From jim at well.com Tue Aug 25 18:49:12 2009 From: jim at well.com (jim) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:49:12 -0700 Subject: [PyOP] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday August 27, 2009: Intro to wxPython Message-ID: <1251218952.6819.25.camel@jim-laptop> BayPIGgies meeting Thursday August 27, 2009: Introduction to wxPython NOTE BayPIGgies meets at the Symantec Vcafe, at Symantec's location at 350 Ellis Street in Mountain View. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&ei=w6i_Sfr6MZmQsQOzlv0v&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=116202735295394761637.00046550c09ff3d96bff1&ll=37.397693,-122.053707&spn=0.002902,0.004828&z=18 Tonight's talk is * Introduction to wxPython by Tony Cappollini Meetings start with a Newbie Nugget, a short discussion of an essential Python feature, specially for those new to Python. Tonight's Newbie Nugget: List Comprehension LOCATION Symantec Corporation Symantec Vcafe 350 Ellis Street Mountain View, CA 94043 BayPIGgies meeting information is available at http://baypiggies.net/new/plone ------------------------ Agenda ------------------------ ..... 7:30 PM ........................... General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any first-minute announcements. ..... 7:35 PM to 7:35 PM ................ Newbie Nugget: List Comprehension ..... 7:35 PM to 8:55 PM ................ Title: Introduction to wxPython by Tony Cappellini wxPython presents the wxWidgets open source cross-platform GUI library to Python programmers. Tonight's talk presents essential issues of using wxPython. ..... 8:55 PM to 9:20 PM ................ Mapping and Random Access Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of topics the announcers are interested in. Random Access follows immediately to allow follow up individually on the announcements and other topics of interest. From jim at well.com Thu Aug 27 02:28:10 2009 From: jim at well.com (jim) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:28:10 -0700 Subject: [PyOP] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday August 27, 2009: NEW: Managing Software Developers Message-ID: <1251332890.9073.9.camel@jim-laptop> BayPIGgies meeting Thursday August 27, 2009: Managing Software Developers There's a last minute change in the BayPIGgies meeting: Alex Martelli will present his thoughts on managing a software development team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Martelli Title: Managing Software Developers by Alex Martelli Managing software development projects can benefit from some approaches that are rather different from most traditional management techniques. Software developers operate with their own particular mindset, culture, and reward system. To motivate and inspire a top programming team, one type of ideal manager is a technical peer who can jump into the code and work hands-on, together with the developers, to solve thorny problems. Such technical involvement can keep a project moving forward and help the manager build credibility and trust within the team. In this talk, Alex Martelli discusses some common management myths, and shares some immediately useful advice for anyone involved in managing software development projects. NOTE BayPIGgies meets at the Symantec Vcafe, at Symantec's location at 350 Ellis Street in Mountain View. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&ei=w6i_Sfr6MZmQsQOzlv0v&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=116202735295394761637.00046550c09ff3d96bff1&ll=37.397693,-122.053707&spn=0.002902,0.004828&z=18 BayPIGgies meeting information is available at http://baypiggies.net/new/plone