From gmr.gaf at gmail.com Wed Nov 5 10:55:26 2014 From: gmr.gaf at gmail.com (=?utf-8?B?VG9uaSBSdcW+YQ==?=) Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:55:26 +0100 Subject: [Chicago] Moving to Chicago Message-ID: Hello fellow Pythonistas :) My intention is to move to Chicago from Serbia with my wife around about the beginning of next year. I would like to know if any of you could point out some companies where it would make sense to seek employment for someone with my qualifications and in my position. I've been working with Python for the last ten years, mostly for developing desktop applications (with wxpython). In the last few years I've dabbled in certain managerial and team leading roles. My university degree is a mix of IT and management as well. Research into new technologies in the area of software development is something I'm pretty much always doing with a significant portion of my time, and I enjoy building specialized tools that automate parts of any computer-work-related process. Thinking up specific ways of solving abstract problems is something that I'm constantly falling into; so much so that I often get flustered when my colleagues either refuse or are not able to work on things that can't be specified in great detail at the time. If you are interested, there is a bit more detail on my Careers profile: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/toni Thank you for your time, Toni From ross at crowdspring.com Wed Nov 5 16:47:21 2014 From: ross at crowdspring.com (Ross Kimbarovsky) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:47:21 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] New Chicago Private-Equity Funded Startup (Startup Foundry) Looking For Awesome Engineers Message-ID: Some of you may remember when my company, crowdSPRING (one of the largest Python-based sites online), hosted ChiPy a few years back at our space in the West Loop. It was then, without doubt (by fiat and according to Brian Ray), the best meeting ever. My lead engineer at crowdSPRING (Adriano Marques) and I just launched a new startup (the paint is literally still drying), Startup Foundry - http://www.startupfoundry.com/ - we have a pretty awesome and very unique opportunity for you. Startup Foundry is in the West Loop and is private-equity funded. We're building a team of full-time engineers and entrepreneurs. Together, we will build innovative and sustainable startups. It's a model unique to Chicago but you've seen it successfully executed elsewhere (betaworks, scienceinc, idealab). We're not an accelerator, incubator or VC. Every year, we will identify 3 to 5 scalable and profitable business models that originate within our own team (after looking at hundreds of models). We'll research, develop and test those models and will form teams to transform validated ideas into great businesses. Everyone on the team receives options in any new company we launch. We're just getting started and at the moment, we're looking for two front-end and one back-end engineer (we'll have more openings in early 2015). This isn't your normal 9 to 5 job. We will mentor members of the team to become the future CEOs and CTO's of the companies we build. I won't kid you - we're looking for incredibly smart, extraordinarily interesting people. When we're not working, we're doing century bike rides, building balloons that travel to space, and experimenting with 3D printing. Want to build something amazing with us? http://www.startupfoundry.com/software-engineer-front-end/ http://www.startupfoundry.com/software-engineer-back-end/ Best, Ross _____ *Ross Kimbarovsky* | co-founder | Startup Foundry | crowdSPRING @rosskimbarovsky | LinkedIn | 847.275.9004 ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wed, Nov 5, 2014, 9:48 AM Ross Kimbarovsky wrote: > Some of you may remember when my company, crowdSPRING (one of the largest > Python-based sites online), hosted ChiPy a few years back at our space in > the West Loop. It was then, without doubt (by fiat and according to Brian > Ray), the best meeting ever. > > My lead engineer at crowdSPRING (Adriano Marques) and I just launched a > new startup (the paint is literally still drying), Startup Foundry - > http://www.startupfoundry.com/ - we have a pretty awesome and very > unique opportunity for you. > > Startup Foundry is in the West Loop and is private-equity funded. We're > building a team of full-time engineers and entrepreneurs. Together, we will > build innovative and sustainable startups. It's a model unique to Chicago > but you've seen it successfully executed elsewhere (betaworks, scienceinc, > idealab). > > We're not an accelerator, incubator or VC. Every year, we will identify 3 > to 5 scalable and profitable business models that originate within our own > team (after looking at hundreds of models). We'll research, develop and > test those models and will form teams to transform validated ideas into > great businesses. Everyone on the team receives options in any new company > we launch. > > We're just getting started and at the moment, we're looking for two > front-end and one back-end engineer (we'll have more