[Microbit-Python] My visit to the BBC today

[David Whale]

It was indeed an awesome demo Nicholas - well done all!

David


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David Whale, B.Sc (Hons), MIET
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On 24 September 2015 at 22:23, Michael <sparks.m at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's no moon...
>
> Michael.
>
> (all good news BTW :-)
>
> On 24 September 2015 at 22:12, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> So I demoed MicroPython to quite a full room of BBC people and other
>> partners in the project today. It seemed to go quite well and people
>> were positive about the work done so far.
>>
>> Happily, I spent some time chatting with Fiona and Jo in an effort to
>> get the BBC to see our PoV about openness and I think I made progress.
>> It is my hope that we will be able to work "in the open" soon - although
>> it won't include the DAL library we rely on.
>>
>> The music got a round of applause. Well done Matthew! :-)
>>
>> I even had someone in charge of the launch event come over and chat to
>> me asking what the musical capabilities of the device might be. I told
>> her anything is possible with Python, but it mainly depends on how big a
>> moon you want on that stick in the given time frame.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> N.
>>
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