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

Thu Apr 21 11:28:37 PDT 2011

Really? Well, then I guess we'll make it.

:D

Danny Greenfeld

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Grig Gheorghiu
<grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>> >> >> --
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>>>>>> >> http://cartwheelweb.com
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