openings in early > 2015). > > This isn't your normal 9 to 5 job. We will mentor members of the team to > become the future CEOs and CTO's of the companies we build. > > I won't kid you - we're looking for incredibly smart, extraordinarily > interesting people. When we're not working, we're doing century bike rides, > building balloons that travel to space, and experimenting with 3D printing. > > Want to build something amazing with us? > > http://www.startupfoundry.com/software-engineer-front-end/ > http://www.startupfoundry.com/software-engineer-back-end/ > > Best, > > Ross > _____ > *Ross Kimbarovsky* > | > co-founder | Startup Foundry > > | crowdSPRING > > > @rosskimbarovsky > > | LinkedIn > > | 847.275.9004 > ? > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Using machine learning on wearable accelerometer signals, we estimate the activities patients with incomplete spinal cord injury are performing. By combining windowed classifier estimates over time using a hidden markov model, we show how error rates can be significantly decreased, which brings more detailed assessments of patient activity closer to a clinical reality. - *Innate learning: training the brain before the eyes open* (0:15:00 Minutes) By: Isaac Adorno Amorphous, blob-like patterns of neural activity form and move over the eye during visual development in animals. Why do such patterns exist? We show that these patterns are this way to better prepare the visual system for natural vision. Essentially, these are movies played in the eyes to refine the visual system before the eyes even open. We use python to model the developing visual system, produce an efficient code based on those patterns, and show how that code matches what is seen biologically. In this way, we show that during your early development you are learning from innately generated patterns - a unique twist in the debates of nature and nurture. RSVP here is open http://chipy.org -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dkh2oit at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 18:57:04 2014 From: dkh2oit at gmail.com (De Kelsey) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 11:57:04 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy Topics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: the meeting @ Loyola is still on for tonight right? RES Demarco On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Brian Ray wrote: > A couple really great talks up for the ChiPy meeting next week: > > > - *Hidden Markov Models to improve activity recognition in patients > with spinal cord injury* > (0:15:00 Minutes) > By: Asma Mehjabeen > Fitness tracking is great for calories and steps, but similar sensors > are capable of reporting much more about how we move throughout the day. > This is especially important in assessing the quality of movement for those > with limited mobility. Doctors often want to know more detail about patient > behavior after therapy to select and adjust the appropriate intervention. > Using machine learning on wearable accelerometer signals, we estimate the > activities patients with incomplete spinal cord injury are performing. By > combining windowed classifier estimates over time using a hidden markov > model, we show how error rates can be significantly decreased, which brings > more detailed assessments of patient activity closer to a clinical reality. > - *Innate learning: training the brain before the eyes open* > (0:15:00 Minutes) > By: Isaac Adorno > Amorphous, blob-like patterns of neural activity form and move over > the eye during visual development in animals. Why do such patterns exist? > We show that these patterns are this way to better prepare the visual > system for natural vision. Essentially, these are movies played in the eyes > to refine the visual system before the eyes even open. We use python to > model the developing visual system, produce an efficient code based on > those patterns, and show how that code matches what is seen biologically. > In this way, we show that during your early development you are learning > from innately generated patterns - a unique twist in the debates of nature > and nurture. > > > RSVP here is open http://chipy.org > > > -- > Brian Ray > @brianray > (773) 669-7717 > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." -Martin Luther King, Jr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Doctors often want to know more detail about patient >> behavior after therapy to select and adjust the appropriate intervention. >> Using machine learning on wearable accelerometer signals, we estimate the >> activities patients with incomplete spinal cord injury are performing. By >> combining windowed classifier estimates over time using a hidden markov >> model, we show how error rates can be significantly decreased, which brings >> more detailed assessments of patient activity closer to a clinical reality. >> - *Innate learning: training the brain before the eyes open* >> (0:15:00 Minutes) >> By: Isaac Adorno >> Amorphous, blob-like patterns of neural activity form and move over >> the eye during visual development in animals. Why