[portland] Presentation Topic Inspiration

[Wraithan McDonald]

Packaging
Interfacing with Databases (pick one or an abstraction layer)
Writing documentation
Job queues (celery, rq, whatever else is cool)
Demystifying RFCs and other very formal specs (talking about how to
read/consume them as well as tips/tricks)
Raspberrypi hacking, especially with regard to the GPIO pins and playing
with hardware
Interviewing (both for the interviewer as well as the interviewee)

These vary in skill level, I can give some of these but encourage others to
pick them up and run with them if they seem interesting.

If you've never spoken, or never picked a topic you weren't already an
expert on to speak about, I highly encourage it. Picking a topic,
researching it well enough to give a talk and then doing it in front of
your peers is very rewarding. Both in that you get to learn a bunch and
that you are helping others in your community!

-Wraithan


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Lyzi Diamond <lyzidiamond at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another beginner here! I think it would be cool to have someone (or
> multiple someones) show several ways to solve a common problem using
> Python, something like parsing text or archiving/renaming files or
> something. Solve the problem one way, then show another way to solve it.
> That could even be a collaborative presentation, with several people
> showing the different techniques they used to solve the same problem.
>
> Lyzi
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Mike Lindsay <lindsm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am the low end of the spectrum, just learning python.  But I am a
> little
> > lost on getting started.  The Pyladies did this a while back:
> >
> > PyLadies + OpenHatch: Make Your First Contribution to OSS!
> >
> > It would be great if something like that could happen some time.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Joe Lewis <robotbill at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I believe that there are people in this group who are interested in
> > giving
> > > a presentation at a PDX Python meetup, but don't know what to talk
> about.
> > > So I'm starting this thread to collect ideas for presentations.
> > >
> > > What would you be interested in learning about at one of the next PDX
> > > Python meetups?
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