, but hey, the organizers can only pick +from what’s submitted. ;)</p> + +<p>With that point out of the way, here’s some of the talks I really liked:</p> + +<ul> +<li><strong>Python Packaging - where we are and where we’re headed</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/pradyunsg">Pradyun</a></li> +<li><strong>Micropython: Building a Physical Inventory Search Engine</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/stonecharioteer">Vinay</a></li> +<li><strong>Ragabot - Music Encoded</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/vikipedia">Vikrant</a></li> +<li><strong>Let’s Hunt a Memory Leak</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/sankeyplus">Sanket</a></li> +<li>oh and of course, <a href="https://twitter.com/dabeaz">David Beazley</a>’s closing +keynote</li> +</ul> + +<h3 id="my-talk">My talk (!!!)</h3> + +<p>My good buddy <a href="https://twitter.com/_vologue">Raghav</a> and I spoke about +our smart lock security research. Agreed, it might have been less +“hardware” and more of a bug on the server-side, but that’s the thing +about IoT right? It’s so multi-faceted, and is an amalgamation of so +many different hardware and software stacks. But, anyway…</p> + +<p>I was reassured by folks after the talk that the silence during Q/A was +the “good” kind of silence. Was it really? I’ll never know.</p> + +<h3 id="some-nice-people-i-met">Some nice people I met</h3> + +<ul> +<li><a href="https://twitter.com/abhirathb">Abhirath</a> – A 200 IQ lad. Talked to +me about everything from computational biology to the physical +implementation of quantum computers.</li> +<li><a href="https://twitter.com/meain_">Abin</a> – He recognized me from my +<a href="https://reddit.com/r/unixporn">r/unixporn</a> posts, which was pretty +awesome.</li> +<li><a href="https://twitter.com/h6165">Abhishek</a></li> +<li>Pradyun and Vikrant (linked earlier)</li> +</ul> + +<p>And a lot of other people doing really great stuff, whose names I’m +forgetting.</p> + +<h3 id="pictures">Pictures!</h3> + +<p>It’s not much, and +I can’t be bothered to format them like a collage or whatever, so I’ll +just dump them here – as is.</p> + +<p><img src="/static/img/silly_badge.jpg" alt="nice badge" /> +<img src="/static/img/abhishek_anmol.jpg" alt="awkward smile!" /> +<img src="/static/img/me_talking.jpg" alt="me talking" /> +<img src="/static/img/s443_pycon.jpg" alt="s443 @ pycon" /></p> + +<h3 id="cest-tout">C’est tout</h3> + +<p>Overall, a great time and a weekend well spent. It was very different +from your typical security conference – a lot more <em>chill</em>, if you +will. The organizers did a fantastic job and the entire event was put +together really well. +I don’t have much else to say, but I know for sure that I’ll be +there next time.</p> + +<p>That was PyCon India, 2019.</p> +]]></description><link>https://icyphox.sh/blog/pycon-wrap-up</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://icyphox.sh/blog/pycon-wrap-up</guid></item><item><title>Thoughts on digital minimalism</title><description><
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| | | | --- | --: | -| [Thoughts on digital minimalism](/blog/digital-minimalism) | `2019-10-05` | +| [PyCon India 2019 wrap-up](/blog/pycon-wrap-up) | `2019-10-15` | ([see all](/blog))
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| | | | --- | --: | +| [PyCon India 2019 wrap-up](/blog/pycon-wrap-up) | `2019-10-15` | | [Thoughts on digital minimalism](/blog/digital-minimalism) | `2019-10-05` | | [Weekly status update, 09/17 -- 09/27](/blog/2019-09-27) |`2019-09-27`| | [Weekly status update, 09/08 -- 09/17](/blog/2019-09-17) |`2019-09-17`|
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</image> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0</copyright> - <item><title>Thoughts on digital minimalism</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Ah yes, yet another article on the internet on this beaten to death + <item><title>PyCon India 2019 wrap-up</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’m writing this article as I sit in class, back on the grind. Last +weekend—Oct 12th and 13th—was PyCon India 2019, in Chennai, India. +It was my first PyCon, <em>and</em> my first ever talk at a major conference! +This is an account of the all the cool stuff I saw, people I met and the +talks I enjoyed. +Forgive the lack of pictures – I prefer living the moment through my +eyes. </p> + +<h3 id="talks">Talks</h3> + +<p>So much ML! Not that it’s a bad thing, but definitely interesting to +note. From what I counted, there were about 17 talks tagged under “Data +Science, Machine Learning and AI”. I’d have liked to see more talks +discussing security and privacy, but hey, the organizers can only pick +from what’s submitted. ;)</p> + +<p>With that point out of the way, here’s some of the talks I really liked:</p> + +<ul> +<li><strong>Python Packaging - where we are and where we’re headed</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/pradyunsg">Pradyun</a></li> +<li><strong>Micropython: Building a Physical Inventory Search Engine</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/stonecharioteer">Vinay</a></li> +<li><strong>Ragabot - Music Encoded</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/vikipedia">Vikrant</a></li> +<li><strong>Let’s Hunt a Memory Leak</strong> by <a href="https://twitter.com/sankeyplus">Sanket</a></li> +<li>oh and of course, <a href="https://twitter.com/dabeaz">David Beazley</a>’s closing +keynote</li> +</ul> + +<h3 id="my-talk">My talk (!!!)