From raymondwberg at gmail.com  Mon Jan  8 20:26:55 2018
From: raymondwberg at gmail.com (Ray Berg)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 19:26:55 -0600
Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy Spring Mentorship Program!
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Have you finished your application yet? Why not?!

https://chipymentor.org/

Reminder that Applications are due THIS SUNDAY! January 14th. 2018! Common
Era! Earth!!!

Forward this to the people you know who would make great Mentees or
Mentors!


Respectfully,
Ray Berg

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Ray Berg <raymondwberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Happy Holidays Folks!
>
> As we go into some final celebrations and enjoy the last bits of holiday
> giving-ness...it's not too late to give your friends and family the most
> Pythonic gift of all: Tell them about the ChiPy Mentorship Program!
>
> https://chipymentor.org/
>
> Hopefully, you've noticed how awesome this program has been for ChiPy and
> the Chicago Tech Community. Patrick Boland and I love this program with all
> our hearts, and we want it to flourish. But to keep it up, *we need
> Mentors and Mentees for our Spring session*. Forward this email to a
> couple people you think would do great as a Mentor or Mentee. We'll explain
> for them what we need:
>
>   *Mentee*: You're anyone who wants to learn more Python than what you
> know. You've done at least some Python work (at least you have finished the
> CodeAcademy Python Course), and are looking for more help. Maybe you are
> new to programming or struggling with basic concepts (loops, conditionals,
> classes, building your first project). You could be a budding Web Developer
> that doesn't understand anything or as much as you'd like about building
> websites. Or you could be looking to become a better data analyst/scientist
> either coming from R or hoping to improve your chops. Really anything! If
> you've got the drive, we'll help you get where you're going.
>
>   *Mentor*: See the above? If you could help a beginner get to building
> classes or doing an API call, you could be a mentor. If you have another
> skill set in Data Science or Web Development you could help someone orient
> themselves in this new environment. Rarely does a good mentor have all the
> answers, but they know enough about the landscape to show folks where
> resources are or to talk out problems with good principles and a bit of
> patience. You'll learn a lot in the process! It's winds up being one
> meeting a week plus 4 events over the year, and all on your schedule.
>
> If you are or know of a good person to become a Mentor or a Mentee, have
> them check out our application portal at https://chipymentor.org/portal. *We
> are taking applications until January 14th at 11:59PM. *
>
> All of the information on the Spring Term is available on the
> https://chipymentor.org site! Get answers to questions you might have
> about the program. Drop us a note on the site if you still have a question.
>
> This offering is again supported by our Featured Sponsor: *Twilio*.
> They've been an *awesome partner* to provide giveaways like T-Shirts,
> Raspberry Pis and paying for Pizza at our events. We love the folks at
> Twilio (and their great SMS/Voice APIs twilio.com) and appreciate their
> support for our program. We hope you'll join them in supporting our awesome
> program this spring. Become a Mentor or Mentee!!
>
> Respectfully,
> Ray Berg
>
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From joe.jasinski at gmail.com  Tue Jan  9 09:42:49 2018
From: joe.jasinski at gmail.com (Joe Jasinski)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:42:49 -0600
Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy: January 2018 Meeting
Message-ID: <CACdfcwVprNU-kW0U-q8Nn=Q59Ws9ZG3nxEExgPoCV0pgvMaxHg@mail.gmail.com>

Hey ChiPy,

Our January meeting is fast approaching and is sure to be a great meeting!
Please RSVP soon. Also, note that the meeting will start at 6:45 this
month. Looking forward to it!

Thank you to Sprout Social for hosting!


*When:*Jan. 11, 2018, 6 p.m.

6:00pm:  Doors open; food arrives
6:45pm:  Meeting starts / Announcements
7:00pm:  Talks Start promptly at 7


*How:*You can RSVP at chipy.org <http://www.chipy.org/> or via our Meetup
<https://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/245973026/> group.

*Where:*
Sprout Social
131 S. Dearborn St. Ste. 700 Chicago, IL 60603

*What:*

   - *I Am Open Source (And So Can You!)*
   By: Aly Sivji
   Experience Level: Novice
   Open Source Software (OSS) has changed the world in countless ways and
   has provided us with wonderful innovations such as the Python programming
   language. As Pythonistas, we use OSS every single day but only a fraction
   of us give back to the community. This talk will discuss the benefits of
   contributing to open source in the context of my experience as a newbie
   pandas contributor. I will also provide a Getting Started guide so you,
   too, can become an Open Source Contributor!


