<div dir="ltr">I failed at the mentorship program. Certainly no fault of the program or my wonderful mentor. Life and Randy's strangness though are likely the main causes. Life continues and I am certainly an example of 'a while' being longer for some than it is for others. Most folks know abot MS, insomnia, and even that Barr whatever the rest of it is syndrome. Few folks though know or understand Non-24. Those of us who have it do not even understand it. I am blessed to be here in Chicago at this time. For the Open movement of which python is a part but also for the worlds best doctors in this field and in several other things that have put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Looking forward to seeing you all Wednesday and continuing this Open journey.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Brian Ray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brianhray@gmail.com" target="_blank">brianhray@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>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. <br><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div>RSVP:<br><br><a href="http://www.chipy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.chipy.org/</a><br><br></div>and/or<br><br><a href="http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/219814888/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/219814888/</a><br><br></div>We also have a new venue:<br><br><div>
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<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=111+N+Canal+St+Ste+105%2C+Chicago%2C+IL%2C+US" title="" target="_blank">TEK Systems</a>
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111 N Canal St Ste 105, <span>Chicago</span>, <span>IL</span><span></span>
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<strong>Example app using Flask and pg8000 (Postgres) on Heroku</strong><br>
(0:07:00 Minutes)<br>
By:
Tanya Schlusser
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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'
</li><li>
<strong>MM - Japhy/Sebastian - Mining and charting</strong><br>
(0:07:00 Minutes)<br>
By:
Japhy Bartlett
<br>
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.
</li><li>
<strong>ChiPy Mentorship 7-Minute Retrospective</strong><br>
(0:07:00 Minutes)<br>
By:
Paul Ebreo
<br>
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.
</li><li>
<strong>Python Data Science 101 - how mentoring helped me get from raw data to SKLearn by Ben Reid</strong><br>
(0:07:00 Minutes)<br>
By:
Ben Reid
<br>
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
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidbenj" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidbenj</a>
</li><li>
<strong>Being A Mentee In The ChiPy Mentorship</strong><br>
By:
Zachary Kerr
<br>
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.
</li><li>
<strong>Python Mentors Lightning Talk – Chris & Rahul</strong><br>
(0:07:00 Minutes)<br>
By:
Chris Foresman
<br>
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
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul013k" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul013k</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
</font></span></li></ul><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br><div>Brian Ray <div>@brianray<div><a href="tel:%28773%29%20669-7717" value="+17736697717" target="_blank">(773) 669-7717</a></div></div></div>
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