<span></span>Django all the way baby!<div><br></div><div>I will try to make this meeting but there's a high chance I wont be able to depending on how much work I get done in preparation for my business trip to LA next Monday. Either way, I'd be interested in seeing how my team could contribute to this project. It's a wonderful idea. Please do let me know if you choose Django. We're avid supporters!</div>
<div><br></div><div>P.S. Have the Portland Pythoneers found a new place to host meetings at yet? I know there's a location for this month but is it going to be a consistent location?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br>
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<a href="http://www.typethink.com">www.typethink.com</a></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Michael Schurter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@susens-schurter.com">michael@susens-schurter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Michael Bunsen<<a href="mailto:notbot@gmail.com">notbot@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> New Website Brainstorm & Planning Meeting for Urbanedibles.org<br>
><br>
> When: Sunday July 12th, 3pm<br>
> Where: Backspace (115 NW 5th Ave)<br>
><br>
> We have been envisioning a new website for a long while and it's time<br>
> to make it happen. The current site is was built using Rails 3 years<br>
> ago, but since then I have become a full-time Pythoneer and am leaning<br>
> towards Django for the next <a href="http://urbanedibles.org" target="_blank">urbanedibles.org</a><br>
><br>
> We have lots of ideas for new features, including opening it up to all<br>
> cities, searching for what's ripe now, submitting sources via<br>
> SMS/Twitter, an API, iPhone app, etc. (Many at:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.urbanedibles.org/index.php?title=New_Feature_Ideas" target="_blank">http://wiki.urbanedibles.org/index.php?title=New_Feature_Ideas</a>)<br>
><br>
> This will be a very open meeting, but I would like to come out of it<br>
> with some specific problems and tasks that need to be tackled. I think<br>
> this could be a great community coding project that could follow in<br>
> the foot steps of Calagator and their development process<br>
> (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/calagator/w/list" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/calagator/w/list</a>).<br>
><br>
> Urban Edibles has gained a lot of momentum and international press<br>
> over the last few years and I would love to see it fulfill the many<br>
> requests we've had for expansion.<br>
><br>
> If you are interested in collaborating but can't make it to the<br>
> meeting, please send me an email. I have been the only C.S. focused<br>
> person on the team thus far (others work on education, leading plant<br>
> walks, publishing, etc.) There are needs for graphic design,<br>
> interaction design, mapping/GIS, javascript, scaling, API design,<br>
> social media integration, clustering...the list can be as long as we<br>
> are willing to make it.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Argh, can't make it because I'm moving cross-town this weekend! Would<br>
love to make it to a future sprint though.<br>
<br>
Django seems like the right choice for a mix of technical and social reasons:<br>
<br>
- "proven" (popular sites use it)<br>
- GIS integration via PostGIS & GeoDjango<br>
- basic social networking features via Pinax<br>
- significant mindshare and positive growth in the web development community<br>
- has a conference coming to town in September for you to demo at! ;-)<br>
<br>
So while thats just my $0.02, it might be a more productive meeting if<br>
you decided on Django ahead of time and laid out some immediate<br>
implementation goals (like: get feature X working).<br>
<br>
At any rate please keep posting meetings to this mailing list. I'd<br>
love to write some code for it in the future!<br>
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