[socal-piggies] Next meeting - Tue Dec. 11th at Q Connects offices

[Grig Gheorghiu]

Update from Joe Kanengiser about parking:

 Please park at the Howard Hughes Mall Parking lot (across the street
from Q’s office in the Sony building) – the dedicated office parking
lots are expensive.

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Grig Gheorghiu <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> The good news is that we have 2 speakers lined up for the meeting.
> There is no bad news.
>
> So....here's the agenda:
>
> Randall Degges: "Introduction to OpenCNAM" (https://www.opencnam.com)
>
> OpenCNAME is a Python Caller ID system that is both easier to use than
> the existing standard and much more featured (sophisticated telephony,
> tons of server stuff, Flask, and Django) .
>
>
> Justin Hampton: "The Role and Representation of Python in the Online
> Education Boom"
>
> Python has come a long way since its inception twenty-two years ago.
> Not only has it become entrenched in the gaming, search and web
> application spaces, but it has also taken root as the lingua franca of
> the booming MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) trend in education. It
> is used as the basis for Computer Science introduction classes offered
> by the university-oriented curricula of Coursera and EDX, and
> integrated as a teaching technique into the non-programming course
> offerings of the Google-affiliated for-profit startup Udacity. Is this
> a blessing or a curse to the Python community? And more importantly,
> what's in it for you? In this talk, Justin will explore the challenges
> and promise of these developments and how they can be integrated into
> the established models Python programmers already use for their
> ongoing education.
>
> Note: this talk will be conducted similar to a class (albeit a more
> traditional one, where we'll determine a hypothetical customized class
> curricula. So come prepared to share your insights, how you learned
> Python and what you'd want from a course, but don't worry - in this
> class, there are no wrong answers, but a bite-sized candy for all the
> right ones.
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Grig Gheorghiu
> <grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everybody, long time no see!
>>
>> At the prodding at Danny Greenfeld, we are putting together a meeting
>> for Tuesday Dec. 11th. Joe Kanengiser from Q Connects graciously
>> offered to host the meeting at their offices. Here  are the address
>> and parking info:
>>
>> Howard Hughes Center at 6080 Center Dr, Suite 925, Los Angeles CA -
>> the best place to park is across the street at the Howard Hughes Mall
>> parking lot (6081 Center Dr.).
>>
>> A projector and internet connection will be available.
>>
>> All this being said -- we need presenters! In fact this has been our
>> problem for the last few months. It's a bit worrying to be honest, so
>> I hope the group will step up to the plate!
>>
>> I'll post this on meetup.com too, so please respond there if you will
>> be attending. And please let me know if you want to present.
>>
>> Grig