From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Thu Jan  1 17:33:44 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 22:03:44 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Projects: Progress
Message-ID: <54A576E8.8000206@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
The previous week has been exciting, the following improvements have
been made to the "hangman" code base.

   * The code has been re-organized to use OOP by P. C. Sruthi
     (@likandia).

   * The code has been modified to support Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3
     and 3.4 in a single source base, by Vamsi Kurama
     (@vamsi-kurama) and me (@bravegnu).

A new set of issues have been created on GitHub. This time tags have
been added to indicate the difficulty level of the task. A quick list
of the tasks is provided below.

   * Add classifiers to setup.py
   * Upload to PyPI on release tag
   * Private methods and attributes should be prefixed with underscore.
   * Rename functions, methods, attributes and variables to conform with PEP8
   * Add oneline docstrings to all functions.
   * Display code coverage in the README.

Happy Hacking!

Regards,
Vijay

From tshrinivasan at gmail.com  Fri Jan  2 10:18:48 2015
From: tshrinivasan at gmail.com (Shrinivasan T)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:48:48 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Fwd: [Ilugc] FSFTN's SWIFT Initiative
In-Reply-To: <96472081ac4d63d50171edd9201ea509@fsftn.org>
References: <96472081ac4d63d50171edd9201ea509@fsftn.org>
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From: <nappinnai at fsftn.org>
Date: 2015-01-02 14:44 GMT+05:30
Subject: [Ilugc] FSFTN's SWIFT Initiative
To: mailinglist at fsftn.org, ilugc at ae.iitm.ac.in


Dear Friends,

FSFTN is happy to announce a new initiative called SWIFT(SWIFT Women In
Free Technologies) to encourage women's participation in learning and
contributing to Free Software Technologies.

The initiative was launched with the aim of addressing the gender gap in
the area of free software. This is especially relevant in Tamil Nadu
where the restrictive educational environment can be a barrier to the
involvement and contribution of women to technological advancement with
a social perspective

While FSFTN has conducted workshops for women in Wikipedia and
experimented with a Rails Girls initiative before, this marks a planned
and systematic attempt at engaging with women students and
professionals.

The first event of the initiative was attended by Chennai-based women
FSFTN volunteers and women participants of previous FSFTN programmes.
The two-day event saw the participants trying their hand at Python and
Git and resolving to meet regularly to carry forward this initiative.

In the coming days, the SWIFT initiative will also engage FSFTN
volunteers and interested students and professionals in other districts
in order to spread this important cause.

If you would like to work for SWIFT, please mail:  swift at fsftn.org

The photos of the event and the logo of our initiative are here:

http://s902.photobucket.com/user/fsftn/library/2014/SWIFT

Regards
Nappinnai
FSFTN

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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Fri Jan  2 18:46:21 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:16:21 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
Message-ID: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
The January meetup will be on the 31st of this month (24th being a
long weekend, the meetup has been moved to the 5th Saturday.)

This time again, we will be having 4 + 4 lightning talks (10 min
duration each). If you are interested in giving a talk, please send in
your talk title and short description.

Regards,
Vijay

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Fri Jan  2 18:47:20 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:17:20 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] A page with ideas for lightning talks
In-Reply-To: <CAEnZiLoENsRVBqMgbtaCcA_vEi6dbtu+ywZtVWb10+cOg-o1wg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEnZiLoard=cTpB6v1+e6tKfXsXTPdTmO7xBm-3gvZxyP58DOw@mail.gmail.com>
 <54976FF7.8050104@bravegnu.org>
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Message-ID: <54A6D9A8.50608@bravegnu.org>

On Thursday 25 December 2014 09:06 AM, Venkatesh U wrote:
> I agree with you Vijay. But we are not there yet, we need to build the
> community. Such a page will be helpful in the sense that it will break
> the entry barrier for anyone to give lightning talks. It will also be
> helpful for regular speakers. What do you think?

Point taken. Let's create a page for this on our website.

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Sat Jan  3 12:26:04 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 16:56:04 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
In-Reply-To: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>
References: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>
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On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> If you are interested in giving a talk, please send in
> your talk title and short description.

@Rengaraj: Will be looking forward to your talk this time :)

From thomas.f.hahn2 at gmail.com  Sun Jan  4 04:31:30 2015
From: thomas.f.hahn2 at gmail.com (thomas hahn)
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:31:30 -0600
Subject: [Chennaipy] Help with finding tutors for Python, Linux, R, Perl,
 Octave, MATLAB and/or Cytoscape for yeast microarray analysis,
 next generation sequencing and constructing gene interaction networks
Message-ID: <CAKJ67ZUg89zBADgNhMZNsB73ZW2CUgyLsni9oDw=SdiALn+0-w@mail.gmail.com>

*Help with finding tutors for Python, Linux, R, Perl, Octave, MATLAB and/or
Cytoscape for yeast microarray analysis, next generation sequencing and
constructing gene interaction networks*



Hi



I am a visually impaired bioinformatics graduate student using microarray
data for my master?s thesis aimed at deciphering the mechanism by which the
yeast wild type can suppress the rise of free reactive oxygen species (ROS)
induced by caloric restriction (CR) but the Atg15 and Erg6 knockout mutant
cannot.



Since my remaining vision is very limited I need very high magnification.
But that makes my visual field very small.  Therefore I need somebody to
teach me how to use these programming environments, especially for
microarray analysis, next generation sequencing and constructing gene and
pathway interaction networks.  This is very difficult for me to figure out
without assistance because Zoomtext, my magnification and text to speech
software, on which I am depending because I am almost blind, has problems
reading out aloud many programming related websites to me.  And even those
websites it can read, it can only read sequentially from left to right and
then from top to bottom.  Unfortunately, this way of acquiring, finding,
selecting and processing new information and answering questions is too
tiresome, exhausting, ineffective and especially way too time consuming for
graduating with a PhD in bioinformatics before my funding runs out despite
being severely limited by my visual disability.  I would also need help
with writing a good literature review and applying the described techniques
to my own yeast Affimetrix microarray dataset because I cannot see well
enough to find all relevant publications on my own.



Some examples for specific tasks I urgently need help with are:



1.    Analyzing and comparing the three publically available microarray
datasets that can be accessed at:

A.    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE41860

B.    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE38635

C.   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE9217



2.    Learning how to use the Affymetrics microarray analysis software for
the Yeast 2 chip, which can be found at
http://www.affymetrix.com/support/technical/libraryfilesmain.affx



3.    For Cytoscape I need somebody, who can teach me how to execute the
tutorials at the following links because due to my very limited vision
field I cannot see tutorial and program interface simultaneously.

A.
http://opentutorials.cgl.ucsf.edu/index.php/Tutorial:Introduction_to_Cytoscape_3.1-part2#Importing_and_Exploring_Your_Data

B.
http://opentutorials.cgl.ucsf.edu/index.php/Tutorial:Filtering_and_Editing_in_Cytoscape_3

C.
http://cytoscape.org/manual/Cytoscape2_8Manual.html#Import%20Fixed-Format%20Network%20Files

D.   http://wiki.cytoscape.org/Cytoscape_User_Manual/Network_Formats



4.    Learning how to use the TopGo R package to perform statistical
analysis on GO enrichments.



Since I am legally blind the rehab agency is giving me money to pay tutors
for this purpose.  Could you please help me getting in touch regarding this
with anybody, who could potentially be interested in teaching me one on one
thus saving me time for acquiring new information and skills, which I need
to finish my thesis on time, so that I can remain eligible for funding to
continue in my bioinformatics PhD program despite being almost blind?  The
tutoring can be done remotely via TeamViewer 5 and Skype.  Hence, it does
not matter where my tutors are physically located.  Currently I have tutors
in Croatia and UK.  But since they both work full time jobs while working
on their PhD dissertation they only have very limited time to teach me
online.  Could you therefore please forward this request for help to
anybody, who could potentially be interested or, who could connect me to
somebody, who might be, because my graduation and career depend on it?  Who
else would you recommend me to contact regarding this?  Where else could I
post this because I am in urgent need for help?



Could you please contact me directly via email at Thomas.F.Hahn2 at gmail.com
and/or Skype at tfh002 because my text to speech software has problems to
read out this website aloud to me?

I thank you very much in advance for your thoughts, ideas, suggestions,
recommendations, time, help, efforts and support.

With very warm regards,



*Thomas Hahn*

1)    *Graduate student in the Joint Bioinformatics Program at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Arkansas
Medical Sciences (UAMS) &*

2)    *Research & Industry Advocate, Founder and Board Member of RADISH
MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (**http://www.radishmedical.com/thomas-hahn/*
<http://www.radishmedical.com/thomas-hahn/>*) *



*Primary email: **Thomas.F.Hahn2 at gmail.com* <Thomas.F.Hahn2 at gmail.com>

*Cell phone: 318 243 3940*

*Office phone: 501 682 1440*

*Office location: EIT 535*

*Skype ID: tfh002*

*Virtual Google Voice phone to reach me while logged into my email (i.e. *
*Thomas.F.Hahn2 at gmail.com* <Thomas.F.Hahn2 at gmail.com>*), even when having
no cell phone reception, e.g. in big massive buildings:  *(501) 301-4890
<%28501%29%20301-4890>



*Web links: *



1)      https://ualr.academia.edu/ThomasHahn

2)      https://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-hahn/42/b29/42

3)      http://facebook.com/Thomas.F.Hahn
<https://www.facebook.com/Thomas.F.Hahn>

4)      https://twitter.com/Thomas_F_Hahn
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jan  6 05:24:43 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:54:43 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] A page with ideas for lightning talks
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References: <CAEnZiLoard=cTpB6v1+e6tKfXsXTPdTmO7xBm-3gvZxyP58DOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> Point taken. Let's create a page for this on our website.

Created an issue for this: https://github.com/Chennaipy/website/issues/45

From gcmouli82 at gmail.com  Tue Jan  6 11:53:38 2015
From: gcmouli82 at gmail.com (Chandramowli G.)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 16:23:38 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] A page with ideas for lightning talks
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89MBuLtosd2h2359UExKmU-cg-yJP4cdUy4vHGObmfCOqw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEnZiLoard=cTpB6v1+e6tKfXsXTPdTmO7xBm-3gvZxyP58DOw@mail.gmail.com>
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Why don't we think about allowing both the options ?

Like those who wish to talk about their own topics, they can do so and then
those who are experts and would like to take up from wish list, they can
also do so.



On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > Point taken. Let's create a page for this on our website.
>
> Created an issue for this: https://github.com/Chennaipy/website/issues/45
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From venkatesh.umaashankar at gmail.com  Tue Jan  6 12:03:22 2015
From: venkatesh.umaashankar at gmail.com (Venkatesh U)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 16:33:22 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] A page with ideas for lightning talks
In-Reply-To: <CANy0y-d5SKVaFQ594=_VJazRrzwYQ4q+Yvcn7HBxDjd1kQ=sPQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEnZiLoard=cTpB6v1+e6tKfXsXTPdTmO7xBm-3gvZxyP58DOw@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAEnZiLqAVHdtXWG+80HfNtGXubq3d=OhuUpKbRU20=3G9BPyGg@mail.gmail.com>

Chandru,
I believe the page is just serve as guideline, we should and will continue
the existing process. Topics out of list would be welcome always

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Chandramowli G. <gcmouli82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why don't we think about allowing both the options ?
>
> Like those who wish to talk about their own topics, they can do so and
> then those who are experts and would like to take up from wish list, they
> can also do so.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Point taken. Let's create a page for this on our website.
>>
>> Created an issue for this: https://github.com/Chennaipy/website/issues/45
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chennaipy mailing list
>> Chennaipy at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jan  6 13:18:51 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:48:51 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] A page with ideas for lightning talks
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References: <CAEnZiLoard=cTpB6v1+e6tKfXsXTPdTmO7xBm-3gvZxyP58DOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Venkatesh U
<venkatesh.umaashankar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe the page is just serve as guideline, we should and will continue
> the existing process. Topics out of list would be welcome always

+1

Nothing is set in stone really :)

From sakthirengaraj at gmail.com  Wed Jan  7 05:19:56 2015
From: sakthirengaraj at gmail.com (Rengaraj D)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 09:49:56 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
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References: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>
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On 3 January 2015 at 16:56, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > If you are interested in giving a talk, please send in
> > your talk title and short description.
>
> @Rengaraj: Will be looking forward to your talk this time :)
>

@Shrayas Sure I will prepare well and give the talk this time.
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Wed Jan  7 05:21:05 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 09:51:05 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Rengaraj D <sakthirengaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> @Shrayas Sure I will prepare well and give the talk this time.

