[Chicago] I'm lonely presenter

[Aaron Brady]

Hi ChiPy,

I'm the new guy.  I'm the vegan Ms. Miguez referred to.

I'm comfortable saying I'm a Python "vet" at this point.  I've also been on stage as a musician before, all through school, so I have some experience in the performing arts.  I would love to take a spot for a presentation if you have one available this Thursday.

I have a bachelor's in CS.  Not everybody does but they should.  You should take some classes somewhere if you can.  So some of the items I could present are a bit abstract.

As I was telling #chipy on Freenode, I'm out in the suburbs but I lived in the city for 2 years before.  I went to one of the meetings when it was back on the DePaul campus but dropped out after.

Since then I've assembled a small collection of topics that are suitable for presentations.  I'd love to present any or all of anything on the list, even the stuff that isn't directly Python.  Please take a look, and if you have a slot but no one speaks up, I'll just start at the beginning.

http://home.comcast.net/~castironpi-misc/projects.html



On Sunday, January 5, 2014 8:34 PM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
 
I'm +1 for a talk from you.
On Jan 5, 2014 8:25 PM, "Nick Bennett" <nick at goggl.es> wrote:

All that I have learned about Python, I have learned through trial and error in IPython. I usually get the feel of an API or new module first in the shell, and then I can write code in my editor. I could give a talk on using an interactive shell to debug code and explore modules, in particular IPython but the the approach would be similar with others like IDLE or python or bpython. I introduced my work mentor to it, a purist with a mechanical keyboard tailored for vim use, and since then he has been using ipython on most of our Python-based work projects. If that's not a stunning recommendation, I don't know what is one.
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>Let's call the talk "Getting a feel for the code" and in it I will talk about using Python REPL shells including python, IPython, and bpython. I'll talk about getting access to a Python REPL quickly and easily when in need, to appeal to a wider audience. Perhaps you see something interesting on Github and you want to see how it would work, but you're not a programmer yet and/or don't have a Python environment at your fingertips. I'll talk about PythonAnywhere, along with a blurb about getting an EC2 instance going. Could I use your code, Carl, as an example in the presentation?
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>Thoughts?
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>On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
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>On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Nick Bennett <nick at goggl.es> wrote:
>>> by writing a Python script to get the pairwise distances between Divvy bike
>>> stations from the Google Maps API using "by the bike" distances.
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>>I would like something about this.  pretty much anything.
>>I use various google API stuff successfully, but it is almost a
>>surprise to me that things work.
>>and then when they don't work, that is also a surprise.
>>I think my main problem is I don't have a clue how to debug this
>>stuff, and I don't have a good feel for how to think about it.
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>>Like this code worked for over a year:
>>https://github.com/CarlFK/veyepar/blob/master/dj/scripts/youtube_uploader.py#L144
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>>A month or so ago stopped working.  It doesn't error, it just doesn't
>>give the same results it used to. (it should flip a youtube video from
>>unlisted to public.) (if anyone wants to hack on this, that one .py
>>should run on its own and it should be easy to get the creds setup so
>>you can test it on your own account, or set up a test account)
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>>I want that fixed, and I want a clue how one goes about figuring out
>>what is going on.
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>>I have also written code to talk to a goog spread sheet and calendar,
>>same feeling of uncertainty.
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>>So anything in this area should help.
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>>--
>>Carl K
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