</h3> + +<p>My good buddy <a href="https://twitter.com/_vologue">Raghav</a> and I spoke about +our smart lock security research. Agreed, it might have been less +“hardware” and more of a bug on the server-side, but that’s the thing +about IoT right? It’s so multi-faceted, and is an amalgamation of so +many different hardware and software stacks. But, anyway…</p> + +<p>I was reassured by folks after the talk that the silence during Q/A was +the “good” kind of silence. Was it really? I’ll never know.</p> + +<h3 id="some-nice-people-i-met">Some nice people I met</h3> + +<ul> +<li><a href="https://twitter.com/abhirathb">Abhirath</a> – A 200 IQ lad. Talked to +me about everything from computational biology to the physical +implementation of quantum computers.</li> +<li><a href="https://twitter.com/meain_">Abin</a> – He recognized me from my +<a href="https://reddit.com/r/unixporn">r/unixporn</a> posts, which was pretty +awesome.</li> +<li><a href="https://twitter.com/h6165">Abhishek</a></li> +<li>Pradyun and Vikrant (linked earlier)</li> +</ul> + +<p>And a lot of other people doing really great stuff, whose names I’m +forgetting.</p> + +<h3 id="pictures">Pictures!</h3> + +<p>It’s not much, and +I can’t be bothered to format them like a collage or whatever, so I’ll +just dump them here – as is.</p> + +<p><img src="/static/img/silly_badge.jpg" alt="nice badge" /> +<img src="/static/img/abhishek_anmol.jpg" alt="awkward smile!" /> +<img src="/static/img/me_talking.jpg" alt="me talking" /> +<img src="/static/img/s443_pycon.jpg" alt="s443 @ pycon" /></p> + +<h3 id="cest-tout">C’est tout</h3> + +<p>Overall, a great time and a weekend well spent. It was very different +from your typical security conference – a lot more <em>chill</em>, if you +will. The organizers did a fantastic job and the entire event was put +together really well. +I don’t have much else to say, but I know for sure that I’ll be +there next time.</p> + +<p>That was PyCon India, 2019.</p> +]]></description><link>https://icyphox.sh/blog/pycon-wrap-up</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://icyphox.sh/blog/pycon-wrap-up</guid></item><item><title>Thoughts on digital minimalism</title><description>< +- **Micropython: Building a Physical Inventory Search Engine** by [Vinay](https://twitter.com/stonecharioteer) +- **Ragabot - Music Encoded** by [Vikrant](https://twitter.com/vikipedia) +- **Let's Hunt a Memory Leak** by [Sanket](https://twitter.com/sankeyplus) +- oh and of course, [David Beazley](https://twitter.com/dabeaz)'s closing +keynote + +### My talk (!!!) + +My good buddy [Raghav](https://twitter.com/_vologue) and I spoke about +our smart lock security research. Agreed, it might have been less +"hardware" and more of a bug on the server-side, but that's the thing +about IoT right? It's so multi-faceted, and is an amalgamation of so +many different hardware and software stacks. But, anyway... + +I was reassured by folks after the talk that the silence during Q/A was +the "good" kind of silence. Was it really? I'll never know. + +### Some nice people I met + + +- [Abhirath](https://twitter.com/abhirathb) -- A 200 IQ lad. Talked to +me about everything from computational biology to the physical +implementation of quantum computers. +- [Abin](https://twitter.com/meain_) -- He recognized me from my +[r/unixporn](https://reddit.com/r/unixporn) posts, which was pretty +awesome. +- [Abhishek](https://twitter.com/h6165) +- Pradyun and Vikrant (linked earlier) + +And a lot of other people doing really great stuff, whose names I'm +forgetting. + +### Pictures! + +It's not much, and +I can't be bothered to format them like a collage or whatever, so I'll +just dump them here -- as is. + + + + + + +### C'est tout + +Overall, a great time and a weekend well spent. It was very different +from your typical security conference -- a lot more _chill_, if you +will. The organizers did a fantastic job and the entire event was put +together really well. +I don't have much else to say, but I know for sure that I'll be +there next time. + +That was PyCon India, 2019.
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