AWESOME! :)

From gcmouli82 at gmail.com  Wed Jan  7 11:44:42 2015
From: gcmouli82 at gmail.com (Chandramowli G.)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:14:42 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89MqGGBPUMbHi=5LmiOhnmGJbM1NAgDZOsngiDyGFWxDQw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>
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Venue please.

First time attendee !!!

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Rengaraj D <sakthirengaraj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > @Shrayas Sure I will prepare well and give the talk this time.
>
> AWESOME! :)
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From sakthirengaraj at gmail.com  Wed Jan  7 12:07:34 2015
From: sakthirengaraj at gmail.com (Rengaraj D)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:37:34 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
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On 7 January 2015 at 16:14, Chandramowli G. <gcmouli82 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Venue please.
>
> First time attendee !!!
>
>
Sign up here in  ChennaiPy Meetup Page <http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/> .
Venue will be updated 1 or 2 weeks before the meet.
You can do RSVP once the Next  meetup is posted.
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From akhilmohanmec at gmail.com  Fri Jan  9 11:17:03 2015
From: akhilmohanmec at gmail.com (Akhil Mohan)
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:47:03 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Animation in realtime
Message-ID: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

Let me explain a bit of what I am trying to do. I am using an Inertial
Measurement Unit (IMU) for obtaining orientation and this data is filtered
and sent via Bluetooth to PC. On the PC I am receiving the data using
pyserial. So the data being sent out in quaternion form (like Euler angle)
is used for creating an animation. The figure or object has to periodically
update the data and do the rotation according to the algorithm. These all
things works well.
Now the problem is the object I created is not updating or not moving in
real time and the implementation Funcfunction seems to be the culprit. Can
anyone suggest what is the mistake that I am doing ? Please see the sample
code :)

Cheers!!
Akhil Mohan
------------------------------


# Global variables
msg = ''
full_msg = None

# First set up the figure, the axis, and the plot element we want to animate
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
# ax = plt.axes(xlim=(0, 2), ylim=(-2, 2), zlim=(0, 10))
line, = ax.plot([], [], [], lw=1)

# Setting the axes properties
ax.set_xlim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
ax.set_ylabel('X')
ax.set_ylim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
ax.set_ylabel('Y')
ax.set_zlim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
ax.set_ylabel('Z')

# Get serial handle
s_handle = serial.Serial("COM15", 115200, timeout=0)
# initialization function: plot the background of each frame

def init():
line.set_data([], [])
line.set_3d_properties([])
return line,

# object vertices
obj = np.array([[-0.5, 0.5, 0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0, -0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5],
[-0.5, -0.5, 0.5, 0.5, -0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5],
[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1.2, 0, 0, 1.2, 0, 0]]).T

def main():
while(s_handle):
global msg
# i=0
if s_handle.inWaiting() != 0:
msg += str(s_handle.read(s_handle.inWaiting()))?
# Look for full message.
full_msg = msg.split('Z')
for f in full_msg:
# print f,len(f)
if (len(f) == 35):
q = np.array([float(m) for m in f.split(',')])
# print q
quat_data = np.array([quaternion_rotate(q, pure_quaternion(p)) for p in
obj])[:, 1:] # quaternion function is working fine :)
return quat_data

def animate(i):
rot_obj = main()
x = list(rot_obj[:, 0])
y = list(rot_obj[:, 1])
z = list(rot_obj[:, 2])
line.set_data(x, y)
line.set_3d_properties(z)
return line,

anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, init_func=init,frames=10000,
interval=20, blit=True)
plt.show()

-- 
-------------------------------------------------
Akhil Mohan (+91-7639168728)
Ph.D Scholar
IITM-CMC-SCTIMST
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From guruvenkat7 at gmail.com  Sat Jan 10 05:20:23 2015
From: guruvenkat7 at gmail.com (Guru Venkat)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:50:23 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Animation in realtime
In-Reply-To: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJ-HQGVahHc43YHaU74=yBE=H88Fp0DT0XCN9SWMwS0YyJ4OUQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I have not used the animation subroutine of matplotlib for animating 3D
plots.

However, I have used Visual Python for such animations. Take a look at the
attached code. Maybe you are looking for something on these lines?

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Akhil Mohan <akhilmohanmec at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Let me explain a bit of what I am trying to do. I am using an Inertial
> Measurement Unit (IMU) for obtaining orientation and this data is filtered
> and sent via Bluetooth to PC. On the PC I am receiving the data using
> pyserial. So the data being sent out in quaternion form (like Euler angle)
> is used for creating an animation. The figure or object has to periodically
> update the data and do the rotation according to the algorithm. These all
> things works well.
> Now the problem is the object I created is not updating or not moving in
> real time and the implementation Funcfunction seems to be the culprit. Can
> anyone suggest what is the mistake that I am doing ? Please see the sample
> code :)
>
> Cheers!!
> Akhil Mohan
> ------------------------------
>
>
> # Global variables
> msg = ''
> full_msg = None
>
> # First set up the figure, the axis, and the plot element we want to
> animate
> fig = plt.figure()
> ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
> # ax = plt.axes(xlim=(0, 2), ylim=(-2, 2), zlim=(0, 10))
> line, = ax.plot([], [], [], lw=1)
>
> # Setting the axes properties
> ax.set_xlim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
> ax.set_ylabel('X')
> ax.set_ylim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
> ax.set_ylabel('Y')
> ax.set_zlim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
> ax.set_ylabel('Z')
>
> # Get serial handle
> s_handle = serial.Serial("COM15", 115200, timeout=0)
> # initialization function: plot the background of each frame
>
> def init():
> line.set_data([], [])
> line.set_3d_properties([])
> return line,
>
> # object vertices
> obj = np.array([[-0.5, 0.5, 0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0, -0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5],
> [-0.5, -0.5, 0.5, 0.5, -0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5],
> [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1.2, 0, 0, 1.2, 0, 0]]).T
>
> def main():
> while(s_handle):
> global msg
> # i=0
> if s_handle.inWaiting() != 0:
> msg += str(s_handle.read(s_handle.inWaiting()))?
> # Look for full message.
> full_msg = msg.split('Z')
> for f in full_msg:
> # print f,len(f)
> if (len(f) == 35):
> q = np.array([float(m) for m in f.split(',')])
> # print q
> quat_data = np.array([quaternion_rotate(q, pure_quaternion(p)) for p in
> obj])[:, 1:] # quaternion function is working fine :)
> return quat_data
>
> def animate(i):
> rot_obj = main()
> x = list(rot_obj[:, 0])
> y = list(rot_obj[:, 1])
> z = list(rot_obj[:, 2])
> line.set_data(x, y)
> line.set_3d_properties(z)
> return line,
>
> anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, init_func=init,frames=10000,
> interval=20, blit=True)
> plt.show()
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------
> Akhil Mohan (+91-7639168728)
> Ph.D Scholar
> IITM-CMC-SCTIMST
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
>


-- 
Thanks & Regards

Guru Venkat
PhD Scholar,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/optics/guru
Mobile: +91-9884314268
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Sat Jan 10 06:18:39 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:48:39 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Talks for January Meetup
In-Reply-To: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>
References: <54A6D96D.9040103@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89NRg_wgzH0VK+xgmRQVRE9ksXW8nGY+0ttAkHX82ArPxg@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> If you are interested in giving a talk, please send in
> your talk title and short description.

Talk Title:
    My journey with the world of Open Source
Description:
    This talk is about how I got into the world of Open Source and
what it has done to me, both as a programmer and as a person. We'll
explore some of my earliest commits and Pull Requests as we go on a
journey from then, till now.

From akhilmohanmec at gmail.com  Sat Jan 10 14:38:25 2015
From: akhilmohanmec at gmail.com (Akhil Mohan)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:08:25 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Animation in realtime
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-HQGVahHc43YHaU74=yBE=H88Fp0DT0XCN9SWMwS0YyJ4OUQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAJ-HQGVahHc43YHaU74=yBE=H88Fp0DT0XCN9SWMwS0YyJ4OUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADyudJsRaumSPLGdhPOZ_J_QNwVgcRqsq9Quk=g+ZG3CADMQ+Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Guru,

Thanks Guru for your time.

This does not seem to my application and am looking some other way to get
it done.

Cheers!!

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Guru Venkat <guruvenkat7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have not used the animation subroutine of matplotlib for animating 3D
> plots.
>
> However, I have used Visual Python for such animations. Take a look at the
> attached code. Maybe you are looking for something on these lines?
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Akhil Mohan <akhilmohanmec at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Let me explain a bit of what I am trying to do. I am using an Inertial
>> Measurement Unit (IMU) for obtaining orientation and this data is filtered
>> and sent via Bluetooth to PC. On the PC I am receiving the data using
>> pyserial. So the data being sent out in quaternion form (like Euler angle)
>> is used for creating an animation. The figure or object has to periodically
>> update the data and do the rotation according to the algorithm. These all
>> things works well.
>> Now the problem is the object I created is not updating or not moving in
>> real time and the implementation Funcfunction seems to be the culprit. Can
>> anyone suggest what is the mistake that I am doing ? Please see the sample
>> code :)
>>
>> Cheers!!
>> Akhil Mohan
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>> # Global variables
>> msg = ''
>> full_msg = None
>>
>> # First set up the figure, the axis, and the plot element we want to
>> animate
>> fig = plt.figure()
>> ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
>> # ax = plt.axes(xlim=(0, 2), ylim=(-2, 2), zlim=(0, 10))
>> line, = ax.plot([], [], [], lw=1)
>>
>> # Setting the axes properties
>> ax.set_xlim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
>> ax.set_ylabel('X')
>> ax.set_ylim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
>> ax.set_ylabel('Y')
>> ax.set_zlim3d([-2.0, 2.0])
>> ax.set_ylabel('Z')
>>
>> # Get serial handle
>> s_handle = serial.Serial("COM15", 115200, timeout=0)
>> # initialization function: plot the background of each frame
>>
>> def init():
>> line.set_data([], [])
>> line.set_3d_properties([])
>> return line,
>>
>> # object vertices
>> obj = np.array([[-0.5, 0.5, 0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0, -0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5],
>> [-0.5, -0.5, 0.5, 0.5, -0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5, 0, 0.5, -0.5],
>> [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1.2, 0, 0, 1.2, 0, 0]]).T
>>
>> def main():
>> while(s_handle):
>> global msg
>> # i=0
>> if s_handle.inWaiting() != 0:
>> msg += str(s_handle.read(s_handle.inWaiting()))?
>> # Look for full message.
>> full_msg = msg.split('Z')
>> for f in full_msg:
>> # print f,len(f)
>> if (len(f) == 35):
>> q = np.array([float(m) for m in f.split(',')])
>> # print q
>> quat_data = np.array([quaternion_rotate(q, pure_quaternion(p)) for p in
>> obj])[:, 1:] # quaternion function is working fine :)
>> return quat_data
>>
>> def animate(i):
>> rot_obj = main()
>> x = list(rot_obj[:, 0])
>> y = list(rot_obj[:, 1])
>> z = list(rot_obj[:, 2])
>> line.set_data(x, y)
>> line.set_3d_properties(z)
>> return line,
>>
>> anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, init_func=init,frames=10000,
>> interval=20, blit=True)
>> plt.show()
>>
>> --
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Akhil Mohan (+91-7639168728)
>> Ph.D Scholar
>> IITM-CMC-SCTIMST
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chennaipy mailing list
>> Chennaipy at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Guru Venkat
> PhD Scholar,
> Department of Electrical Engineering,
> Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
> http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/optics/guru
> Mobile: +91-9884314268
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
>


-- 
-------------------------------------------------
Akhil Mohan (+91-7639168728)
Ph.D Scholar
IITM-CMC-SCTIMST
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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Sat Jan 10 17:03:32 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:33:32 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Animation in realtime
In-Reply-To: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <54B14D54.9020304@bravegnu.org>

On Friday 09 January 2015 03:47 PM, Akhil Mohan wrote:
[clip]
> things works well.  Now the problem is the object I created is not
> updating or not moving in real time and the implementation
> Funcfunction seems to be the culprit.  Can anyone suggest what is
> the mistake that I am doing ? Please see the sample code :)

Hi Akhil,
When you post code, please ensure that the indentation is
preserved. As for your question, are you sure the serial port code is
not blocking your animation?