do such patterns exist? >> We show that these patterns are this way to better prepare the visual >> system for natural vision. Essentially, these are movies played in the eyes >> to refine the visual system before the eyes even open. We use python to >> model the developing visual system, produce an efficient code based on >> those patterns, and show how that code matches what is seen biologically. >> In this way, we show that during your early development you are learning >> from innately generated patterns - a unique twist in the debates of nature >> and nurture. >> >> >> RSVP here is open http://chipy.org >> >> >> -- >> Brian Ray >> @brianray >> (773) 669-7717 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> >> > > > -- > "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, > just take the first step." > > -Martin Luther King, Jr > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Doctors often want to know more detail about >>> patient behavior after therapy to select and adjust the appropriate >>> intervention. Using machine learning on wearable accelerometer signals, we >>> estimate the activities patients with incomplete spinal cord injury are >>> performing. By combining windowed classifier estimates over time using a >>> hidden markov model, we show how error rates can be significantly >>> decreased, which brings more detailed assessments of patient activity >>> closer to a clinical reality. >>> - *Innate learning: training the brain before the eyes open* >>> (0:15:00 Minutes) >>> By: Isaac Adorno >>> Amorphous, blob-like patterns of neural activity form and move over >>> the eye during visual development in animals. Why do such patterns exist? >>> We show that these patterns are this way to better prepare the visual >>> system for natural vision. Essentially, these are movies played in the eyes >>> to refine the visual system before the eyes even open. We use python to >>> model the developing visual system, produce an efficient code based on >>> those patterns, and show how that code matches what is seen biologically. >>> In this way, we show that during your early development you are learning >>> from innately generated patterns - a unique twist in the debates of nature >>> and nurture. >>> >>> >>> RSVP here is open http://chipy.org >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Brian Ray >>> @brianray >>> (773) 669-7717 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chicago mailing list >>> Chicago at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, >> just take the first step." >> >> -Martin Luther King, Jr >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." -Martin Luther King, Jr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianhray at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 16:17:55 2014 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:17:55 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] [ANN] Thursday's ChiPy Meeting at Loyola Message-ID: We are excited to meet for the first time at Loyola. We have some great talks lined up. Come enjoy food and soft drinks. ChiPy will buy first round after. I am fairly certain this will be our best meeting ever. RSVP here-> http://chipy.org *When:* Nov. 13, 2014, 7 p.m. *Where:* > Loyola's downtown campus > > Kasbeer Hall > 15th floor of Corboy Law Center > > 25 E Pearson St. > > Chicago, IL 60611 > Topics - *Hidden Markov Models to improve activity recognition in patients with spinal cord injury* (0:15:00 Minutes) By: Asma Mehjabeen Fitness tracking is great for calories and steps, but similar sensors are capable of reporting much more about how we move throughout the day. This is especially important in assessing the quality of movement for those with limited mobility. Doctors often want to know more detail about patient behavior after therapy to select and adjust the appropriate intervention. Using machine learning on wearable accelerometer signals, we estimate the activities patients with incomplete spinal cord injury are performing. By combining windowed classifier estimates over time using a hidden markov model, we show how error rates can be significantly decreased, which brings more detailed assessments of patient activity closer to a clinical reality. - *Innate learning: training the brain before the eyes open* (0:15:00 Minutes) By: Isaac Adorno Amorphous, blob-like patterns of neural activity form and move over the eye during visual development in animals. Why do such patterns exist? We show that these patterns are this way to better prepare the visual system for natural vision. Essentially, these are movies played in the eyes to refine the visual system before the eyes even open. We use python to model the developing visual system, produce an efficient code based on those patterns, and show how that code matches what is seen biologically. In this way, we show that during your early development you are learning from innately generated patterns - a unique twist in the debates of nature and nurture. 