[omaha] Feedback on Upcoming meeting 12/19

[Steve Young]

   - I vote for Python on Android for this month's meeting. Then we can
   start the beginner block in January, make it like a Winter Semester.
   - I can attend.
   - Book request: Head First Python, Python Cookbook
   - Congrats on getting on the feed and thanks for keeping the group going
   strong.



Steve Young


On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>wrote:

> Ok, here are some proposed topics and some other FYIs.
>
> 1)  Anyone interested in Python on Android?  I've been doing some hacking
> once again on Android and I seem to recall some interest in an earlier
> thread.  I'd look to cover:
>  Prepping your Android platform
>  * Installing SL4a  http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
>  * Installing Python for Android
> http://code.google.com/p/python-for-android/
>  Walking through the examples and give a brief overview of each --
> excellent source for getting started
> and if time allows, actually writing some code -- possibly using webView
> for the UI and showing some tricks I've discovered.
>
> 2) Implement a Python for Beginners block.  I just read through the first
> few chapters of "Learning Python the Hard Way"
> http://learnpythonthehardway.org/,  The HTML version is free and would
> serve as a basic outline of a multi-meeting "How to program in Python"
> section for the meetings.
>
> 3) The RSS feed for www.omahapython.org is now on Planet Python
> http://planet.python.org/ and their feed is widely distributed.  We should
> probably start doing two postings (at a minimum) a month.  One for the
> Pre-Meeting notice and the second for the meeting minutes.  This would mean
> some up front planning to get the meeting announcement typed up and
> submitted but it will hopefully yield new members.
>
> 3a) Since we now have an on-ramp on to planet python, we can encourage book
> reviews.  O'Reilly has a program where they will send you a book of your
> choice for free if you review it.  If you don't have a blog of your own,
> you could post them to the group blog.
>
> 4) The next meeting falls on the 19th of the month.  Given the number of
> things going on, we should probably solicit a non-binding, Who's going
> count.
>
> 5) If there is a desire, please nominate an O'Reilly book for the door
> prize at the next meeting and I'll get the request sent in.  Need to get
> moving on this if we want to have it in time for the upcoming meeting.
>
>
> Please respond to any and/or all topics and lets make our next meeting the
> best one ever.
>
> --
> Best,
>
> Jeff Hinrichs
> 402.218.1473
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