[omaha] Feedback on Upcoming meeting 12/19

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

Just emailed Marsee @ O'Reilly and gave a wish list of:
 * Head First Python
 * Python and AWS Cookbook
 * Head First Android Development
 * The Art of Readable Code

Don't know if they/it/any will be here in time for the meeting, but we'll
see.

Best,

Jeff

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Nate and I plan to attend.  +1 (or 2) to Steve's post.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Steve Young <wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com>
> To: Omaha Python Users Group <omaha at python.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [omaha] Feedback on Upcoming meeting 12/19
>
>    - I vote for Python on Android for this month's meeting. Then we can
>    start the beginner block in January, make it like a Winter Semester.
>    - I can attend.
>    - Book request: Head First Python, Python Cookbook
>    - Congrats on getting on the feed and thanks for keeping the group going
>    strong.
>
>
>
> Steve Young
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Ok, here are some proposed topics and some other FYIs.
> >
> > 1)  Anyone interested in Python on Android?  I've been doing some hacking
> > once again on Android and I seem to recall some interest in an earlier
> > thread.  I'd look to cover:
> >  Prepping your Android platform
> >  * Installing SL4a  http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
> >  * Installing Python for Android
> > http://code.google.com/p/python-for-android/
> >  Walking through the examples and give a brief overview of each --
> > excellent source for getting started
> > and if time allows, actually writing some code -- possibly using webView
> > for the UI and showing some tricks I've discovered.
> >
> > 2) Implement a Python for Beginners block.  I just read through the first
> > few chapters of "Learning Python the Hard Way"
> > http://learnpythonthehardway.org/,  The HTML version is free and would
> > serve as a basic outline of a multi-meeting "How to program in Python"
> > section for the meetings.
> >
> > 3) The RSS feed for www.omahapython.org is now on Planet Python
> > http://planet.python.org/ and their feed is widely distributed.  We
> should
> > probably start doing two postings (at a minimum) a month.  One for the
> > Pre-Meeting notice and the second for the meeting minutes.  This would
> mean
> > some up front planning to get the meeting announcement typed up and
> > submitted but it will hopefully yield new members.
> >
> > 3a) Since we now have an on-ramp on to planet python, we can encourage
> book
> > reviews.  O'Reilly has a program where they will send you a book of your
> > choice for free if you review it.  If you don't have a blog of your own,
> > you could post them to the group blog.
> >
> > 4) The next meeting falls on the 19th of the month.  Given the number of
> > things going on, we should probably solicit a non-binding, Who's going
> > count.
> >
> > 5) If there is a desire, please nominate an O'Reilly book for the door
> > prize at the next meeting and I'll get the request sent in.  Need to get
> > moving on this if we want to have it in time for the upcoming meeting.
> >
> >
> > Please respond to any and/or all topics and lets make our next meeting
> the
> > best one ever.
> >
> > --
> > Best,
> >
> > Jeff Hinrichs
> > 402.218.1473
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-- 
Best,

Jeff Hinrichs
402.218.1473