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Some of the > not-yet listed topics will be novice friendly. > > See you all tomorrow. > > Cheers, Brian > > > -- > Brian Ray > @brianray > (773) 669-7717 > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From donald at caa.columbia.edu Wed Nov 12 22:49:14 2014 From: donald at caa.columbia.edu (Don Sheu) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:49:14 -0800 Subject: [Chicago] 1 Drink limit tomorrow In-Reply-To: <5463C849.4000001@hafd.org> References: <5463C849.4000001@hafd.org> Message-ID: Jordan, I'll drink on the flight over from Seattle so I'm right there keeping pace with you. On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Jordan Bettis wrote: > So if I remember, the proper college protocol is to get wasted in your > dorm room and show up already drunk. > > On 11/12/2014 12:55 PM, Brian Ray wrote: > > So happy to have this meeting back in a collegiate setting. We are all > > students so it should be a great environment to > > learn/teach/share/socialize/have fun. > > > > I just need to set two honor system rules for tomorrow regarding the > > drinks we are providing: > > > > * Must be 21 or older for alcohol > > * 1 drink limit per attendee > > > > BTW pretty please RSVP if you think you might make it > > so we have counts for food and drink. > > > > Did I mention this is going to be awesome? Great topics, amazing > > venue... and it will be recorded!!! > > > > So happy for a great user group. All levels are welcome. Some of the > > not-yet listed topics will be novice friendly. > > > > See you all tomorrow. > > > > Cheers, Brian > > > > > > -- > > Brian Ray > > @brianray > > (773) 669-7717 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -- Don Sheu ??? (312) 880-9389 *Apply to join us at www.openforcetour.org * *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received the message in error. Then delete it. 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URL: From donald at caa.columbia.edu Wed Nov 19 16:57:50 2014 From: donald at caa.columbia.edu (Don Sheu) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:57:50 -0800 Subject: [Chicago] ChicagoPy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey my ChiPy munks, Liza Avramenko was on Startup Row at PyCon Montreal as part of the 2014 class. Check out what she's offering. If she makes it to a ChiPy meeting, be kind to her as I know you always are. Brian Ray, introducing my friend Liza, hope the both of you connect soon. Liza, Brian has been organizing ChiPy with it's membership totaling well over 6000 for the past 12 years. Sorry to date you Brian. Great to see your post on the mailing list Liza. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Liza Avramenko wrote: > Hi PyPeople, > > I wanted to run by you CheckiO > - > the game for PyCoders and an open platform for AI gaming. We see a lot of > coders using it to pump up their skills by solving and seeing solutions of > others, or to teach others to show that coding is fun, or to create and > publish their own AI games so that all the world competes at the best > algorithms for you challenges. > > Would love to hear your feedback or simply see CheckiO being helpful to > you in any possible ways. > > > > Liza Avramenko > > CEO, CheckiO > > > > [image: Inline image 7] > [image: > Inline image 6] > [image: > Inline image 3] > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- Don Sheu ??? (312) 880-9389 *Apply to join us at www.openforcetour.org * *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may be protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property laws of the United States and International agreements. 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We see a lot of > coders using it to pump up their skills by solving and seeing solutions of > others, or to teach others to show that coding is fun, or to create and > publish their own AI games so that all the world competes at the best > algorithms for you challenges. > > Would love to hear your feedback or simply see CheckiO being helpful to > you in any possible ways. > > > > Liza Avramenko > > CEO, CheckiO > > > > [image: Inline image 7] > [image: > Inline image 6] > [image: > Inline image 3] > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianhray at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 17:09:55 2014 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:09:55 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ChicagoPy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I saw this. Looks amazing. Liza was this also built with Python? Can you tell us a bit more? On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Liza Avramenko wrote: > Hi PyPeople, > > I wanted to run by you CheckiO > - > the game for PyCoders and an open platform for AI gaming. We see a lot of > coders using it to pump up their skills by solving and seeing solutions of > others, or to teach others to show that coding is fun, or to create and > publish their own AI games so that all the world competes at the best > algorithms for you challenges. > > Would love to hear your feedback or simply see CheckiO being helpful to > you in any possible ways. > > > > Liza Avramenko > > CEO, CheckiO > > > > [image: Inline image 