[omaha] Coding across america

[Burch Kealey]

Hi Guys

Sorry about this.  After reading Chris's original email I was interested in what Matthew Makai was doing so I wrote him.  I wanted to invite him to dinner and I mentioned your interest and he responded early this morning.  Our exchange is copied below.  Presumably one of the elder statesmen of the group should take over the correspondence.  

I am not meaning to avoid the meetings its just that with me teaching and working late as much as I do I never make it though I do follow along on the messages.

Cheers

Burch,


Thank you for reaching out to me! It sounds like you have a heck of a lot on your plate as both a professor and running your software company.

It would be great to speak at Omaha Python if you guys are interested. I will be speaking at Memphis Python on March 25 on Github Workflows and at Boston Django in July (topic TBD). What topics are generally of interest to you there? I always prefer to know the audience and talk about something that is specifically relevant in the local community, either Python-specific or otherwise.

Matt

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Burch Kealey <bkealey at unomaha.edu> wrote:
Hi Matt
 
I am a lurking member of the Omaha Python Users Group.  Today, someone in the group posted the thought that we should hold a special meeting and invite you.  If you are interested I can certainly forward your respone. 
 
However, I am also writing because while I have a day job as a faculty member in accounting at the University of Nebraska at Omaha – my night job is running a ‘software’ company that is focused on providing the infrastructure for academic and other researchers to collect and normalize data from SEC filings.  We have an application and you can find a limited description of it on our website (www.directedgar.com).  I will be in Omaha while you are here and if you want a perspective on how Python makes the inaccessible accessible for people like me who have no training then respond.   I would be delighted to meet up.  Maybe have you over for dinner at the house so my 8 year old can participate in the discussion.  I am not very involved in the ‘startup scene’ in Omaha though I know there is a ‘thriving’ one.  I am usually too busy just trying to keep my head above water.
 
Cheers
 
Burch
 
With regards;
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From: Omaha [omaha-bounces+bkealey=mail.unomaha.edu at python.org] on behalf of Eli Criffield [elicriffield at gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: [omaha] Coding across america

Any updates from pycon? What talks should we be looking for.
On Mar 16, 2013 9:05 AM, "Chris Hanlon" <cmhanlon at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.codingacrossamerica.com/
>
> So this guy is driving across america coding in python. I noticed Omaha was
> on this list for June 20th. It might make for an interesting users group
> meeting.
>
> Chris
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