Regards,
Vijay

From vijaykumar at zilogic.com  Sat Jan 10 17:26:16 2015
From: vijaykumar at zilogic.com (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:56:16 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
Message-ID: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>

Hi Everyone,
In the last meetup, I did my presentation using asciidoc and
dzslides. http://paulrouget.com/dzslides/ Though I liked the output,
with dzslides' CSS it was not possible to print the slides to PDF. I
was looking for ways to convert the slides to PDF, so that I can
upload them to slideshare.

After reading through various projects on the Internet, it occurred to
me that this can be easily done using selenium. The following Python
script opens up the slides, and saves a screenshot of every slide to a
separate image file. The slides are advanced by sending the SPACE key
stroke, to the browser.

------
from selenium import webdriver

browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.set_window_size(1600, 1200)
browser.get("file:///path/to/slides.html")

for i in range(40):
     browser.save_screenshot("frame%02d.png" % i)
     section = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("section")
     section.send_keys(" ")

browser.quit()
------

The series of screenshots can then be converted to PDF using the
following command.

------
$ convert frame*.png slides.pdf
------

Well the result is not perfect, for example, the text is no longer
selectable, in the resulting PDF, and hyperlinks do not work. But I
atleast have something, that can be uploaded to slideshare.

Regards,
Vijay

From venkatesh.umaashankar at gmail.com  Sat Jan 10 17:46:28 2015
From: venkatesh.umaashankar at gmail.com (Venkatesh U)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:16:28 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
In-Reply-To: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
References: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
Message-ID: <CAEnZiLrwP7vOCgWnjCG8DCox1f4LrhC5AMoBTmrhcVuf+NN_hA@mail.gmail.com>

Good idea Vijay.
On Jan 10, 2015 9:58 PM, "Vijay Kumar" <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> In the last meetup, I did my presentation using asciidoc and
> dzslides. http://paulrouget.com/dzslides/ Though I liked the output,
> with dzslides' CSS it was not possible to print the slides to PDF. I
> was looking for ways to convert the slides to PDF, so that I can
> upload them to slideshare.
>
> After reading through various projects on the Internet, it occurred to
> me that this can be easily done using selenium. The following Python
> script opens up the slides, and saves a screenshot of every slide to a
> separate image file. The slides are advanced by sending the SPACE key
> stroke, to the browser.
>
> ------
> from selenium import webdriver
>
> browser = webdriver.Firefox()
> browser.set_window_size(1600, 1200)
> browser.get("file:///path/to/slides.html")
>
> for i in range(40):
>     browser.save_screenshot("frame%02d.png" % i)
>     section = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("section")
>     section.send_keys(" ")
>
> browser.quit()
> ------
>
> The series of screenshots can then be converted to PDF using the
> following command.
>
> ------
> $ convert frame*.png slides.pdf
> ------
>
> Well the result is not perfect, for example, the text is no longer
> selectable, in the resulting PDF, and hyperlinks do not work. But I
> atleast have something, that can be uploaded to slideshare.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
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From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Sat Jan 10 18:25:03 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:55:03 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
In-Reply-To: <CAEnZiLrwP7vOCgWnjCG8DCox1f4LrhC5AMoBTmrhcVuf+NN_hA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
 <CAEnZiLrwP7vOCgWnjCG8DCox1f4LrhC5AMoBTmrhcVuf+NN_hA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAC2qNN5sNQOb+7RPVev_2QE2RTtvJxH7eXWa+W+9b9bpFpoCcg@mail.gmail.com>

thanks for sharing !

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Venkatesh U <
venkatesh.umaashankar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good idea Vijay.
> On Jan 10, 2015 9:58 PM, "Vijay Kumar" <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> In the last meetup, I did my presentation using asciidoc and
>> dzslides. http://paulrouget.com/dzslides/ Though I liked the output,
>> with dzslides' CSS it was not possible to print the slides to PDF. I
>> was looking for ways to convert the slides to PDF, so that I can
>> upload them to slideshare.
>>
>> After reading through various projects on the Internet, it occurred to
>> me that this can be easily done using selenium. The following Python
>> script opens up the slides, and saves a screenshot of every slide to a
>> separate image file. The slides are advanced by sending the SPACE key
>> stroke, to the browser.
>>
>> ------
>> from selenium import webdriver
>>
>> browser = webdriver.Firefox()
>> browser.set_window_size(1600, 1200)
>> browser.get("file:///path/to/slides.html")
>>
>> for i in range(40):
>>     browser.save_screenshot("frame%02d.png" % i)
>>     section = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("section")
>>     section.send_keys(" ")
>>
>> browser.quit()
>> ------
>>
>> The series of screenshots can then be converted to PDF using the
>> following command.
>>
>> ------
>> $ convert frame*.png slides.pdf
>> ------
>>
>> Well the result is not perfect, for example, the text is no longer
>> selectable, in the resulting PDF, and hyperlinks do not work. But I
>> atleast have something, that can be uploaded to slideshare.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vijay
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chennaipy mailing list
>> Chennaipy at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Chennaipy at python.org
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From akhilmohanmec at gmail.com  Sat Jan 10 18:42:08 2015
From: akhilmohanmec at gmail.com (Akhil Mohan)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:12:08 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Animation in realtime
In-Reply-To: <54B14D54.9020304@bravegnu.org>
References: <CADyudJtHBX2brdJr_V3Zqa=pjT=KQw9H=TBQJKJGfrSWEccAUg@mail.gmail.com>
 <54B14D54.9020304@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CADyudJvurtRJSm7Rf96nkHbwyrasK-roPbvJnYN32twF3_pm=A@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Vijay,

I am able to print the data till end, but only not able to execute the Func
Animation in the proper manner. I have updated my modified code and am able
to print the x, y and z in my program. What I wanted is to have temporal
change of x y and z as data streams in.

Thanks and Regards,

---------------------------------------------------
# Global variables
msg = ''
full_msg = None

# First set up the figure, the axis, and the plot element we want to animate
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
line, = ax.plot([], [], [], lw=1)

# Setting the axes properties
ax.set_xlim3d([-180.0, 180.0])
ax.set_xlabel('X')
ax.set_ylim3d([-180.0, 180.0])
ax.set_ylabel('Y')
ax.set_zlim3d([-180.0, 180.0])
ax.set_zlabel('Z')

# Get serial handle
s_handle = serial.Serial("COM15", 115200, timeout=0)

# initialization function: plot the background of each frame
def init():
    line.set_data([], [])
    line.set_3d_properties([])
    return line,

# Decode 2s complement
def complement2s(n, nb):
    if (n >= 2**(nb-1)):
        return -2**nb + n
    else:
        return n

# Conversion of hex to float
def convert(s):
    i = int(s, 16)                   # convert from hex to a Python int
    cp = pointer(c_int(i))           # make this into a c integer
    fp = cast(cp, POINTER(c_float))  # cast the int pointer to a float
pointer
    return fp.contents.value

def main():
global msg
while(s_handle != 0):
if (s_handle.inWaiting() != 0):
msg += str(s_handle.read(s_handle.inWaiting()))
# Look for full message.
full_msg = msg.split('Z')
for f in full_msg:
# print f
# print len(f)
if (len(f) == 12):
dn = 4
data = np.array([complement2s(convert(f), 16) for i in range(0, len(f), dn)
])
if (len(full_msg[-1]) < 12):
msg = full_msg[-1]
# print data
return data

def animate():
    rot_obj = main()
    # print rot_obj
    x = rot_obj[0:1]
    y = rot_obj[1:2]
    z = rot_obj[2:3]
    print x, y, z
    line.set_data(x, y)
    line.set_3d_properties(z)
    return line,

if __name__ == '__main__':
while(s_handle != 0):
# main()
animate()
# call the animator.  blit=True means only re-draw the parts that have
changed.
anim = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, init_func=init,
                               frames=10000, interval=20, blit=True)
plt.show

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On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:

> On Friday 09 January 2015 03:47 PM, Akhil Mohan wrote:
> [clip]
>
>> things works well.  Now the problem is the object I created is not
>> updating or not moving in real time and the implementation
>> Funcfunction seems to be the culprit.  Can anyone suggest what is
>> the mistake that I am doing ? Please see the sample code :)
>>
>
> Hi Akhil,
> When you post code, please ensure that the indentation is
> preserved. As for your question, are you sure the serial port code is
> not blocking your animation?
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Sun Jan 11 05:17:48 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:47:48 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
In-Reply-To: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
References: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OUAaF2c7HZhA7uLS2ZixybOUj9bmNgAPG_qRK6YFh-Xg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at zilogic.com> wrote:
> But I
> atleast have something, that can be uploaded to slideshare.

This is pretty epic. Thanks for sharing :)

From rajasekaran86 at gmail.com  Mon Jan 12 03:40:39 2015
From: rajasekaran86 at gmail.com (Rajasekaran Karunanithi)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 03:40:39 +0100
Subject: [Chennaipy] Need information about Python based SME solutions
Message-ID: <CACPWcOqNFkZ8SGuyWrhuRPhMfwGdkOge_cVF0ZKLLcp5TnFJMQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

  I am studying Computer Science in Europe .I am a fan of Python
Programming Language.I would like to start a small business based on
Python.So I need to know about the possible solutions for my
dream.Please suggest some and also give your opinions.

Regards,
K.Rajasekaran

From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Tue Jan 13 17:17:41 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:47:41 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Need information about Python based SME solutions
In-Reply-To: <CACPWcOqNFkZ8SGuyWrhuRPhMfwGdkOge_cVF0ZKLLcp5TnFJMQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CACPWcOqNFkZ8SGuyWrhuRPhMfwGdkOge_cVF0ZKLLcp5TnFJMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAC2qNN4ddKg1o0gyOHQLDTw2hv4wkyLvNh7EVS=rGtGe476CSA@mail.gmail.com>

I may suggest you "Freelancing". Freelancing will give you broad overview
about the market and customer,thus generating better ideas.

Thanks
Cheers
http://igauravsehrawat.com

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Rajasekaran Karunanithi <
rajasekaran86 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   I am studying Computer Science in Europe .I am a fan of Python
> Programming Language.I would like to start a small business based on
> Python.So I need to know about the possible solutions for my
> dream.Please suggest some and also give your opinions.
>
> Regards,
> K.Rajasekaran
> _______________________________________________
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From kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com  Wed Jan 14 07:41:40 2015
From: kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com (Krishna Sangeeth KS)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:11:40 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Recording meet up sessions
Message-ID: <CAOZZnL+VHsUX0eF7D+7pwxTOodDOdr2+wT-N5R5NgS_NujhZ5A@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

Can we think about recording our sessions and later uploading  them to
YouTube ?

I can think of easy options such as google hangout on air. However I am not
sure how feasible this is.

Thanks,

Sangeeth
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Wed Jan 14 08:18:12 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:48:12 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Recording meet up sessions
In-Reply-To: <CAOZZnL+VHsUX0eF7D+7pwxTOodDOdr2+wT-N5R5NgS_NujhZ5A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOZZnL+VHsUX0eF7D+7pwxTOodDOdr2+wT-N5R5NgS_NujhZ5A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OGQnWU_DLDXtWUGYRMK+NB_ae80hfcntEUha6RLo9aNQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Krishna Sangeeth KS
<kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can we think about recording our sessions and later uploading  them to
> YouTube ?

