From glen at glenjarvis.com Sun Apr 9 15:19:07 2017 From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:19:07 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] PyCon is a month away | Last call to practice your talk Message-ID: PyCon is a month away (well, okay, a month and 8 days). It'll be here before you know it. Do you have a talk accepted for PyCon? Do you need a practice run before PyCon? This is the last call for PyCon speakers for practice talks at the next Bay Area Python Interest Group (BAyPIGgies). Slots are limited, so email glen at glenjarvis.com to reserve your spot. We'll be making our final decision on what practice talks to host relatively soon. So, you should probably email now to get on the list. Cheers, Glen Jarvis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From charles.merriam at gmail.com Wed Apr 12 15:37:44 2017 From: charles.merriam at gmail.com (Charles Merriam) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:37:44 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Driving to PyCon? Bus? Message-ID: Is anyone considering driving to PyCon? Do we have enough travelers for renting a bus? Usually, the range of dates can be an issue: some people come from tutorials and some stay for sprints. It's worth asking. Charles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From glen at glenjarvis.com Sun Apr 23 19:01:58 2017 From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis) Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:01:58 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Reminder: BAyPIGgies Thursday: PyCon Preview / Three Talks: AWS, Regular Expressions and uWSGI Message-ID: Please RSVP here so that we can better plan: https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/236246601/ Automate AWS With Python *Moshe Zadka* AWS is one of the best-known cloud vendors. Using the Web UI is fine when starting out, but automating cloud operations is important. Boto3 provides a great Pythonic API to AWS, but using it correctly can be subtle. The talk will cover how to automate AMI builds, building Cloud Formation Templates and automating S3 bucket management. Bio: Moshe has been involved with Python since 1998, when he helped obsolete math-related modules. Since then, he made some contributions that were not just deleting code to core Python, and has been a contributor on the Twisted project since its inception. Yes, It's Time to Learn Regular Expressions *Al Sweigart* Regular expressions have a reputation as opaque and inscrutable. However, the basic concepts behind "regex" and text pattern recognition are simple to grasp. This talk is for any programmer who isn't familiar with Python's re module and its best practices. Stop putting it off, it's time to learn regular expressions! Bio: Al Sweigart is a software developer and the author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Making Games with Python & Pygame, and Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python. These books are freely available under a Creative Commons license at http://inventwithpython.com. Al enjoys haunting coffee shops, writing educational materials, cat whispering, and making useful software. He lives in San Francisco. Type uWSGI; press enter; what happens? *Asheesh Laroia and Philip James* You're a pretty knowledgeable Python web application developer, but how does that web application get served to the world? For many of us, uWSGI is the magic that makes our application available, and in this talk we'll look at how uWSGI works with the OS and the networking stack to make the magic happen. Asheesh Laroia By day, Asheesh Laroia is a member of the technical staff at Sandstorm in Palo Alto. By night, he is volunteer President at OpenHatch, helping create workshops that teach students how to get involved in open source. His technical background touches machine learning, security, and linguistics. He helped start the Boston Python Workshop for women and their friends, has been teaching Python to newcomers since 2004, including at Noisebridge and the EFF, and has advised user groups on how to make their events more newcomer-friendly and gender-diverse. Philip James Philip James is a Software Engineer at Stripe, a Civic Technologist and a Director for the City of Alameda Democratic Club and the East Bay Young Democrats. In his free time he builds ContactOtter, a smart address book you can share. Evening Schedule 7:00 - 7:15 pm Intro / Lightning Talks 7:15 - 7:45 Automate AWS With Python - Moshe Zadka 7:45 - 8:15 - Yes, It's Time to Learn Regular Expressions - Al Sweigart 8:15 - 8:45 - Type uWSGI; press enter; what happens? - Asheesh Laroia and Philip James 8:45 pm Random access 9:00 pm Event ends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shortdudey123 at gmail.com Thu Apr 27 22:41:28 2017 From: shortdudey123 at gmail.com (Grant Ridder) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:41:28 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Talk attendance numbers for 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey Everyone, Here is the count of how many people attended the talks so far this year DATE - ATTENDED (YES'S ON MEETUP.COM ) Jan 26 - 150 (353) Feb 23 - 120 (342) Mar 23 - ??? (298) Apr 27 - 110 (283) May 25 - Jun 22 - Jul Aug 24 - Sept Oct Nov On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Grant Ridder wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > Here is the count of how many people attended the talks so far this year > > DATE - ATTENDED (YES'S ON MEETUP.COM ) > Jan 26 - 150 (353) > Feb 23 - 120 (342) > Mar 23 - > Apr 27 - > May 25 - > Jun 22 - > Jul > Aug > Sept > Oct > Nov > Dev > > -Grant > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Grant Ridder > wrote: > >> Hey Everyone, >> >> Here is the count of how many people attended the talks so far this year >> >> DATE - ATTENDED (YES'S ON MEETUP.COM ) >> Jan 26 - 150 (353) >> Feb 23 - >> Mar 23 - >> Apr 27 - >> May 25 - >> Jun 22 - >> Jul >> Aug >> Sept >> Oct >> Nov >> Dev >> >> -Grant >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aahz at pythoncraft.com Fri Apr 28 11:02:44 2017 From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:02:44 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Call to all ASL interpreters | BAyPIGgies needs you In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20170428150244.GA15642@panix.com> On Sun, Apr 09, 2017, Glen Jarvis wrote: > > We have someone who wants to attend our Bay Area Python Interest > (BAyPIGgies) group but is deaf. In his words: > "...being a deaf person and not being able to listen (I > only know American Sign Language) has been a huge barrier for me." > > I *strongly* believe in the diversity of our community. I want to be > inclusive to anyone who genuinely has a desire to learn Python and join our > community. > > I want to help. But, I can't do this one by myself. Can I get help/guidance > on how to make this happen? Are there any ASL interpreters on this list by > any chance? :) :) Might ask this person whether CART would help. (I can't help with that, either, but that would expand the range of options.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_access_real-time_translation One advantage of CART is that it benefits more people, such as those with hearing impairments or whose understanding of written English is better than oral English, so it's often easier to get resources for CART, especially with the remote CART option. OTOH, CART is considered a distinctly inferior solution by many deaf people. (I personally get little benefit from CART, but it seems to be the more common available option at science fiction conventions.) -- Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "...if I were on life-support, I'd rather have it run by a Gameboy than a Windows box." --Cliff Wells, comp.lang.python, 3/13/2002