Raymond Hettinger is a great Python educator, and also very active on the mailinglists. He gives talks, too: Easy AI with Python: http://us.pycon.org/2009/con

Raymond Hettinger is a great Python educator, and also very active on the mailinglists. He gives talks, too: Easy AI with Python: http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/71/ http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/71/ Four powerful examples of composing Python tools: http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/schedule/event/86/ http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/schedule/event/86/