We'll be recording the session this time actually. Vijay and I have
the necessary equipment. We'll probably need volunteers to process the
video at a later point in time perhaps :)

From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Wed Jan 14 08:28:12 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:58:12 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Recording meet up sessions
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89OGQnWU_DLDXtWUGYRMK+NB_ae80hfcntEUha6RLo9aNQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOZZnL+VHsUX0eF7D+7pwxTOodDOdr2+wT-N5R5NgS_NujhZ5A@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEkH89OGQnWU_DLDXtWUGYRMK+NB_ae80hfcntEUha6RLo9aNQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAC2qNN69SGne3K7mjp58sa768Act9SBjiL8NAe7pWyzhdfj5qA@mail.gmail.com>

Hangout is actually great. Need two users on hangout , first user shares
the slides from his account while giving presentation, second user's
cam(can be integrated or linked to laptop) point to user giving
presentation .
Hangout let's one to change the users screen, so we can switch to
presentation/presenter as needed.
This can save processing on recording.
will output result similar to this:
http://s15.postimg.org/4799fh5wr/screen.png

Just my suggestion.
Cheers
http://igauravsehrawat.com


On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Krishna Sangeeth KS
> <kskrishnasangeeth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can we think about recording our sessions and later uploading  them to
> > YouTube ?
>
> We'll be recording the session this time actually. Vijay and I have
> the necessary equipment. We'll probably need volunteers to process the
> video at a later point in time perhaps :)
> _______________________________________________
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Wed Jan 14 13:36:27 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:06:27 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Recording meet up sessions
In-Reply-To: <CAC2qNN69SGne3K7mjp58sa768Act9SBjiL8NAe7pWyzhdfj5qA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOZZnL+VHsUX0eF7D+7pwxTOodDOdr2+wT-N5R5NgS_NujhZ5A@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEkH89OGQnWU_DLDXtWUGYRMK+NB_ae80hfcntEUha6RLo9aNQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAC2qNN69SGne3K7mjp58sa768Act9SBjiL8NAe7pWyzhdfj5qA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OsLj=dSt2eD1DS2ymp=9NwYGC_nGS2+dswX3Uk9MaxVQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat
<igauravsehrawat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hangout is actually great. Need two users on hangout , first user shares the
> slides from his account while giving presentation, second user's cam(can be
> integrated or linked to laptop) point to user giving presentation .
> Hangout let's one to change the users screen, so we can switch to
> presentation/presenter as needed.

Interesting, How do we link the other input to a Camera though? Is
that possible? or do we have to record with a webcam only. The one
thing that I like that Google Hangouts definitely makes easier is that
we can capture screen without too much hassle.

> This can save processing on recording.
> will output result similar to this:
> http://s15.postimg.org/4799fh5wr/screen.png

This definitely looks good.

Can you do some experimentation with this and get back with a small
proposal? We can then decide which approach to take.

Vijay and I were thinking of going old school with a video camera and
some screen recording equipment. Then we can put both together.
Definitely more effort but something nonetheless. In addition, I also
have a good sound recorder that we could use.

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Thu Jan 15 05:45:09 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:15:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Why newbies should do talks at Chennaipy
Message-ID: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
Newbies are generally reluctant to give talks, for various
reasons. Here is one strong reason, to do a talk. If you are serious
about learning Python, then the best way to learn it is by teaching
others.  That's what the "Learning Pyramid" says. For more details see
http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/principles-of-learning/learning-pyramid/
Your retention goes up to 90% if you do a talk on a topic, boosting
the effectiveness of your learning process.

Some topics for newbies:

   * My 5 Favorite Questions from StackOverflow
     For some popular questions see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python?sort=votes&pageSize=15

   * My Favorite Python Module
     For some popular Python project see https://github.com/search?l=Python&o=desc&q=python&s=stars&type=Repositories&utf8=%E2%9C%93

   * My Favorite Python Recipe
     For some popular recipes see http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/top/

   * My Favorite Python Language Feature

   * 3 Python Gotchas to Watchout For
     Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/530530/python-2-x-gotchas-and-landmines
     and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1011431/common-pitfalls-in-python

Looking forward to talk submissions from newbies.

Regards,
Vijay

From igauravsehrawat at gmail.com  Thu Jan 15 08:40:05 2015
From: igauravsehrawat at gmail.com (Gaurav Sehrawat)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:10:05 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Why newbies should do talks at Chennaipy
In-Reply-To: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
References: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAC2qNN6i3wd0hRSLGaoWRZ-AGeLX2DKFK32AofULvEZdG1g7Qw@mail.gmail.com>

also if you are student
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 is not be
missed. There are abundant python organisation there. May be then you can
share about your project.
I did it for mine for R-language.

Cheers

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> Newbies are generally reluctant to give talks, for various
> reasons. Here is one strong reason, to do a talk. If you are serious
> about learning Python, then the best way to learn it is by teaching
> others.  That's what the "Learning Pyramid" says. For more details see
> http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/
> principles-of-learning/learning-pyramid/
> Your retention goes up to 90% if you do a talk on a topic, boosting
> the effectiveness of your learning process.
>
> Some topics for newbies:
>
>   * My 5 Favorite Questions from StackOverflow
>     For some popular questions see http://stackoverflow.com/
> questions/tagged/python?sort=votes&pageSize=15
>
>   * My Favorite Python Module
>     For some popular Python project see https://github.com/search?l=
> Python&o=desc&q=python&s=stars&type=Repositories&utf8=%E2%9C%93
>
>   * My Favorite Python Recipe
>     For some popular recipes see http://code.activestate.com/
> recipes/langs/python/top/
>
>   * My Favorite Python Language Feature
>
>   * 3 Python Gotchas to Watchout For
>     Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/530530/python-2-x-
> gotchas-and-landmines
>     and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1011431/common-
> pitfalls-in-python
>
> Looking forward to talk submissions from newbies.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Thu Jan 15 09:23:49 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:53:49 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Why newbies should do talks at Chennaipy
In-Reply-To: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
References: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89PADzoHRGj19f_uxwZGdcOcShhaZfS9uQ2=5CawT4xuGA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> f you are serious
> about learning Python, then the best way to learn it is by teaching
> others.

I totally agree with this.

I've observed that people often shy away from talking because of:

1. The "newbie" feeling
2. Stage fear
3. The fear that they may be wrong

I would like to address these individually.

1. The "newbie" feeling
If anyone is having the feeling that they need to be at a certain
"stage" before they can give a talk, I think that it is a mistaken
thought. Giving a talk isn't about _showing off_ your skills. It is
about sharing something that you have learnt. Sure, there might be
people in the audience that already know what you're talking about but
there will _also_ be other people in the audience for whom that will
be a completely new thing.

2. Stage Fear:
My personal thought on this is that every speaker whom you admire as
of this point in time was also afraid of going on stage once in his
life. I think they key thing here is to transform this fear (which is
negative) into something very positive. To this date, before I give a
talk, I am always nervous and keep thinking that i'll screw up. But
when I get on stage and start talking, that feeling settles down
because I know that i'm talking about something that I love and
believe in that makes all the difference. This leads me to point
number 2

3. The fear that they may be wrong
Sure. You wont know a lot of things when you speak for the first time.
You will not have a track of the time that you're taking to explain
something simple, you will attribute a concept to something which
might actually be wrong and things like that. You will *definitely*
make a lot of mistakes. But let me tell you that it doesn't matter if
you do. That is what a meetup is all about. We are all like minded
people who are there not for money or not for fame but simply because
we love the concept that the ideas being the Python language. So it
doesn't matter if you're wrong, I am sure that someone who knows that
concept will correct you when they meet you after the session and if
nothing, you've probably inspired one person to go back and look
something up about that topic. That in my opinion has way more value
than anything else.

---

Here are some reasons as to why I always try to attend and give a talk

1. Preparing for the talk
When you submit a proposal to talk, you should try to know as much
about the topic as possible. If the topic is even something as basic
as "How does object instantiation work in Python", you should go that
extra mile to learn what is happening. This excites me a lot. When I
submit a proposal, I start to read a lot of things around the topic.
Partially because i need to prepare for the questions that I might get
asked but partially because I take the talk proposal as an opportunity
to learn that topic as much as possible.

2. A break from usual life and the community
Talking at meetups are a great way to unwind and not think about work
or studies. Talking at meetups, for me, is just a way to meet really
interesting people and to understand their points of view on the
different things in life. It really doesn't have to all be about the
Python language but that helps to break the ice a little bit and that
is nice.

3. Have someone you look up to
I've always looked up to Zach Holman[1] of GitHub. I love the way he
makes his presentations and the way he talks. That is where I
initially drew my inspiration from. It really helps if you have
someone that you can look up to and try to be like. It gives you that
inner fuel that you need to push that extra mile to get some great
results. Also recently Zach made a website[2] where he lists out some
tips for public speaking. It is a really nice place to get inspiration
and tips on how to do be better at it and where to start.

---

To conclude: Propose a talk, Have fun speaking and lets catch up
during the event!

Also, Happy Pongal to one and all :)

---
Footnotes:
[1]: http://zachholman.com/
[2]: http://speaking.io/

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Thu Jan 15 13:52:34 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:22:34 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Why newbies should do talks at Chennaipy
In-Reply-To: <CAEkH89PADzoHRGj19f_uxwZGdcOcShhaZfS9uQ2=5CawT4xuGA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
 <CAEkH89PADzoHRGj19f_uxwZGdcOcShhaZfS9uQ2=5CawT4xuGA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <54B7B812.3000107@bravegnu.org>

On Thursday 15 January 2015 01:53 PM, Shrayas rajagopal wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Vijay Kumar<vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>  wrote:
>> f you are serious
>> about learning Python, then the best way to learn it is by teaching
>> others.
>
> I totally agree with this.
>
> I've observed that people often shy away from talking because of:
>
> 1. The "newbie" feeling
> 2. Stage fear
> 3. The fear that they may be wrong

+1

> 3. Have someone you look up to
> I've always looked up to Zach Holman[1] of GitHub. I love the way he
> makes his presentations and the way he talks. That is where I

My favorite is Prof. Anant Agarwal of MIT [1][2].  You can watch his
Lectures for the "Circuits and Electronics" course at
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002-circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/video-lectures/

Regards,
Vijay

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anant_Agarwal
[2] http://people.csail.mit.edu/agarwal/

From kiran.daredevil at gmail.com  Thu Jan 15 16:40:31 2015
From: kiran.daredevil at gmail.com (Kiran Gangadharan)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:10:31 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Why newbies should do talks at Chennaipy
In-Reply-To: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
References: <54B745D5.7030005@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAJHdgAS5HJpKiNF0n425dqOCx=TG9jgSgtXrUr6ef9wuaQXZ9w@mail.gmail.com>

I would also recommend checking out talks by Raymond Hettinger[1] to learn
about presenting technical topics in a fun and easy to understand manner.


[1] http://pyvideo.org/speaker/138/raymond-hettinger

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> Newbies are generally reluctant to give talks, for various
> reasons. Here is one strong reason, to do a talk. If you are serious
> about learning Python, then the best way to learn it is by teaching
> others.  That's what the "Learning Pyramid" says. For more details see
> http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/
> principles-of-learning/learning-pyramid/
> Your retention goes up to 90% if you do a talk on a topic, boosting
> the effectiveness of your learning process.
>
> Some topics for newbies:
>
>   * My 5 Favorite Questions from StackOverflow
>     For some popular questions see http://stackoverflow.com/
> questions/tagged/python?sort=votes&pageSize=15
>
>   * My Favorite Python Module
>     For some popular Python project see https://github.com/search?l=
> Python&o=desc&q=python&s=stars&type=Repositories&utf8=%E2%9C%93
>
>   * My Favorite Python Recipe
>     For some popular recipes see http://code.activestate.com/
> recipes/langs/python/top/
>
>   * My Favorite Python Language Feature
>
>   * 3 Python Gotchas to Watchout For
>     Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/530530/python-2-x-
> gotchas-and-landmines
>     and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1011431/common-
> pitfalls-in-python
>
> Looking forward to talk submissions from newbies.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
>



-- 
Cheers,
Kiran Gangadharan
http://kirang.in
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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Fri Jan 16 17:16:13 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:46:13 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Projects: Progress and Guidelines
Message-ID: <54B9394D.2010302@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
In the previous two weeks, the following improvements have been
made to the "hangman" code base.

   * @aswin94 contributed a fix to eliminate getRandomWord() function.

   * @hrishikeshsathe contributed code to change all private methods to
     use a underscore prefix.

   * @bravegnu contributed changes to display code coverage badge in
     the README.

