This page is to keep track of how the various social networking sites are hosting PyCon content by users.
Linked In
If you are registered for PyCon, your registration e-mail is already pre-approved for joining the group. So join the [http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/64606/475053320818 PyCon 2008 Linked-In Conference Group]
Internet Relay Chat
During the conference, many attendees will chat using IRC on the #pycon channel on irc.freenode.net.
During the conference, the organizers will post tasks and volunteering opportunities to the [http://twitter.com/pyconvolunteers/ pyconvolunteers] channel.
Jaiku
[http://www.jaiku.com Jaiku] is a micro-blogging site like Twitter, but with some extra features. Unfortunately, as of this writing (2008-02-23) they are not open to accepting new accounts while they deal with their acquisition by Google. Pre-existing members, though, do have a limited number of invitations they can give out.
On Jaiku there is a [http://jaiku.com/channel/PyCon #PyCon] channel as well a general [http://jaiku.com/channel/python #python] channel.
Pownce
From the site: "[http://www.pownce.com Pownce] is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more." It's written in Python using Django and offers some functionality similar to Twitter/Jaiku.
Slideshare
Presentations in PowerPoint/OpenOffice/PDF format can be posted to [http://www.slideshare.net/event/pycon-2008 the PyCon 2008 event].
In addition to using slide share, please upload your talk slides and documents on the PyCon website using the [http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/ schedule application].
Talk Slides/File Publishing
The PyCon [http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/ Schedule] supports the upload/download of slides, documents, images, etc. To upload files for your talk, just go to the [http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/ schedule], bring up the tooltip for your talk, click on 'upload' under 'Files:' and fill in the form.
Flickr
Tag any photographs you take at PyCon with [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pycon2008/ "pycon2008"].