   - *Pyo: DSP and synthesis software for Python*
   By: Aaron Krister Johnson
   Experience Level: Novice
   This presentation will introduce "pyo", a C-level library with Python
   bindings that is designed for musical/audio synthesis, and my own software
   "microcsound", which is a score-generation front-end to Csound, a well-know
   audio synthesis programming language. In particular, microcsound was
   designed to allow a richer vocabulary of musical pitch (alt-tuned scales,
   microtones, N-pitches per octave, etc.) than the one available via standard
   12-notes per octave tuning of typical Western music. So, there will be some
   explanation of the historical background that drove the creation of this
   software, but it should be a fascinating topic for all. I will give brief
   demonstrations of the kind of out-of-the-box fun one can have with sound
   using Pyo, and snippets of the kind of work I've done with both it, and
   with microcsound. Anyone interested in the possibilities presented by
   Python software for electronic music, and/or electronic music in general,
   should find this talk interesting, informative, and entertaining.


Thank you always to all our sponsors, including our Diamond sponsor: Metis.
Also thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Braintree, Imaginary
Landscape, Procured
Health, Signature Consultants, and Telnyx.  Also, thank you to our Silver
sponsor: Markit.

Please be aware of our code of conduct http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/





-- 
Joe J. Jasinski
www.joejasinski.com
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From adamkyala at gmail.com  Thu Jan 11 14:45:46 2018
From: adamkyala at gmail.com (Adam Yala)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:45:46 -0700
Subject: [Chicago] A mini-tutorial on deploying smart contracts
In-Reply-To: <CADucJ+27Ovx3n77F-rFKteiV_=Yp73m89RyYr9Bq2KC6rMsYrw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADucJ+3svE3aDvU7PEO_EsSVtj7w=63snM-QpxCKAcd6cj_RXA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAB3V1zkuzuZX80E4rfEZ1B7sC+p_nn8Uyc_2F-Lm1AXBpC0ZiA@mail.gmail.com>
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If anyone is still curious, I updated the tutorial to be a 100% (or as much
as possible) python decentralized application.
https://github.com/adamyala/Your_First_Decentralized_Application_Python

I'll also try to keep it up to date. The smart contract landscape has been
moving so fast I had to patch multiple breaking changes introduced since I
first sent this out ~2 weeks ago.

Cheers,
Adam

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Adam Yala <adamkyala at gmail.com> wrote:

> I first began learning about smart contracts ~2 months ago. At that time I
> made the first version of this python tutorial. 2 months ago the python
> tooling for solc (the solidity compiler python module) and web3py (the web3
> python module) were awful compared to the javascript ones. I was actually
> really disappointed in how bad they were.
>
> In the two months that passed the python tools underwent huge changes and
> now I'd put them on par with the javascript tools. I'm completely blown
> away. I credit a lot of the speed to the folks at GitCoin
> <https://gitcoin.co/>. They create bots that put ethereum bounties on
> repo issues. They rely heavily on we3py so they encourage development on it
> and it shows. If anyone is looking to contribute to web3py and make a buck
> in the process the issues on the repo are sometimes given bounties of
> hundreds of dollars worth of ether.
>
> Python is going to be a great place to be for smart contract development!
>
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Joshua Herman <zitterbewegung at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This is neat! I'm interested in learning smart contracts also. I have
>> been only using solidity and I have gone through the tutorials. What did
>> you think about using python vs using javascript and or solidity in this
>> setting?
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 8:01 AM Adam Yala <adamkyala at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey everyone!
>>>
>>> I wanted to learn smart contract development for work and started off
>>> with a simple tutorial that was in javascript. To challenge myself I
>>> started converting the tutorial to python.
>>>
>>> https://github.com/adamyala/Your_First_Decentralized_Application_Python
>>>
>>> I tried to make it as simple as possible and added lots of notes I wish
>>> I had when I was learning.
>>>
>>> I'd love to know if there is anything I can add/change to make it
>>> clearer and more simple. My goal is to eventually convert the entire thing
>>> to 100% python.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Adam
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Chicago mailing list
>>> Chicago at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chicago mailing list
>> Chicago at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>>
>>
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From raymondwberg at gmail.com  Sun Jan 14 19:04:44 2018
From: raymondwberg at gmail.com (Ray Berg)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:04:44 -0600
Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy Spring Mentorship Program!
In-Reply-To: <CAFy2DVT-TA184+wZnMM4=nOo3CLu9cdLYboPv96Qy7ZnsfV63g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFy2DVT-TA184+wZnMM4=nOo3CLu9cdLYboPv96Qy7ZnsfV63g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFy2DVR5dsjCWRxuB7Q8RdBvC5xEtZbNtx4P_fo2+psnA1JmHg@mail.gmail.com>