   * @aswin94 contributed changes to add Google Docstring convention
     compliant docstrings to all methods.

   * @bravegnu contributed changes to automatically upload the package
     to PyPI on a creation of release tag.

This now enables us to install the package in our system using pip, as
shown below. The package was named gallows instead of hangman, since
the name is already taken in PyPI.

     # pip install gallows

Once installed, the game can be played using the following command.

     $ gallows.py

The program still produces exactly the same output as the code in the
book, "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python"! The really
interesting stuff is in the source code, not in the output of the
program. Grab a copy of the code from
https://github.com/Chennaipy/hangman

The following new tasks have been created.

   * Autogenerate entry point script
   * Convert README file to ReStructuredText
   * Add PyPI shields / badges
   * Add changelog file
   * Add classifiers to setup.py

== Guidelines

Revised set of guidelines in provided below.

   1. If you would like to participate in this activity, the first
      thing to do would be to add yourself to the watch list of the
      project. That way, you will get notifications when new issues are
      created.

      To start watching now click on
      https://github.com/Chennaipy/hangman/subscription

   2. If you are interested in a particular task, subscribe for
      notifications, for that particular task. Thay way, you will get
      notifications when comments are posted to that task.

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Fri Jan 16 18:24:34 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:54:34 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Projects: Progress and Guidelines
In-Reply-To: <54B9394D.2010302@bravegnu.org>
References: <54B9394D.2010302@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89Npj5D1d_yRGYoTrMyrP3x7kwgX0gGawe2zYpwthN9EBw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:

[...]

> In the previous two weeks, the following improvements have been
> made to the "hangman" code base.
>
>   * @aswin94 contributed a fix to eliminate getRandomWord() function.
>
>   * @hrishikeshsathe contributed code to change all private methods to
>     use a underscore prefix.
>
>   * @bravegnu contributed changes to display code coverage badge in
>     the README.
>
>   * @aswin94 contributed changes to add Google Docstring convention
>     compliant docstrings to all methods.
>
>   * @bravegnu contributed changes to automatically upload the package
>     to PyPI on a creation of release tag.

[...]

This looks really great :) Really nice to see people coming forward
for this activity.

@Everyone: Do y'all have any suggestions w.r.t this activity?

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Sun Jan 18 11:40:36 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 16:10:36 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup
Message-ID: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org>

# January Meetup

## Date & Time

   * 31st January
   * 3:00pm to 5:30pm

## Venue

Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc,
C.I.T Campus,
4th Cross Street,
Tharamani,
Chennai.

Location map: http://www.google.com/maps?q=12.994337,80.247170

## Schedule

   * Lightning Talks (40 min)
   * Networking over Tea sponsored by Zilogic Systems (20 min)
   * Lightning Talks (40 min)
   * Discussions (20 min)

## Talks

   * Image Processing with Python by Akshaia Kumar
   * How Python Changed My View of Programming by Rengaraj
   * My journey with the world of Open Source by Shrayas Rajagopal
   * Exception Handling in Python by Amritanshu Prasad
   * PyStokes: A case study of accelerating Python using Cython by Rajesh Singh
   * Lessons from the Python Project: Hangman by Vijay Kumar

Only the talk titles are included here, for the sake of brevity. For
details about the talks and the speakers, please visit
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/219692997/

## RSVP

Please RSVP on our Meetup page
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/219692997/

## New to Python?

If you are new to Python, you can make best use of the meetup, if you
go through any of the following resources, before attending the
meetup.

   * Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Chapters 1 - 9
     http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/

   * Google's Python Course (with Lecture Videos)
     https://developers.google.com/edu/python/

   * How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, Chapters 1 - 12
     http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Sun Jan 18 12:01:00 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 16:31:00 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup Poster
In-Reply-To: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org>
References: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <54BB926C.2050005@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
The meetup poster in printable format is available from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/060wtrjz7x3v8yh/jan-2015-meetup.pdf?dl=1

Regards,
Vijay

From stpmds at gmail.com  Mon Jan 19 09:14:23 2015
From: stpmds at gmail.com (m-murali)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:44:23 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup Poster
In-Reply-To: <54BB926C.2050005@bravegnu.org>
References: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org> <54BB926C.2050005@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <002e01d033bf$f1132c00$d3398400$@gmail.com>

Nicely done. 

I was hoping u will start fresh classes for phython for new learning.
Will be glad to join and learn.  Consider I am 66.

Regards.

m.murali

-----Original Message-----
From: Chennaipy [mailto:chennaipy-bounces+stpmds=gmail.com at python.org] On
Behalf Of Vijay Kumar
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 4:31 PM
To: Chennai Python User Group Mailing List
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup Poster

Hi Everyone,
The meetup poster in printable format is available from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/060wtrjz7x3v8yh/jan-2015-meetup.pdf?dl=1

Regards,
Vijay
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Mon Jan 19 10:04:26 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:34:26 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup Poster
In-Reply-To: <002e01d033bf$f1132c00$d3398400$@gmail.com>
References: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org> <54BB926C.2050005@bravegnu.org>
 <002e01d033bf$f1132c00$d3398400$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89MP6+Gf+jvvFXiR0OJxGxB8xLXLXyJ3vKtP1oQsAvRr2A@mail.gmail.com>

On Jan 19, 2015 1:44 PM, "m-murali" <stpmds at gmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> I was hoping u will start fresh classes for phython for new learning.
> Will be glad to join and learn.  Consider I am 66.

Hello Murali sir,

We are planning to have a workshop sometime soon. Otherwise if you would
like one of us from the community can give you a short introduction during
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From abs at outlook.in  Mon Jan 19 12:26:36 2015
From: abs at outlook.in (Anand S)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:56:36 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Chennaipy Digest, Vol 17, Issue 19
In-Reply-To: <mailman.57.1421665204.21212.chennaipy@python.org>
References: <mailman.57.1421665204.21212.chennaipy@python.org>
Message-ID: <BAY169-W33A747223A0AC5DAFAA893CA4A0@phx.gbl>

This is an interesting thread for 2 reasons.
I like what Mr. Murali mentioned asking the peers to treat him like he is 66. I have the exact need as his one, I would be very happy too if you guys consider giving some sort of training. But the American way of saying what he said is, treat me like I am 5. 
But seriously, as Shreyas replied, it would be awesome if you are thinking of organizing a workshop. I am currently in corporate communications domain which I am seriously considering to quit at the earliest. Python is my only chance to set right my career at this late stage. And I would like to join Mr. Murali and Shreyas discussion during the break. I'll be very thankful.
If I don't sound too demanding, I wish your future sessions will be as rigorous as PyCon conferences in terms of its content reachability. A 3-hours roller-coaster on a feature of python or something like that.
And check out this lady (Link-1, Link-2) who started out with a similar group in SFO and today that group is one of the benchmarks in their region. (Is this too lengthy for thread? Sorry!)
Anand

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> Hi Everyone,
> The meetup poster in printable format is available from
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/060wtrjz7x3v8yh/jan-2015-meetup.pdf?dl=1
> 
> Regards,
> Vijay
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:44:23 +0530
> From: "m-murali" <stpmds at gmail.com>
> To: "'Chennai Python User Group Mailing List'" <chennaipy at python.org>
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> Nicely done. 
> 
> I was hoping u will start fresh classes for phython for new learning.
> Will be glad to join and learn.  Consider I am 66.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> m.murali
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chennaipy [mailto:chennaipy-bounces+stpmds=gmail.com at python.org] On
> Behalf Of Vijay Kumar
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 4:31 PM
> To: Chennai Python User Group Mailing List
> Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup Poster
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> The meetup poster in printable format is available from
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/060wtrjz7x3v8yh/jan-2015-meetup.pdf?dl=1
> 
> Regards,
> Vijay
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> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:34:26 +0530
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> On Jan 19, 2015 1:44 PM, "m-murali" <stpmds at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > I was hoping u will start fresh classes for phython for new learning.
> > Will be glad to join and learn.  Consider I am 66.
> 
> Hello Murali sir,
> 
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jan 20 06:17:40 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:47:40 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup Poster
Message-ID: <CAEkH89Mfu+ebSdhHt7mv-r8Hnhi44RozykFY5kAw5rLczXnijw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Anand S <abs at outlook.in> wrote:

[...]

> But seriously, as Shreyas replied, it would be awesome if you are thinking
> of organizing a workshop.

Yes we are. This is definitely planned. We still have to start to put
it into action. We're looking for people who can help us with
organizing such a thing.

> And I would like to join
> Mr. Murali and Shreyas discussion during the break. I'll be very thankful.

You are most welcome sir :)

> If I don't sound too demanding, I wish your future sessions will be as
> rigorous as PyCon conferences in terms of its content reachability. A
> 3-hours roller-coaster on a feature of python or something like that.

The meetup format as it is currently, follows a lightning talk
model[1]. The point of such a format is to encourage people to come
forward and leave the audience with pointers and not make them sit
through a long session. That is why we are planning to do the workshop
for a more dedicated set of people.

[...]

> (Is this too lengthy for thread? Sorry!)

Haha don't worry about it.

ps: please don't reply to a digest mail. Or if you want to, there is a
neat guide[2] that you can follow.

---
Footnotes:
[1]: http://www.bravegnu.org/blog/lightning-talks.html
[2]: http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/89914

From vnbang2003 at gmail.com  Wed Jan 21 05:00:27 2015
From: vnbang2003 at gmail.com (vijay kumar)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:30:27 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Fwd: [Inpycon] PyBelgaum 2015
In-Reply-To: <CAKgGif5s7jt=od0mYTKwexL_edOe+ScU3+SLxy6hdKD+RuZ+iQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKgGif5s7jt=od0mYTKwexL_edOe+ScU3+SLxy6hdKD+RuZ+iQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHX9ajTgRnh-rsdUW0E4xq2kw16=i8AqW8qJ1XAL4EtpHXZHgA@mail.gmail.com>

FYI

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: iliyas shirol <iliyas.shirol at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Subject: [Inpycon] PyBelgaum 2015
To: Mailing list for the PyCon India conference <inpycon at python.org>


Hello everyone,

We are happy to announce the first Python conference of the year 2015.

Location: Belgaum, Karnataka
Dates: 28th Feb - 1st March 2015.
Website: http://pybelgaum.org/2015/

The CFP is now open. We request people to submit their proposals for
talks/workshops.
- http://junction.pybelgaum.org/pybelgaum/proposals/

If anyone can help to get the sponsorship for the event then please guide
them to the below URL,
- Sponsorship Prospectus link:
http://pybelgaum.org/2015/static/images/PyBelgaum_Sponsorship_Brochure.pdf

Facebook:
    https://www.facebook.com/PyBelgaum

Twitter:
    https://twitter.com/pybelgaum

Please do spread the word.

Thanks.

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From stpmds at gmail.com  Wed Jan 21 06:10:26 2015
From: stpmds at gmail.com (m-murali)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:40:26 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Fwd: [Inpycon] PyBelgaum 2015
In-Reply-To: <CAHX9ajTgRnh-rsdUW0E4xq2kw16=i8AqW8qJ1XAL4EtpHXZHgA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKgGif5s7jt=od0mYTKwexL_edOe+ScU3+SLxy6hdKD+RuZ+iQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAHX9ajTgRnh-rsdUW0E4xq2kw16=i8AqW8qJ1XAL4EtpHXZHgA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000601d03538$939d61b0$bad82510$@gmail.com>

wish it all success.  I wish at other places also such activities start and flourish.

regards.

m.murali

 

From: Chennaipy [mailto:chennaipy-bounces+stpmds=gmail.com at python.org] On Behalf Of vijay kumar
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:30 AM
To: chennaipy at googlegroups.com; ncr-python.in at python.org; kolpy at python.org; chennaipy at python.org
Subject: [Chennaipy] Fwd: [Inpycon] PyBelgaum 2015

 

FYI

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: iliyas shirol <iliyas.shirol at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Subject: [Inpycon] PyBelgaum 2015
To: Mailing list for the PyCon India conference <inpycon at python.org>



Hello everyone,

 

We are happy to announce the first Python conference of the year 2015.

 

Location: Belgaum, Karnataka 

Dates: 28th Feb - 1st March 2015.

