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Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux, at the final regular meetup of 2025, and the "It most definitely is not Christmas, yet" edition. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

This month's listing is very late being published. We nearly ghosted everyone. (See what we did there?)

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February 2025, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will open shortly before the end of the May gathering.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and whilst it is the wrong end of the month for that most geeky of celebrations, Star Wars day, it would be remiss not to tip the hat. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will open shortly before the end of the May gathering.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and whilst it is the wrong end of the month for that most geeky of celebrations, Star Wars day, it would be remiss not to tip the hat. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will after the previous event.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we meet on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and this April's just happens to fall on St. George's Day. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups for this event are now open.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

The March 2025 gathering of the London Linux social, meeting every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Yup! It's true. We're back. After something of a hiatus, starting on Wednesday February 26th, we will be meeting on every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Venue: Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, SO15 1ST 📢 Want to speak 📢: submit your talk proposal

Please note:

1. 🚨🚨🚨A valid photo ID is required by building security. You MUST use your initial/first name and surname on your meetup profile, otherwise, you will NOT make it on the guest list! 🚨🚨🚨
2. This event follows the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct, please familiarise yourself with it before the event.

If your RSVP status says "You're going" you will be able to get in. No further confirmation required. You will NOT need to show your RSVP confirmation when signing in. If you can no longer make it, please unRSVP as soon as you know so we can assign your place to someone on the waiting list.

*** Code of Conduct: This event follows the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct, please familiarise yourself with it before the event. Please get in touch with the organisers with any questions or concerns regarding the Code of Conduct. *** There will be pizza & drinks, generously provided by our host, Carnival UK. ***

Mastering Data Flow: Prefect Pipelines Workshop - Adam Hill & Chris Frohmaier Join us for an engaging workshop where we'll dive deep into the world of data engineering with Prefect 3. Throughout the session, participants will explore the following key topics:

• Overview of Prefect and its core features
• Understanding the Prefect ecosystem and its integration with popular data science tools
• Setting up a Prefect environment: Installation, configuration, and project setup

Building Data Pipelines:

• Data ingestion: Fetching data from various sources including RSS feeds, APIs, and databases
• Data transformation and manipulation using Prefect tasks and flows
• Data storage and persistence: Storing processed data into local databases such as MongoDB or SQL
• Integrating machine learning models for advanced data processing and analysis within Prefect workflows

Advanced Techniques and Best Practices:

• Implementing error handling and retry strategies for fault tolerance and reliability
• Exploring Prefect's advanced features such as parallel execution, versioning, and dependency management

By the end of the workshop, attendees will have gained a comprehensive understanding of Prefect 3 and its capabilities, empowering them to design, execute, and optimise data pipelines efficiently in real-world scenarios.

We invite you to join us on this exciting journey of mastering data flows with Prefect!

Instructions to prepare in advance Workshop Materials and Requirements: In advance of the workshop please visit the github repo here: https://github.com/Cadarn/PyData-Prefect-Workshop. Clone a copy of the repository and follow the setup instructions in the README file including:

• Setting up a new Python environment with all the required modules
• Installing Docker and Docker Compose if necessary and then running the docker compose file so that local copies of the software images are downloaded in advance.
• Create a free MongoDB Atlas account and setup a project/database for the workshop

Please follow the instructions in advance of attending the workshop/

Please note this is a practical session and you will need to bring your own laptop. We recommend you bring it fully charged, if you can, as there may not be enough plug sockets for everyone to use at the same time.

Logistics Doors open at 6.30 pm, talks start at 7 pm. For those who wish to continue networking and chatting we will move to a nearby pub/bar for drinks from 9 pm.

Please unRSVP in good time if you realise you can't make it. We're limited by building security on the number of attendees, so please free up your place for your fellow community members!

Follow @pydatasoton (https://twitter.com/pydatasoton) for updates and early announcements. We are also on Instagram/Threads as @pydatasoton; and find us on LinkedIn.

Welcome to a special edition of Experiencing Data. This episode is the audio capture from a live Crowdcast video webinar I gave on April 26th, 2024 where I conducted a mini UI/UX design audit of a new podcast analytics service that Chris Hill, CEO of Humblepod, is working on to help podcast hosts grow their show. Humblepod is also the team-behind-the-scenes of Experiencing Data, and Chris had asked me to take a look at his new “Listener Lifecycle” tool to see if we could find ways to improve the UX and visualizations in the tool, how we might productize this MVP in the future, and how improving the tool’s design might help Chris help his prospective podcast clients learn how their listener data could help them grow their listenership and “true fans.”

On a personal note, it was fun to talk to Chris on the show given we speak every week:  Humblepod has been my trusted resource for audio mixing, transcription, and show note summarizing for probably over 100 of the most recent episodes of Experiencing Data. It was also fun to do a “live recording” with an audience—and we did answer questions in the full video version. (If you missed the invite, join my Insights mailing list to get notified of future free webinars).

To watch the full audio and video recording on Crowdcast, free, head over to: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/podcast-analytics-ui-ux-design

Highlights/ Skip to: Chris talks about using data to improve podcasts and his approach to podcast numbers  (03:06) Chris introduces the Listener Lifecycle model which informed the dashboard design (08:17) Chris and I discuss the importance of labeling and terminology in analytics UIs (11:00) We discuss designing for practical use of analytics dashboards to provide actionable insights (17:05) We discuss the challenges podcast hosts face in understanding and utilizing data effectively and how design might help (21:44) I discuss how my CED UX framework for advanced analytics applications helps to facilitate actionable insights (24:37) I highlight the importance of presenting data effectively and in a way that centers to user needs (28:50) I express challenges users may have with podcast rankings and the reliability of data sources (34:24)  Chris and I discuss tailoring data reports to meet the specific needs of clients (37:14)

Quotes from Today’s Episode “The irony for me as someone who has a podcast about machine learning and analytics and design is that I basically never look at my analytics.” - Brian O’Neill (01:14) “The problem that I have found in podcasting is that the number that everybody uses to gauge whether a podcast is good or not is the download number…But there’s a lot of other factors in a podcast that can tell you how successful it’s going to be…where you can pull levers to…grow your show, or engage more with an audience.” - Chris Hill (03:20) “I have a framework for user experience design for analytics called CED, which stands for Conclusions, Evidence, Data… The basic idea is really simple: lead your analytic service with conclusions.”- Brian O’Neill (24:37) “Where the eyes glaze over is when tools are mostly about evidence generators, and we just give everybody the evidence, but there’s no actual analysis about how [this is] helping me improve my life or my business. It’s just evidence. I need someone to put that together.” - Brian O’Neill (25:23) “Sometimes the data doesn’t provide enough of a conclusion about what to do…This is where your opinion starts to matter” - Brian O’Neill (26:07) “It sounds like a benefit, but drilling down for most people into analytics stuff is usually a tax unless you’re an analyst.” - Brian O’Neill (27:39) “Where’s the source of this data, and who decided what these numbers are? Because so much of this stuff…is not shared. As someone who’s in this space, it’s not even that it’s confusing. It’s more like, you got to distill this down for me.” - Brian O’Neill (34:57) “Your clients are probably going to glaze over at this level of data because it’s not helping them make any decision about what to change.”- Brian O’Neill (37:53)

Links Watch the original Crowdcast video recording of this episode Brian’s CED UX Framework for Advanced Analytics Solutions Join Brian’s Insights mailing list