7] > [image: > Inline image 6] > [image: > Inline image 3] > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad.wilkening at devmynd.com Wed Nov 19 19:28:10 2014 From: brad.wilkening at devmynd.com (Brad Wilkening) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:28:10 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ChicagoWebConf is back in 2015! Message-ID: Chippers, I would like to formally invite all you lovely humans to the third (kind of) annual ChicagoWebConf on February 20?21, 2015. The conference is a two day event focused on *everything web*: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, frameworks and tools, visual design and usability, user experience, and product management. This year we have a full day of in-depth workshops on Friday with topics like: ?Building Rich Apps with Ember.js?, ?Design Patterns and Storytelling in Business?, and ?Oriented Design in JavaScript?. On Saturday we?ll have a *full 3-track conference with over 18 speakers* and an awesome after-party with one of the best views downtown Chicago has to offer. If you use the offer code: ?chippy? you?ll get 10% off of any ticket price (including the workshops). There are only 20 of these coupons available so don?t miss your chance to save. It?s going to be an awesome event, you won?t want to miss it. Follow @ChicagoWebConf on Twitter for updates. We are also *looking for speakers* who would like to share their ideas on front-end engineering, design and UX, and product. The call for proposals ends on December 15th. Tickets: http://ChicagoWebConf.org/ Call for presentations: http://www.chicagowebconf.org/cfp.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidpietz at sbcglobal.net Wed Nov 19 19:58:42 2014 From: davidpietz at sbcglobal.net (davidpietz at sbcglobal.net) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:58:42 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Recording Talks In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54425C72-82BD-471C-B5BD-EC69493EEF7D@sbcglobal.net> Brian and everybody, I am very much interested in recording the talks, and this is a note to reintroduce myself and volunteer. I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular basis. I am not a programmer and I only have been through one Python book (Head First), but I keep getting ideas about problems I could solve with it. If you don?t remember me, I came a half dozen times about a year ago and you may have referred to me as the guy who is welcome even though he looks like he came in here by accident. (They say I clean up well, though.) I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular basis. I am not experienced specifically in AV, but I was a Navy Reserve electronics tech, have some computers, I am handy, have some tools, and I have a reliable van. If you already have somebody, put me in as a trainee/backup and you won?t get in this bad situation again. As I understand it, you have a huge following who need remote and reference access to the meetings. I have a strong feeling there may be a real place for me with ChiPy. Just let me know what I need to do and I can start immediately. Dave From brianhray at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 20:14:37 2014 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:14:37 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Recording Talks In-Reply-To: <54425C72-82BD-471C-B5BD-EC69493EEF7D@sbcglobal.net> References: <54425C72-82BD-471C-B5BD-EC69493EEF7D@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: Hey Dave: Thanks for the offer. Please connect with Jimmy and see what you can do to help. And Welcome! Brian On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:58 PM, davidpietz at sbcglobal.net < davidpietz at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Brian and everybody, > > I am very much interested in recording the talks, and this is a note to > reintroduce myself and volunteer. > > I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular > basis. > > I am not a programmer and I only have been through one Python book (Head > First), but I keep getting ideas about problems I could solve with it. > > If you don?t remember me, I came a half dozen times about a year ago and > you may have referred to me as the guy who is welcome even though he looks > like he came in here by accident. (They say I clean up well, though.) > > I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular > basis. > > I am not experienced specifically in AV, but I was a Navy Reserve > electronics tech, have some computers, I am handy, have some tools, and I > have a reliable van. > If you already have somebody, put me in as a trainee/backup and you won?t > get in this bad situation again. As I understand it, you have a huge > following who need remote and reference access to the meetings. > > I have a strong feeling there may be a real place for me with ChiPy. > > Just let me know what I need to do and I can start immediately. > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shekay at pobox.com Wed Nov 19 21:50:20 2014 From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:50:20 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Recording Talks In-Reply-To: References: <54425C72-82BD-471C-B5BD-EC69493EEF7D@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: Is there an av mailing list? Carl still loves chipy. The node.js folks have not stolen his heart, and he is back from videoing the Nodevember conference. