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

[Daniel Greenfeld]

On another note, http://socal-piggies.org/ is down.

Danny

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Daniel Greenfeld <pydanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>> >> >> --
>>>>>>> >> >> Jathan.
>>>>>>> >> >> --
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>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
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