[Chicago] [ANN] (rescheduled) January meeting this Wed

[Brian Ray]

Come listen to some amazing Python presentations from our famed mentorship
program that completed this new years. Hear how you can get involved with
the next batch. There will be food, drink, prizes, and lots of Python. All
are welcome. No prior programming experience required.

This is next Wednesday (21st) as we had to re-schedule early this month due
to the End of the World. Now we see the world has not ending, we are save
to come out from under our laptops and have our best meeting ever.

RSVP:

http://www.chipy.org/

and/or

http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/219814888/

We also have a new venue:

 TEK Systems
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=111+N+Canal+St+Ste+105%2C+Chicago%2C+IL%2C+US>

111 N Canal St Ste 105, Chicago, IL




   - *Example app using Flask and pg8000 (Postgres) on Heroku*
   (0:07:00 Minutes)
   By: Tanya Schlusser
   We walk through the architecture, development process, and a few gotchas
   of deploying a web application on Heroku using their free Postgresql
   instance, and the Python libraries 'flask' and 'pg8000'
   - *MM - Japhy/Sebastian - Mining and charting*
   (0:07:00 Minutes)
   By: Japhy Bartlett
   We'll go over how to set up a daemon for mining public data using
   tornado, then loading that data into some web based charts.
   - *ChiPy Mentorship 7-Minute Retrospective*
   (0:07:00 Minutes)
   By: Paul Ebreo
   Tom Yarrish and Paul Ebreo will talk about their experience of the 12
   week mentorship program. They will talk about what went well and what went
   not-so well. They will share what they learned and give tips and tricks for
   a successful mentor/mentee relationship. Paul is very passionate about
   programming, software testing, open hardware and teaching and Tom is a
   Digital Forensic Analyst and teaches at Loyola University.
   - *Python Data Science 101 - how mentoring helped me get from raw data
   to SKLearn by Ben Reid*
   (0:07:00 Minutes)
   By: Ben Reid
   Ben will be talking about his experience getting started with Python
   Data Science using pandas and sci-kit learn, with Don's assistance, via the
   Chipy mentoring pilot program. Don is an Independent Technology Consultant,
   iPhone Developer and Software Architect and currently consulting with
   clients using Hadoop. Ben is a Senior Business Development Manager at
   Orbitz Worldwide and is a self taught programmer. Don is @dondrake on
   Twitter and Ben can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidbenj
   - *Being A Mentee In The ChiPy Mentorship*
   By: Zachary Kerr
   Mentors can be incredibly valuable in helping understand software. I
   want to share some of the insights I have learned from my mentorship. I
   believe there are important lessons to be learned from mentors that can
   make programming a much better experience.
   - *Python Mentors Lightning Talk – Chris & Rahul*
   (0:07:00 Minutes)
   By: Chris Foresman
   Chris and Rahul would be talking about making RESTful API with Python.
   Chris was an Associate Writer at Ars Technica and is currently a Senior
   Systems Engineer at Vokal. Rahul is pursuing his MS in Computer Science at
   Illinois Institute of Technology. Chris is @foresmac on Twitter and Rahul
   can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul013k



-- 
Brian Ray
@brianray
(773) 669-7717
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