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

Fri Apr 22 14:26:48 PDT 2011

The site is back, with an updated agenda for the next meeting:

http://socal-piggies.org/scp/FrontPage

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Grig Gheorghiu
<grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://status.aws.amazon.com/
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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
>>
>> 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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>>>>>>>>> >> http://cartwheelweb.com
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