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One of the greatest joys of being part of the PSF is to hear the success stories our members. Back in July, the PSF sponsored a small Django Girls workshop i...

Twisted, as many of you know, is an asynchronous, or event driven networking framework written in Python (https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki). Twisted has b...

As you may recall, there have been a couple of previous posts to this blog about the BBC’s micro:bit project (also see PSF newsblog). The micro:bit is a small...

It is always a pleasure to report on the success of PSF funded projects. Recently we’ve heard from Ngangsi Richard about the Python Cameroon initiative. As y...

Last year, the Python Software Foundation adopted an open membership model, allowing anyone that uses and supports Python to become a member of the foundatio...

Greetings Readers, I apologize for the hiatus I’ve taken recently from writing this blog -- other commitments temporarily got in the way. But during this tim...

Ask any Pythonista to name the best features of Python and they are sure to include its amazing community. For the past 15 years the PSF has recognized this ...

The PSF is always thrilled to be able to help introduce young people to the world of programming. As such, Young Coders' Workshops (also see O'Reilly) are es...

Yesterday's blog post about the BBC Micro:bit requires a brief correction. I said that it can be run off of another device or from its own battery power. How...

July 7, 2015 BBC Microbit Last March, I wrote about a terrific educational project taking place in the UK, with which the PSF is proud to be involved (see PS...

The PSF is happy to report that the third annual PyCon Singapore took place June 17 to 19, 2015. This event, organized by the Python User Group Singapore, is...

RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award Armin Stross-Radschinski and Jan Ulrich Hasecke the 1st Qtr 2015 PSF Community Service Award for their wo...

As many of you know, the use of Python in education has grown tremendously in the past several years (see PSF Newsblog). The Python community celebrates this...

Like other community-based open source software, volunteers from around the world are to thank for Python's existence. When it comes to Python on Windows, th...

Last month, in addition to the election for the Board of Directors, a separate election was held asking PSF members to approve three new sponsors. Here is Ia...

Background: As those of you who have been following recent events in the PSF know, there were some difficulties and disagreements surrounding the election fo...

Board Election Results The PSF annual Board members' election was just completed, with voting closed at end of day (AOE) on May 31, 2015. Thanks to all who t...

Today's post, like the previous one, features a development project that the PSF has been delighted to fund once again this year. On April 28, 2015, the PSF ...

In looking back over the PSF newsblog posts, it appears that most of the PSF funded projects I’ve written about were conferences, workshops, and education/ou...

For those of you who haven't followed the recent discussion on the PSF members list, there has been an important development regarding the election of member...