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

Thu Apr 21 11:57:21 PDT 2011

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Daniel Greenfeld <pydanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> On another note, http://socal-piggies.org/ is down.
>
> Danny
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> 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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>>>>>>>> >>
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