6 Hours Left! If you haven't submitted your Mentor/Mentee
Applications....go now! Selection starts after midnight.

https://chipymentor.org/portal

Respectfully,
Ray Berg

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Ray Berg <raymondwberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Happy Holidays Folks!
>
> As we go into some final celebrations and enjoy the last bits of holiday
> giving-ness...it's not too late to give your friends and family the most
> Pythonic gift of all: Tell them about the ChiPy Mentorship Program!
>
> https://chipymentor.org/
>
> Hopefully, you've noticed how awesome this program has been for ChiPy and
> the Chicago Tech Community. Patrick Boland and I love this program with all
> our hearts, and we want it to flourish. But to keep it up, *we need
> Mentors and Mentees for our Spring session*. Forward this email to a
> couple people you think would do great as a Mentor or Mentee. We'll explain
> for them what we need:
>
>   *Mentee*: You're anyone who wants to learn more Python than what you
> know. You've done at least some Python work (at least you have finished the
> CodeAcademy Python Course), and are looking for more help. Maybe you are
> new to programming or struggling with basic concepts (loops, conditionals,
> classes, building your first project). You could be a budding Web Developer
> that doesn't understand anything or as much as you'd like about building
> websites. Or you could be looking to become a better data analyst/scientist
> either coming from R or hoping to improve your chops. Really anything! If
> you've got the drive, we'll help you get where you're going.
>
>   *Mentor*: See the above? If you could help a beginner get to building
> classes or doing an API call, you could be a mentor. If you have another
> skill set in Data Science or Web Development you could help someone orient
> themselves in this new environment. Rarely does a good mentor have all the
> answers, but they know enough about the landscape to show folks where
> resources are or to talk out problems with good principles and a bit of
> patience. You'll learn a lot in the process! It's winds up being one
> meeting a week plus 4 events over the year, and all on your schedule.
>
> If you are or know of a good person to become a Mentor or a Mentee, have
> them check out our application portal at https://chipymentor.org/portal. *We
> are taking applications until January 14th at 11:59PM. *
>
> All of the information on the Spring Term is available on the
> https://chipymentor.org site! Get answers to questions you might have
> about the program. Drop us a note on the site if you still have a question.
>
> This offering is again supported by our Featured Sponsor: *Twilio*.
> They've been an *awesome partner* to provide giveaways like T-Shirts,
> Raspberry Pis and paying for Pizza at our events. We love the folks at
> Twilio (and their great SMS/Voice APIs twilio.com) and appreciate their
> support for our program. We hope you'll join them in supporting our awesome
> program this spring. Become a Mentor or Mentee!!
>
> Respectfully,
> Ray Berg
>
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From patrickboland4 at gmail.com  Sun Jan 21 20:22:34 2018
From: patrickboland4 at gmail.com (Patrick Boland)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 19:22:34 -0600
Subject: [Chicago] Videos Posted to ChiPy YouTube Channel
Message-ID: <CAO2gORN0+0oA01FgOsFkkDV+iL4ZMtCyGMG9we7KfpnqrORCWQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hey there gang,

Check out Rob Roy <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr20TLncrzI&t=19s>, Mike
Tamillow <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56wMPmwJvc>, and Chris Foresman
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7drOcQfvyo> lighting it up on our youtube
channel.

Best,

Patrick
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From mikaeltamillow96 at gmail.com  Mon Jan 22 11:26:43 2018
From: mikaeltamillow96 at gmail.com (Michael Tamillow)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:26:43 -0600
Subject: [Chicago] Videos Posted to ChiPy YouTube Channel
In-Reply-To: <CAO2gORN0+0oA01FgOsFkkDV+iL4ZMtCyGMG9we7KfpnqrORCWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAFkCkGd36tXHw+PRaa1RfycmDY2wG=_9P1OxetcU1pweo1oJ7g@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Patrick!

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 7:22 PM, Patrick Boland <patrickboland4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey there gang,
>
> Check out Rob Roy <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr20TLncrzI&t=19s>, Mike
> Tamillow <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56wMPmwJvc>, and Chris Foresman
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7drOcQfvyo> lighting it up on our
> youtube channel.
>
> Best,
>
> Patrick
> On Behalf of the Chicago Organizers
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>
>
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