Website: http://pybelgaum.org/2015/  <http://pybelgaum.org/2015/>  

 

The CFP is now open. We request people to submit their proposals for talks/workshops.

- http://junction.pybelgaum.org/pybelgaum/proposals/

 

If anyone can help to get the sponsorship for the event then please guide them to the below URL,

- Sponsorship Prospectus link: http://pybelgaum.org/2015/static/images/PyBelgaum_Sponsorship_Brochure.pdf

 

Facebook: 

    https://www.facebook.com/PyBelgaum

 

Twitter:

    https://twitter.com/pybelgaum

    

Please do spread the word.

 

Thanks.


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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Wed Jan 21 15:33:09 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:03:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Workshop
Message-ID: <54BFB8A5.5040203@bravegnu.org>

Hi Everyone,
We are getting a lot of requests to conduct workshops on Python. To
help us plan the workshops better, we would like to understand the
skillset of the audience. A poll has been created at
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/polls/1194231/ Please take up the poll
if you are interested in a workshop.

Regards,
Vijay

From noufal at gmail.com  Wed Jan 21 17:58:10 2015
From: noufal at gmail.com (Noufal Ibrahim)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:28:10 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] [Ncr-Python.in]  Fwd: [Inpycon] PyBelgaum 2015
In-Reply-To: <000601d03538$939d61b0$bad82510$@gmail.com> (m-murali's message
 of "Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:40:26 +0530")
References: <CAKgGif5s7jt=od0mYTKwexL_edOe+ScU3+SLxy6hdKD+RuZ+iQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAHX9ajTgRnh-rsdUW0E4xq2kw16=i8AqW8qJ1XAL4EtpHXZHgA@mail.gmail.com>
 <000601d03538$939d61b0$bad82510$@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <87lhkw840t.fsf@gmail.com>

On Wed, Jan 21 2015, m-murali wrote:

> wish it all success.  
> I wish at other places also such activities start and flourish.

We all do. The important part is for someone to actually take the lead
and start doing something. The PSSI can help.


[...]

-- 
Cordially,
Noufal
http://nibrahim.net.in

From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Fri Jan 23 10:04:49 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:34:49 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup
In-Reply-To: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org>
References: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <54C20EB1.9060904@bravegnu.org>

On Sunday 18 January 2015 04:10 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> ## Talks
>
> * Image Processing with Python by Akshaia Kumar
> * How Python Changed My View of Programming by Rengaraj
> * My journey with the world of Open Source by Shrayas Rajagopal
> * Exception Handling in Python by Amritanshu Prasad
> * PyStokes: A case study of accelerating Python using Cython by Rajesh
> Singh
> * Lessons from the Python Project: Hangman by Vijay Kumar

We have another talk confirmed "Build your own CPU : An introduction
to HDLs and FPGA development using Python" by Shrikant Giridhar. More
details are available at
http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/219692997/

Regards,
Vijay

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Fri Jan 23 11:19:33 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:49:33 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] January Meetup
In-Reply-To: <54C20EB1.9060904@bravegnu.org>
References: <54BB8DA4.9030008@bravegnu.org> <54C20EB1.9060904@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OT-2FXGmC_+1qHrfU2+HVF0A17e6fnbqcbRjHpa-_MyA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> We have another talk confirmed

let me just take some time out to say that the collection of talks we
have this time is just amazing! What I found _way_ more interesting
was that a fellow who joined us just last time is already presenting a
talk this time. That is a wonderful attitude and I hope to see way
more new faces presenting talks next time :)

Cheers to the community! *raises beer glass*

From naik.srinu at gmail.com  Fri Jan 23 15:19:32 2015
From: naik.srinu at gmail.com (Srinivas Naik)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 19:49:32 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Chennaipy Digest, Vol 17, Issue 23
In-Reply-To: <mailman.69.1422010805.30303.chennaipy@python.org>
References: <mailman.69.1422010805.30303.chennaipy@python.org>
Message-ID: <CAHFvbVcNQADiEn=a1q-xPLSsHWNO1YMApuoU+MpDfE3tP8STuw@mail.gmail.com>

Very interested to have videos / presentation / demos of January talks ...

Thanks
Naik

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> On Sunday 18 January 2015 04:10 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
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> > * How Python Changed My View of Programming by Rengaraj
> > * My journey with the world of Open Source by Shrayas Rajagopal
> > * Exception Handling in Python by Amritanshu Prasad
> > * PyStokes: A case study of accelerating Python using Cython by Rajesh
> > Singh
> > * Lessons from the Python Project: Hangman by Vijay Kumar
>
> We have another talk confirmed "Build your own CPU : An introduction
> to HDLs and FPGA development using Python" by Shrikant Giridhar. More
> details are available at
> http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/events/219692997/
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:49:33 +0530
> From: Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
> To: Chennai Python User Group Mailing List <chennaipy at python.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chennaipy] January Meetup
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> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
> wrote:
> > We have another talk confirmed
>
> let me just take some time out to say that the collection of talks we
> have this time is just amazing! What I found _way_ more interesting
> was that a fellow who joined us just last time is already presenting a
> talk this time. That is a wonderful attitude and I hope to see way
> more new faces presenting talks next time :)
>
> Cheers to the community! *raises beer glass*
>
>
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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Mon Jan 26 19:01:59 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:31:59 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Python Workshop
In-Reply-To: <54BFB8A5.5040203@bravegnu.org>
References: <54BFB8A5.5040203@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <54C68117.9060406@bravegnu.org>

On Wednesday 21 January 2015 08:03 PM, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> We are getting a lot of requests to conduct workshops on Python. To
> help us plan the workshops better, we would like to understand the
> skillset of the audience. A poll has been created at
> http://www.meetup.com/Chennaipy/polls/1194231/ Please take up the poll
> if you are interested in a workshop.

We will be closing the poll by tomorrow. If you haven't cast
your vote yet, please do so, at the earliest.

Regards,
Vijay

From murthyraju at gmail.com  Tue Jan 27 02:09:08 2015
From: murthyraju at gmail.com (Murthy Raju)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 06:39:08 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] [OT][Commercial] Employability Training for IT/CS
	graduates
Message-ID: <CAC4BoN5-cz4GjgZbqqEtOYzU1+YjkTVbtnSSrbTsPhY4B_3nOQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

We are a bunch of IT professionals, who have had the opportunity to
recruit/train/mentor a large number of Engineering graduates in
various areas of technology  - Programming/Sysadmin/Network
Admin/DBA/Technical Support/Testing/Dev Ops/Virtualization/Cloud
Computing related  etc. Benefiting from this combined experience, we
are planning to run a 40-hour course spread over 2 months for CS/IT
graduates covering the following areas:

1. Operating Systems
2. Networking
3. Programming
4. Virtualization/Cloud Computing

There will be a strong emphasis on using Free Software Tools to gain a
clear understanding of the topics covered in the course. While this is
primarily a technical course, Learning Skills/Communication Skills are
interwoven into the course modules and will be of help to the job
seekers.

All the trainers are working IT Professionals with hands-on experience
in the respective areas of technology.

The course targets CS & IT graduates and MCAs who are looking for
their first job.

The venue is T Nagar and the class room sessions will be of 2 hour
duration - 2 or 3 times a week. Apart from the hours spent in the
class room, the trainees will be expected to put in significant amount
of time on lab exercises/reading tasks.

We also run intensive short courses on the following topics on demand:

1. Python - Basic/Advanced
2. Django
3. Angular JS
4. Mongo DB

Please mail me directly off list with your resume and ask for more
details about the course.

Thanks
Murthy Raju
murthyraju at gmail.com

From shrayasr at gmail.com  Tue Jan 27 06:32:01 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:02:01 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Beginner Python Session | January Meetup
Message-ID: <CAEkH89OGJ1McokHGdTvx3jp1u3991yDnL0JX=FAkdjoEHwMC6g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

We received quite a few requests to have a quick python-101 session at
the meetup and we've decided to try it out.

In lieu of this, we have advanced the meetup start time from 3:00PM
to 2:30PM. These 30 minutes will be used to give a quick fire
introduction to the Python Programming language.

Anyone who is interested to attend, please feel free to come to the
same auditorium by 2:30PM.

By 3:00PM we will begin our usual meetup.

Do reach out if you have any questions.

Best Regards,
Shrayas

From sakthirengaraj at gmail.com  Wed Jan 28 14:55:00 2015
From: sakthirengaraj at gmail.com (Rengaraj D)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:25:00 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
In-Reply-To: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
References: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
Message-ID: <CANgAyd4AMLEaNrSmhkfaLHSNHb8mcrtH7t=xwgpB2qB=35UBDw@mail.gmail.com>

> ------
> from selenium import webdriver
>
    from time import sleep



> browser = webdriver.Firefox()
> browser.set_window_size(1600, 1200)
> browser.get("file:///path/to/slides.html")
>
> for i in range(40):
>     browser.save_screenshot("frame%02d.png" % i)
>     section = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("section")
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>
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From arvindpdmn at gmail.com  Wed Jan 28 15:04:09 2015
From: arvindpdmn at gmail.com (Arvind Padmanabhan)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:34:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
In-Reply-To: <CANgAyd4AMLEaNrSmhkfaLHSNHb8mcrtH7t=xwgpB2qB=35UBDw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
 <CANgAyd4AMLEaNrSmhkfaLHSNHb8mcrtH7t=xwgpB2qB=35UBDw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFF8NCgk9V04sEqyCSWjjE9wGS3qmd+X8=r7mMRP0hh4c00=Tg@mail.gmail.com>

I assume you are doing this as an exercise in learning Python. Personally,
I use reveal.js where exporting from HTML to PDF is simply a click away.


On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Rengaraj D <sakthirengaraj at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> ------
>> from selenium import webdriver
>>
>     from time import sleep
>
>
>
>> browser = webdriver.Firefox()
>> browser.set_window_size(1600, 1200)
>> browser.get("file:///path/to/slides.html")
>>
>> for i in range(40):
>>     browser.save_screenshot("frame%02d.png" % i)
>>     section = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("section")
>>     section.send_keys(" ")
>>
>          sleep(2)
> Add a 2 second sleep here to avoid collision between slides
>
>> browser.quit()
>> ------
>>
>
>
>
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> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
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From sakthirengaraj at gmail.com  Wed Jan 28 16:26:03 2015
From: sakthirengaraj at gmail.com (Rengaraj D)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:56:03 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Convert HTML Presentation to PDF
In-Reply-To: <CAFF8NCgk9V04sEqyCSWjjE9wGS3qmd+X8=r7mMRP0hh4c00=Tg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <54B152A8.2020904@zilogic.com>
 <CANgAyd4AMLEaNrSmhkfaLHSNHb8mcrtH7t=xwgpB2qB=35UBDw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAFF8NCgk9V04sEqyCSWjjE9wGS3qmd+X8=r7mMRP0hh4c00=Tg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANgAyd6RZR1R3dCP1yVcCSCiP3eqm-zjcFpZ4uCg2P9Ttx-TAw@mail.gmail.com>

On 28 January 2015 at 19:34, Arvind Padmanabhan <arvindpdmn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I assume you are doing this as an exercise in learning Python. Personally,
> I use reveal.js where exporting from HTML to PDF is simply a click away.
>
>
>
It is good to know reveal.js. Thanks for sharing.
I was preparing my lightning talk using dzslides.
I already posted it to slide share.
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From sunil at planmytour.in  Thu Jan 29 12:35:56 2015
From: sunil at planmytour.in (Sunil Gupta)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:05:56 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] [Job Posting] Python Django Developer
Message-ID: <CAEB9zJqUCnOPYRHLANZXCp0eCN-Aay1ncm37cifxEp2imEP7LA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Chennaipyers,

*Work Culture:*
Our work culture is die for work and live for fun and enjoy each moment of
life. Our team do not miss best of movies; we arrange the team meetings
over the lunch/dinner at famous restaurants. Sometime we work in the car,
driving across cities, resorts while fishing and do not mind to try new
idea. If you do not find this interesting do not read further.

