[socal-piggies] Next meeting: Thu. April 28th at Evite

Thu Apr 21 11:17:48 PDT 2011

It's not tonight, it's on April 28.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Daniel Greenfeld <pydanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Grig,
>
> Barack Obama is landing this afternoon and speaking around the same
> general area as tonight's meeting.
>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/obamas-la-visit-westside-residents-urged-to-stay-home-to-avoid-traffic-gridlock.html
>
> The secret service won't announce exact road closures and a lot of
> possible detours will be closed as well. Also, it is not clear as to
> when they will open roads back up. So we won't know when we'll be able
> to make it and we won't know when we'll be able to get back home.
>
> So unfortunately this means that myself and Audrey Roy won't be able
> to make tonight's lightning talks.
>
> Danny Greenfeld
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Grig Gheorghiu
> <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Audrey -- sure, I'll put your lightning talk on the agenda.
>>
>> Grig
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Audrey Roy <audreyr at cartwheelweb.com> wrote:
>>> I would like to attend.  I know it's late to ask, but I'm working with
>>> several women from LA Django to put together a series of local women's
>>> Python advocacy events and would be very interested in giving a lightning
>>> talk about it if there's time.
>>> Audrey
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Adam Featherstone <adamfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I would like to attend, but I might not be able to make it until 8 or
>>>> 8:30 pm.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Grig Gheorghiu <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 7 PM to 9:30 PM.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Adam Featherstone <adamfe at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > What time would the meeting be?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> > Adam
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Daniel Greenfeld <pydanny at gmail.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I would love to attend and present a lightning talk on some Worst
>>>>> >> Practices.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Danny
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Christopher Mahan
>>>>> >> <chris.mahan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >> > me too!
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > (subtle AOL reference)
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Christopher Mahan
>>>>> >> > 818.671.1709
>>>>> >> > chris.mahan at gmail.com
>>>>> >> > http://christophermahan.com
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > On Apr 14, 2011 10:04 AM, "Jathan McCollum" <jathan at gmail.com>
>>>>> >> > wrote:
>>>>> >> >> I plan to attend, for real this time. Seriously!!
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Grig Gheorghiu
>>>>> >> >> <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >>> Hello everybody,
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>> The Evite devops team is hosting our next meeting on Thu. April
>>>>> >> >>> 28th.
>>>>> >> >>> If anybody wants to present, please let me know. We already have 1
>>>>> >> >>> presenter lined up, Steve Wedig from Lingospot. Here is his talk:
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>> =================
>>>>> >> >>> Steve Wedig: "Python Tricks Used at Lingospot"
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>> Lingospot is a startup (founded in 2007), that licenses technology
>>>>> >> >>> to
>>>>> >> >>> online publishers such as USAToday, Forbes, Bloomberg, etc. Over
>>>>> >> >>> the
>>>>> >> >>> years, we've built up a decent sized Python codebase. Within that
>>>>> >> >>> codebase, a few tricks stand out due to their simplicity (anyone
>>>>> >> >>> could
>>>>> >> >>> pick them up today), and their prevalence (they're used in almost
>>>>> >> >>> every Python module). In this talk, we'll be presenting a few of
>>>>> >> >>> these
>>>>> >> >>> tricks & practices, along with their motivation.
>>>>> >> >>> =================
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>> An idea we've had floating around for a while is to also do a
>>>>> >> >>> series
>>>>> >> >>> of lightning talks, let's say at 10 minutes each, where you would
>>>>> >> >>> present a given Python tool/technique/trick/etc. If anybody wants
>>>>> >> >>> to
>>>>> >> >>> present something along these lines at the meeting, please let me
>>>>> >> >>> know.
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>> Also please let me know if you are thinking of attending. We need
>>>>> >> >>> a
>>>>> >> >>> list to leave with the security guard downstairs. I'll send more
>>>>> >> >>> detailed venue and parking instructions soon.
>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>> >> >>> Grig
>>>>> >> >>>
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>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> --
>>>>> >> >> Jathan.
>>>>> >> >> --
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>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> --
>>>>> >> 'Knowledge is Power'
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>>>>> >> http://pydanny.com
>>>>> >> http://cartwheelweb.com
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