From don at sheu.com  Wed Aug 12 03:26:14 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:26:14 -0700
Subject: [PuPPy] Cool post on Baypiggies of a self-study code group
Message-ID: <CAM-7wPK38=nyrhcbG1iFx8U1-xcSde59wgg-bs1ND5BHMrVWEg@mail.gmail.com>

Saw this and wanted to share with everybody:

I hope that it's okay to post this to the list.

We're a group in Berkeley called Code Self Study (
http://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/ )  that meets at least twice per week
to study programming. The group is open to all languages, but probably
70-80% of members are focused on Python. The events are free and open to
all levels of experience.

* Beginners can get help with their tutorials, projects, and exercises.
* Experienced programmers can mentor the beginners and/or work on their own
projects.

We have an optional project-based format where people can split into groups
for monthly projects. At the end of each month, the groups demo their
projects on the projector.

If anyone would like to give a presentation on a Python topic on a Wednesday
 or Saturday, send me an email. The meeting rooms can comfortably hold up
to about 30 people (or more, depending on the day), and there is a
projector.

There are many events in San Francisco, South Bay, and Oakland, but not
much going on in Berkeley, so we're meeting at least twice per week over
here---more often when we can find event space.

One goal of the group is to rent a dedicated space to create a kind of
self-directed educational center for programmers in Berkeley. If the idea
of a programming space in Berkeley interests you and you would like to help
with the project, there is more information here:
http://codeselfstudy.com/edu

If you're learning Python or are interested in helping people learn Python,
hope to see you at one of our meetings.

Josh
http://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/

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From don at sheu.com  Wed Aug 12 07:52:53 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 05:52:53 +0000
Subject: [PuPPy] Cool post on Baypiggies of a self-study code group
In-Reply-To: <CAJ_=7szxxZ4rE0cR6ShOEcNF0bk2Q+w2NZMZFWnOqLee_Pt+uQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM-7wPK38=nyrhcbG1iFx8U1-xcSde59wgg-bs1ND5BHMrVWEg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAJ_=7szxxZ4rE0cR6ShOEcNF0bk2Q+w2NZMZFWnOqLee_Pt+uQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAM-7wPLyVa=W=BMZzYT+Ohec-drdgMVjuabkPZMaStGiCToaXw@mail.gmail.com>

I think we could do this through PuPPy if we had folks interested.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:48 PM Chandra S Polisetti <
chandra.polisetti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing Don, would be wonderful if we have similar group here
> in Seattle.
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Don Sheu <don at sheu.com> wrote:
>
>> Saw this and wanted to share with everybody:
>>
>> I hope that it's okay to post this to the list.
>>
>> We're a group in Berkeley called Code Self Study (
>> http://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/ )  that meets at least twice per
>> week
>> to study programming. The group is open to all languages, but probably
>> 70-80% of members are focused on Python. The events are free and open to
>> all levels of experience.
>>
>> * Beginners can get help with their tutorials, projects, and exercises.
>> * Experienced programmers can mentor the beginners and/or work on their
>> own
>> projects.
>>
>> We have an optional project-based format where people can split into
>> groups
>> for monthly projects. At the end of each month, the groups demo their
>> projects on the projector.
>>
>> If anyone would like to give a presentation on a Python topic on a
>> Wednesday
>>  or Saturday, send me an email. The meeting rooms can comfortably hold up
>> to about 30 people (or more, depending on the day), and there is a
>> projector.
>>
>> There are many events in San Francisco, South Bay, and Oakland, but not
>> much going on in Berkeley, so we're meeting at least twice per week over
>> here---more often when we can find event space.
>>
>> One goal of the group is to rent a dedicated space to create a kind of
>> self-directed educational center for programmers in Berkeley. If the idea
>> of a programming space in Berkeley interests you and you would like to
>> help
>> with the project, there is more information here:
>> http://codeselfstudy.com/edu
>>
>> If you're learning Python or are interested in helping people learn
>> Python,
>> hope to see you at one of our meetings.
>>
>> Josh
>> http://www.meetup.com/codeselfstudy/
>>
>> --
>>   Don Sheu
>>   ???
>>   (312) 880-9389
>>
>> Join my Python user group, we meet every 2nd Wednesday
>>
> http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/
>>
>>
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From don at sheu.com  Fri Aug 14 17:03:09 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:03:09 +0000
Subject: [PuPPy] From Baypiggies of iPython/Jupyter
Message-ID: <CAM-7wPLOmMfoZFCaeE2o687Ecsyqj+ygA9RyQLChGscONzb0TA@mail.gmail.com>