*About the company:*

Plan My Tour (unit of BiRam Technologies Pvt Ltd) is a cloud based
technology platform that facilitates traveller to customize their tour
plan. This is first of its kind of product in the tourism industry and you
are going to be part of team in an innovative company. We are a
start-up  backed
by our technical team that is managed by experts which has working
experience of 14 years in MNCs like TCS, Honeywell and HCL in various
technology like Java, C++, Python, VC++, Web Services and various web
development tools etc.

Oh.. you are here.... So... lets go...
*Job Description:*

So, you would be responsible to work across technologies and cross platform
with advance concepts like Python Django, Strong Algorithms, AnularJS,
RESTful APIs, TripAdvisor API, Google API etc. Also you would part of the
team working with SOAP, Web Services, Payment Gateways, MySQL, Android,
iOS, Telecom and what not? 90% of our work is dynamic (server side) with
lots of real time business logic and a strong PL/SQL programming.

So if you are a passionate about start-ups, quick learner and explorer you
are 50% fit for this job, 30% is for your work experience with the required
technologies and remaining 20% is for never give up attitude.

*Job Type:* Permanent
*Office:* PlanMyTour, Near Raj Serenity, DLF Township, Bangalore.
*Eligibility:* Computer Graduate
*Experience:* Minimum 1 year in relevant technologies

*Skills: *

*Must to have:* Python / Django with Positive and never give up attitude

*Preferred to have:* SQL, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

*Good to have:* RESTful API, Angular JS

*Welcome skills:* Knowledge of Payment Gateway, Mobile Apps (Android /
iOS), APIs like Google, Google Map, Facebook, TripAdvisor etc.
*Advantage:* Technical experience and interest in travel domain.
Must:

*Salary:* More than industry standard.

*How to apply:*

Email your resume to sunil at planmytour.in
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From harish_manutd at hotmail.com  Thu Jan 29 17:06:08 2015
From: harish_manutd at hotmail.com (Harish Kumar)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:36:08 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Chennaipy event schedule featured in theprocast
Message-ID: <BLU184-W28A44D5E49A1CBF458F9589E300@phx.gbl>

Hello                                                                                                                                                               29-1-2015

Chennai Python User Group


I am, Harish from theprocast team. We are a group of enthusiastic Chennaites who have passionately taken up a new non-profit social initiative (theprocast - tanglish podcast series) to share and discuss technology in our favorite remix language ?Tanglish? (Tamil + English ). We have launched our first episode on 26th January, India?s first Technology Podcast in tamil for all tamil speaking brothers and sisters across the globe. Our talk show is creatively crafted to make every student, working professional and entrepreneur from across tamil speaking countries to learn, think and create. This helps to build a vivacious community of technology geeks who can contribute back globally. 

We are glad to say that , your upcoming chennaipy event schedule has been covered in our first episode of "Chennai Bytes" podcast under the "Namma ooru Calendar " section .To listen, Buffer in from 9:53 Minute  .Also feel free to give your valuable suggestion and feedback on this initiative . 

Soundcloud Link : - https://soundcloud.com/theprocast/cb01

Thank You 

RegardsHarish Kumar 
chennaibytes at theprocast.comfor theprocast team 
 		 	   		  
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From sakthirengaraj at gmail.com  Thu Jan 29 18:26:05 2015
From: sakthirengaraj at gmail.com (Rengaraj D)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:56:05 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Chennaipy event schedule featured in theprocast
In-Reply-To: <BLU184-W28A44D5E49A1CBF458F9589E300@phx.gbl>
References: <BLU184-W28A44D5E49A1CBF458F9589E300@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <CANgAyd7uvz_whmTx__v139JKkkhpFA_7pnTmJJCheojGcPuSzQ@mail.gmail.com>

We have launched our first episode on 26th January, India?s first
> Technology Podcast in tamil for all tamil speaking brothers and sisters
> across the globe. Our talk show is creatively crafted to make every
> student, working professional and entrepreneur from across tamil speaking
> countries to learn, think and create. This helps to build a vivacious
> community of technology geeks who can contribute back globally.
>
Good Initiative. You can also post this Information in Iugc mailing list..
Lot more people will get to know.

> We are glad to say that , your upcoming chennaipy event schedule has been
> covered in our first episode of "Chennai Bytes" podcast under the "Namma
> ooru Calendar " section .To listen, Buffer in from 9:53 Minute .Also feel
> free to give your valuable suggestion and feedback on this initiative .
>
Thanks for the publicizing chennaipy event  . It will be a great help for
students if it reaches Students community.
Try to make an app across different mobile platform.
You can know event from Chennai events calender[1] to podcast

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[1]https://chennaieventscalendar.wordpress.com/calendar/
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From 77minds at gmail.com  Thu Jan 29 18:40:56 2015
From: 77minds at gmail.com (Karthikeyan A K)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:10:56 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Space for meetups
Message-ID: <CAJR+9kZcaS-tMhnfrbY2BgnP4pxkO+7f54-eZxWCL97uX7QeAA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello People,

My office (Zanec, Chennai Branch) is ready to offer space for tech meetups,
its in thuraipakkam OMR
https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/%27%27/Zanec/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x3a525cf64af5afe9:0xb44d0bcb3c819bf1?sa=X&ei=wW7KVJTSKMK_mAX_pIGoAg&ved=0CHMQ9RcwDg

People who are interested to use this space on saturday and sunday, please
mail to me so that I can arrange it.

We have a conf room with projector, hi speed internet, seating for about 20
people. 10 will be really comfortable.

To have some pictures refer this link
https://twitter.com/hashtag/zackathon?src=hash

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From vijaykumar at bravegnu.org  Fri Jan 30 02:50:31 2015
From: vijaykumar at bravegnu.org (Vijay Kumar)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:20:31 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Space for meetups
In-Reply-To: <CAJR+9kZcaS-tMhnfrbY2BgnP4pxkO+7f54-eZxWCL97uX7QeAA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJR+9kZcaS-tMhnfrbY2BgnP4pxkO+7f54-eZxWCL97uX7QeAA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <54CAE367.4040109@bravegnu.org>

On Thursday 29 January 2015 11:10 PM, Karthikeyan A K wrote:
> We have a conf room with projector, hi speed internet, seating for about
> 20 people. 10 will be really comfortable.

Hi Karthikeyan, thanks for the offer. We will be needing some space for
workshops. Will this conf. room be suitable for workshops (10-15 people
max.)?

Regards,
Vijay

From 77minds at gmail.com  Fri Jan 30 03:28:08 2015
From: 77minds at gmail.com (Karthikeyan A K)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:58:08 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Space for meetups
In-Reply-To: <54CAE367.4040109@bravegnu.org>
References: <CAJR+9kZcaS-tMhnfrbY2BgnP4pxkO+7f54-eZxWCL97uX7QeAA@mail.gmail.com>
 <54CAE367.4040109@bravegnu.org>
Message-ID: <CAJR+9kbN-oaJXZjeitNMu4v_9FH9oyh86a90yh+Vca9UcdF0kQ@mail.gmail.com>

Ya sure , about 10 will have table, 5 of them need to have their lap's on
laps. Can you send me your phnum privately so that I can contact you.

Happy Coding ;)

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>
wrote:

> On Thursday 29 January 2015 11:10 PM, Karthikeyan A K wrote:
>
>> We have a conf room with projector, hi speed internet, seating for about
>> 20 people. 10 will be really comfortable.
>>
>
> Hi Karthikeyan, thanks for the offer. We will be needing some space for
> workshops. Will this conf. room be suitable for workshops (10-15 people
> max.)?
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
> _______________________________________________
> Chennaipy mailing list
> Chennaipy at python.org
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From sak.listing at gmail.com  Fri Jan 30 05:38:26 2015
From: sak.listing at gmail.com (A. K.)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:08:26 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Looking for a rockstar. Python/Django skills a bonus.
Message-ID: <CAH-xSR4fDGd3T6fjBw4MLcKnGpj_z4npaP3+A+LhJtd_Q-P9mw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all.  I learned about this group recently from a bright Python
enthusiast who interviewed for a position at my company.  I would hire him
in a heartbeat, except that he's leaning towards pursuing a Master's
instead.  The next best thing seemed to be to go directly to the watering
hole.  So, here I am.

Now, programmers are aplenty and easy to find.  That's not what I am
looking for.  In fact, when I see job application emails in which "Current
CTC + X%" is the only stated motivation for the application, I don't even
open the attached resumes.

That's right, I am not looking for mere coders-for-hire, who send out job
applications without even researching a company.  I am looking for bright
individuals who aim to use their analytical, programming skills to do
something meaningful, add value, and make a difference.

*If you are such an individual:*

   - You'd enjoy taking in this wise, inspiring lecture:
   http://youtu.be/D73mm29XXAw (Core message: "Strive to create value, in
   whatever area you want")
   - Let's talk!


*A little bit about myself:*
I am the founder and CEO of Jodi365.com, a next-generation matchmaking site
for Indians worldwide.  The site has been live since 2011 and has made
about 500,000 pairings to date.  It constantly gets heartwarming reviews
from users and generates revenues at a healthy clip.

Yet, wary of premature PR, we have consciously kept a low media profile
these last few years and have grown the business primarily organically.  It
may have been wise because, despite or perhaps in part due to numerous
innovations (we have patents pending in India and the US), we faced
repeated scaling challenges.

To remedy that, we began work a few months ago on a version 2, and are
migrating the site entirely from its current LAMP stack to one based on
Python/Django, with Angular.js on the front end.  (We will also be rolling
out companion mobile apps.)  We are close to rolling out this v.2.

*What I'd be happy to talk about:*
If you want to build or help build something of value and have relevant
skills, I'd be happy to think through these 3 options with you:
1) Take up or hold on to a stable, decently-paying job (at the safe end of
the risk/reward scale)
2) Build your own venture (highest risk, but with the highest reward
potential)
3) Join a startup (moderate risk, yet with substantial upside)

I can empathize with those who must at least for the time being pursue
Option 1.  What qualifies me to discuss Option 2: I was previously at an
angel investment network.  (See anil-kumar.com for my bio.)

*About Option 3, joining a startup:*
I am pleased to see young Indian professionals -- and their involved
families! -- becoming more aware of and open to startup opportunities.  A
common path, worldwide, is to flow from Option 1 to 3 to 2.  That is, the
paths are fluid.  Even within Option 3, the risk/reward profile varies
depending on where the startup is on its growth curve.

I have a personal interest in pitching Option 3, yet don't want to glorify
startups.  Why, a typical startup job posting from yesterday did just
that!  Our team members (see job description below) may have a similar
opportunity to get their hands dirty playing with leading-edge
technologies.  Yet, take it from me: Startups are not a picnic.  They are
hard.

Most people see athletes and their moments of glory.  What they don't see
is the hours, days, weeks, and months of persistence and toil that led to
the podium finish.

If you feel inspired to sweat it out with me and my team, learn from and
with us, and grow more than you otherwise might, personally and
professionally, drop me a line!

If you know of friends or acquaintances who may be interested, I would
appreciate your sharing this email with them.

Kind regards,
Anil
@aktxt <http://www.twitter.com/aktxt>



*Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead*

Chennai, India
http://www.jodi365.com/careers/software-engineer-web-developer

*tl;dr version:*

FreeElective Network Pvt. Ltd., based in Chennai, has introduced Jodi365.com
<http://www.jodi365.com/>, a next-generation social matchmaking site.  The
site is growing briskly, and we are about to launch a re-built, more
scaleable v.2 of our innovative, patent-pending system.  We are looking to
add another Python specialist to our team as we continue to refine our
product and service.


*About this job:*

We are expanding our engineering team as we migrate Jodi365 from the
current LAMP stack to Python/Django.  The work would be at FreeElective
Network's office in the heart of Chennai, a few miles from the IIT-Madras
campus.  The position represents a terrific opportunity to work in a
fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, especially for someone who is
excited about seeing their work get used and appreciated by thousands of
users on a daily basis.  If you think your particular skills and experience
would add to our team, we would love to hear from you.

*Responsibilities:*

   - Design, test, develop, and deploy production-ready web applications
   using Python/Django and client-side code
   - Build elegant, responsive, and optimized (cross-platform) web
   applications and user interfaces with HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax,
   Bootstrap, and Angular.js
   - Develop functional prototypes from wireframes and mockups
   - Support the Software Architect in designing, testing, and deploying
   the infrastructure to support a secure, scalable, and rapidly-evolving web
   application
   - Understand how users interact with our features through extensive use
   of analytics and continuously improve user experience
   - Resolve application issues/bugs that may arise
   - Assist management team in ensuring efficient progress of workflow and
   transforming business visions into reality

*Requirements:*

   - Exceptional Python coding skills and prior experience with web
   development using PHP/MySQL also
   - Deep JavaScript/Ajax experience, including framework experience and
   debugging tools
   - Able to design, code, unit test, and debug complex, DOM-based web
   software applications supporting multiple browsers
   - Able to take mockups and create high-performance web pages

*Preferences:*

   - 3+ years of programming and web development experience, including
   experience integrating front-end code with server-side technology on
   dynamic, large-scale consumer-facing websites
   - Experience in an Agile development life cycle
   - Solid understanding of object-oriented design, coding, and testing
   patterns
   - Bachelor's or higher degree in computer science or related major

*Bonus Points:*

   - Proficiency in source code management practices and working knowledge
   of version control tools such as Subversion

*Desired soft skills:*

   - Team player with strong analytical and project management skills
   - Organized and detail-oriented individual who works well with deadlines
   - Willingness to learn, switch roles as necessary, and to roll up one's
   sleeves to get a job done
   - Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a fast-changing
   environment
   - Energized by the opportunities and challenges of working at a small
   and growing company

------------------------------

*How to apply:*

Want to work with us?  To apply for this position:

   - Submit your application online
   <https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHlLX2J5TmdPZHhvZVRITjNCc3hIQnc6MQ>
   - E-mail a detailed CV/resume to careers at FreeElective.com, with the
   subject "Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead".  Include URLs of sites you
   have worked on and describe your role on those projects.
   - Instead of a cover letter to accompany your resume, include your
   crisp, thoughtful answers (less than 250 words each) to the following
   questions:


   1. What are your key skills? What are you really good at professionally?
   2. What do you think of the online matchmaking industry?
   3. Why do you want to work with us?
   4. What are your salary requirements and career growth expectations?
   5. Why should we hire you?


Some advice, as you prepare your application:

   - Be true to yourself. (Ask yourself about this job, "Is this what I
   really want to do professionally?")
   - Say it in your own words. (Your responses will be more compelling if
   they came from the heart.)

------------------------------

FreeElective Network (a subsidiary of US-based FreeElective LLC) is an
equal-opportunity employer. We provide opportunities to all employees
and applicants for employment without regard to religion, ethnicity,
race, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.
FreeElective complies with applicable laws governing
non-discrimination in every location in which the company has
facilities.

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From arvindpdmn at gmail.com  Fri Jan 30 05:48:59 2015
From: arvindpdmn at gmail.com (Arvind Padmanabhan)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:18:59 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] Looking for a rockstar. Python/Django skills a
	bonus.
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To quote,
"... we faced repeated scaling challenges.  To remedy that, we began
work a few months ago on a version 2, and are migrating the site
entirely from its current LAMP stack to one based on Python/Django,
with Angular.js on the front end."

I wonder if there is an expert among us who can give an in-depth talk
about what platform is right when it comes to scaling up. Millions of
users. Thousands of concurrent connections. Data-intensive vs simple
notifications. Hundreds of DB calls per second. Encryption enabled on
all data. Without this knowledge, start-ups will waste lot of time in
rework. It should be an impartial talk and recommend Python/Django
based proven metrics.

Anyone out there?

On 1/30/15, A. K. <sak.listing at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all.  I learned about this group recently from a bright Python
> enthusiast who interviewed for a position at my company.  I would hire him
> in a heartbeat, except that he's leaning towards pursuing a Master's
> instead.  The next best thing seemed to be to go directly to the watering
> hole.  So, here I am.
>
> Now, programmers are aplenty and easy to find.  That's not what I am
> looking for.  In fact, when I see job application emails in which "Current
> CTC + X%" is the only stated motivation for the application, I don't even
> open the attached resumes.
>
> That's right, I am not looking for mere coders-for-hire, who send out job
> applications without even researching a company.  I am looking for bright
> individuals who aim to use their analytical, programming skills to do
> something meaningful, add value, and make a difference.
>
> *If you are such an individual:*
>
>    - You'd enjoy taking in this wise, inspiring lecture:
>    http://youtu.be/D73mm29XXAw (Core message: "Strive to create value, in
>    whatever area you want")
>    - Let's talk!
>
>
> *A little bit about myself:*
> I am the founder and CEO of Jodi365.com, a next-generation matchmaking site
> for Indians worldwide.  The site has been live since 2011 and has made
> about 500,000 pairings to date.  It constantly gets heartwarming reviews
> from users and generates revenues at a healthy clip.
>
> Yet, wary of premature PR, we have consciously kept a low media profile
> these last few years and have grown the business primarily organically.  It
> may have been wise because, despite or perhaps in part due to numerous
> innovations (we have patents pending in India and the US), we faced
> repeated scaling challenges.
>
> To remedy that, we began work a few months ago on a version 2, and are
> migrating the site entirely from its current LAMP stack to one based on
> Python/Django, with Angular.js on the front end.  (We will also be rolling
> out companion mobile apps.)  We are close to rolling out this v.2.
>
> *What I'd be happy to talk about:*
> If you want to build or help build something of value and have relevant
> skills, I'd be happy to think through these 3 options with you:
> 1) Take up or hold on to a stable, decently-paying job (at the safe end of
> the risk/reward scale)
> 2) Build your own venture (highest risk, but with the highest reward
> potential)
> 3) Join a startup (moderate risk, yet with substantial upside)
>
> I can empathize with those who must at least for the time being pursue
> Option 1.  What qualifies me to discuss Option 2: I was previously at an
> angel investment network.  (See anil-kumar.com for my bio.)
>
> *About Option 3, joining a startup:*
> I am pleased to see young Indian professionals -- and their involved
> families! -- becoming more aware of and open to startup opportunities.  A
> common path, worldwide, is to flow from Option 1 to 3 to 2.  That is, the
> paths are fluid.  Even within Option 3, the risk/reward profile varies
> depending on where the startup is on its growth curve.
>
> I have a personal interest in pitching Option 3, yet don't want to glorify
> startups.  Why, a typical startup job posting from yesterday did just
> that!  Our team members (see job description below) may have a similar
> opportunity to get their hands dirty playing with leading-edge
> technologies.  Yet, take it from me: Startups are not a picnic.  They are
> hard.
>
> Most people see athletes and their moments of glory.  What they don't see
> is the hours, days, weeks, and months of persistence and toil that led to
> the podium finish.
>
> If you feel inspired to sweat it out with me and my team, learn from and
> with us, and grow more than you otherwise might, personally and
> professionally, drop me a line!
>
> If you know of friends or acquaintances who may be interested, I would
> appreciate your sharing this email with them.
>
> Kind regards,
> Anil
> @aktxt <http://www.twitter.com/aktxt>
>
>
>
> *Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead*
>
> Chennai, India
> http://www.jodi365.com/careers/software-engineer-web-developer
>
> *tl;dr version:*
>
> FreeElective Network Pvt. Ltd., based in Chennai, has introduced
> Jodi365.com
> <http://www.jodi365.com/>, a next-generation social matchmaking site.  The
> site is growing briskly, and we are about to launch a re-built, more
> scaleable v.2 of our innovative, patent-pending system.  We are looking to
> add another Python specialist to our team as we continue to refine our
> product and service.
>
>
> *About this job:*
>
> We are expanding our engineering team as we migrate Jodi365 from the
> current LAMP stack to Python/Django.  The work would be at FreeElective
> Network's office in the heart of Chennai, a few miles from the IIT-Madras
> campus.  The position represents a terrific opportunity to work in a
> fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, especially for someone who is
> excited about seeing their work get used and appreciated by thousands of
> users on a daily basis.  If you think your particular skills and experience
> would add to our team, we would love to hear from you.
>
> *Responsibilities:*
>
>    - Design, test, develop, and deploy production-ready web applications
>    using Python/Django and client-side code
>    - Build elegant, responsive, and optimized (cross-platform) web
>    applications and user interfaces with HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax,
>    Bootstrap, and Angular.js
>    - Develop functional prototypes from wireframes and mockups
>    - Support the Software Architect in designing, testing, and deploying
>    the infrastructure to support a secure, scalable, and rapidly-evolving
> web
>    application
>    - Understand how users interact with our features through extensive use
>    of analytics and continuously improve user experience
>    - Resolve application issues/bugs that may arise
>    - Assist management team in ensuring efficient progress of workflow and
>    transforming business visions into reality
>
> *Requirements:*
>
>    - Exceptional Python coding skills and prior experience with web
>    development using PHP/MySQL also
>    - Deep JavaScript/Ajax experience, including framework experience and
>    debugging tools
>    - Able to design, code, unit test, and debug complex, DOM-based web
>    software applications supporting multiple browsers
>    - Able to take mockups and create high-performance web pages
>
> *Preferences:*
>
>    - 3+ years of programming and web development experience, including
>    experience integrating front-end code with server-side technology on
>    dynamic, large-scale consumer-facing websites
>    - Experience in an Agile development life cycle
>    - Solid understanding of object-oriented design, coding, and testing
>    patterns
>    - Bachelor's or higher degree in computer science or related major
>
> *Bonus Points:*
>
>    - Proficiency in source code management practices and working knowledge
>    of version control tools such as Subversion
>
> *Desired soft skills:*
>
>    - Team player with strong analytical and project management skills
>    - Organized and detail-oriented individual who works well with deadlines
>    - Willingness to learn, switch roles as necessary, and to roll up one's
>    sleeves to get a job done
>    - Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a fast-changing
>    environment
>    - Energized by the opportunities and challenges of working at a small
>    and growing company
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *How to apply:*
>
> Want to work with us?  To apply for this position:
>
>    - Submit your application online
>
> <https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHlLX2J5TmdPZHhvZVRITjNCc3hIQnc6MQ>
>    - E-mail a detailed CV/resume to careers at FreeElective.com, with the
>    subject "Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead".  Include URLs of sites
> you
>    have worked on and describe your role on those projects.
>    - Instead of a cover letter to accompany your resume, include your
>    crisp, thoughtful answers (less than 250 words each) to the following
>    questions:
>
>
>    1. What are your key skills? What are you really good at professionally?
>    2. What do you think of the online matchmaking industry?
>    3. Why do you want to work with us?
>    4. What are your salary requirements and career growth expectations?
>    5. Why should we hire you?
>
>
> Some advice, as you prepare your application:
>
>    - Be true to yourself. (Ask yourself about this job, "Is this what I
>    really want to do professionally?")
>    - Say it in your own words. (Your responses will be more compelling if
>    they came from the heart.)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> FreeElective Network (a subsidiary of US-based FreeElective LLC) is an
> equal-opportunity employer. We provide opportunities to all employees
> and applicants for employment without regard to religion, ethnicity,
> race, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.
> FreeElective complies with applicable laws governing
> non-discrimination in every location in which the company has
> facilities.
>
> ###
>

From ramsai at live.in  Fri Jan 30 09:55:47 2015
From: ramsai at live.in (sai)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:25:47 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] App using Python
Message-ID: <BLU175-W24A55EE21A3665BF6E52ECC0310@phx.gbl>

Hi friends,

             Can anyone guide me to develop android app using python?

Waiting for a favaourable reply..

Thanks & regards,
Sairam.R

 		 	   		  
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From shrayasr at gmail.com  Fri Jan 30 10:06:09 2015
From: shrayasr at gmail.com (Shrayas rajagopal)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:36:09 +0530
Subject: [Chennaipy] App using Python
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:25 PM, sai <ramsai at live.in> wrote:
>              Can anyone guide me to develop android app using python?

Hi Sairam,

There is a framework called Kivy[1][2] that can help you to achieve
this to some extent. Maybe you want to check that out

Also, just as a word of advice: when asking such questions on a
mailing list, it is very easy to be shot down because you're not being
specific enough. Always make sure you include information about what
you have tried[3] before asking such a question.

Best Regards,
Shrayas

--
Footnotes:
[1]: http://kivy.org/docs/guide/android.html
[2]: https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android
[3]: http://mattgemmell.com/what-have-you-tried/