Tony Capellini of Baypiggies posted this:

For those who haven't read this yet in your daily news, this is yet another
significant achievement for the iPython/Jupyter developers, the scientific
community, not to mention the Python community in general. Congratulations
and a big "Thank You"!  to all involved.

http://blog.jupyter.org/2015/08/12/first-release-of-jupyter/


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From don at sheu.com  Sat Aug 15 16:06:50 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:06:50 +0000
Subject: [PuPPy] Netflix Dumping Last of Owned Datacenter
Message-ID: <CAM-7wPKWoVE6QE5kfKJPnkqKuxfAOtji9ZrR9h6MFtMYdQz1Rw@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.geek.com/chips/netflix-is-shutting-down-their-last-data-center-1631152/

From don at sheu.com  Mon Aug 17 16:21:31 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:21:31 +0000
Subject: [PuPPy] Building NY Times Next Recommendation Engine
Message-ID: <CAM-7wPJzpg2DVV=iCUFbvP97a8DK7P8Y05BrR_mQCjqCtS+uUg@mail.gmail.com>

http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/building-the-next-new-york-times-recommendation-engine/

From don at sheu.com  Wed Aug 19 17:44:38 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 08:44:38 -0700
Subject: [PuPPy] Pythonistas Behind Paypal Acquisition of Harper Reed's
	Modest Company
Message-ID: <CAM-7wPLjsS=vbeXXSpL+SyLOPiwfUvX15yZUOrQGmgFJ40b9mg@mail.gmail.com>

Harper Reed if an Atlantic article from November 2012 is believed, is the
key agent for Obama's successful election over GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
Though the Obama for America campaign used many different technologies,
Harper was a member of ChiPy. Also when he was CTO of Threadless, my friend
Brian Ray helped him move the company to a Python-centric tech stack.

A big engine of Paypal's recent success is Braintree and Venmo. Braintree
and Venmo were acquired by Paypal for what seemed a monster sum of $800m
over a year ago. Of course with Stripe's recent valuations, seems Paypal
got a bargain. Adam Forsyth a principal engineer at Braintree and their
community engagement lead is a big supporter of the Python community. Adam
has sponsored many ChiPy events. He's hosted my PyCon Startup Row pitch
event in Chicago. He's joined the organizing team of ChiPy. Adam sponsored
our first ever meeting held at Redfin. He paid for the tacos.

Payments is a good business. It'll be interesting to see how the
combination of Harper, Adam, and Dylan Richard does to drive the Python
community in Chicago. Historically the Python community in Chicago has
produced many contributors to the global Python community.
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From don at sheu.com  Wed Aug 19 17:48:39 2015
From: don at sheu.com (Don Sheu)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 08:48:39 -0700
Subject: [PuPPy] Pythonistas Behind Paypal Acquisition of Harper Reed's
	Modest Company
In-Reply-To: <CAM-7wPLjsS=vbeXXSpL+SyLOPiwfUvX15yZUOrQGmgFJ40b9mg@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAM-7wP+KPgrzyXohe68WWJv6-CZRGUmkdB7_e1r3QJRXggD_Lg@mail.gmail.com>

Here's the link to an article in the Chicago Tribune on the transaction. --
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-paypal-acquires-modest-bsi-20150819-story.html

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Don Sheu <don at sheu.com> wrote:

> Harper Reed if an Atlantic article from November 2012 is believed, is the
> key agent for Obama's successful election over GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
> Though the Obama for America campaign used many different technologies,
> Harper was a member of ChiPy. Also when he was CTO of Threadless, my friend
> Brian Ray helped him move the company to a Python-centric tech stack.
>
> A big engine of Paypal's recent success is Braintree and Venmo. Braintree
> and Venmo were acquired by Paypal for what seemed a monster sum of $800m
> over a year ago. Of course with Stripe's recent valuations, seems Paypal
> got a bargain. Adam Forsyth a principal engineer at Braintree and their
> community engagement lead is a big supporter of the Python community. Adam
> has sponsored many ChiPy events. He's hosted my PyCon Startup Row pitch
> event in Chicago. He's joined the organizing team of ChiPy. Adam sponsored
> our first ever meeting held at Redfin. He paid for the tacos.
>
> Payments is a good business. It'll be interesting to see how the
> combination of Harper, Adam, and Dylan Richard does to drive the Python
> community in Chicago. Historically the Python community in Chicago has
> produced many contributors to the global Python community.
> --
>   Don Sheu
>   ???
>   (312) 880-9389
>
> Join my Python user group, we meet every 2nd Wednesday
> http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/
>
>
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>



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