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Brian Ray wrote: > Hey Dave: > > Thanks for the offer. Please connect with Jimmy and see what you can do to > help. > > And Welcome! Brian > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:58 PM, davidpietz at sbcglobal.net < > davidpietz at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Brian and everybody, >> >> I am very much interested in recording the talks, and this is a note to >> reintroduce myself and volunteer. >> >> I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular >> basis. >> >> I am not a programmer and I only have been through one Python book (Head >> First), but I keep getting ideas about problems I could solve with it. >> >> If you don?t remember me, I came a half dozen times about a year ago and >> you may have referred to me as the guy who is welcome even though he looks >> like he came in here by accident. (They say I clean up well, though.) >> >> I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular >> basis. >> >> I am not experienced specifically in AV, but I was a Navy Reserve >> electronics tech, have some computers, I am handy, have some tools, and I >> have a reliable van. >> If you already have somebody, put me in as a trainee/backup and you won?t >> get in this bad situation again. As I understand it, you have a huge >> following who need remote and reference access to the meetings. >> >> I have a strong feeling there may be a real place for me with ChiPy. >> >> Just let me know what I need to do and I can start immediately. >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> > > > > -- > Brian Ray > @brianray > (773) 669-7717 > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- shekay at pobox.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randy7771026 at gmail.com Thu Nov 20 07:26:42 2014 From: randy7771026 at gmail.com (Randy Baxley) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:26:42 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Recording Talks In-Reply-To: <54425C72-82BD-471C-B5BD-EC69493EEF7D@sbcglobal.net> References: <54425C72-82BD-471C-B5BD-EC69493EEF7D@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/how-to-blog/ http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/new-livestream-equipment/ CHris has blogged on what he does for live stream and archive for events with Smart Chicicago Colaborative and Open Gov Hack Night, Also fun sre new CTA vides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k43egoTyi1I&list=TLV6OXuNuRCw8 https://github.com/randy7771026/Visual-CTA-Chicago has an insex file with a lat and lon I want to pas to the sbte.py file and then pass routes and stops back to choose one so the back again then feeding arrrivel data back once again, Perhap someone at Braintree hack night will get me lined out on that. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:58 PM, davidpietz at sbcglobal.net < davidpietz at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Brian and everybody, > > I am very much interested in recording the talks, and this is a note to > reintroduce myself and volunteer. > > I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular > basis. > > I am not a programmer and I only have been through one Python book (Head > First), but I keep getting ideas about problems I could solve with it. > > If you don?t remember me, I came a half dozen times about a year ago and > you may have referred to me as the guy who is welcome even though he looks > like he came in here by accident. (They say I clean up well, though.) > > I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular > basis. > > I am not experienced specifically in AV, but I was a Navy Reserve > electronics tech, have some computers, I am handy, have some tools, and I > have a reliable van. > If you already have somebody, put me in as a trainee/backup and you won?t > get in this bad situation again. As I understand it, you have a huge > following who need remote and reference access to the meetings. > > I have a strong feeling there may be a real place for me with ChiPy. > > Just let me know what I need to do and I can start immediately. > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Randy Baxley wrote: > http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/how-to-blog/ > > http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/new-livestream-equipment/ > > CHris has blogged on what he does for live stream and archive for events > with Smart Chicicago Colaborative and Open Gov Hack Night, > > Also fun sre new CTA vides. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k43egoTyi1I&list=TLV6OXuNuRCw8 > > https://github.com/randy7771026/Visual-CTA-Chicago has an insex file with > a lat and lon I want to pas to the sbte.py file and then pass routes and > stops back to choose one so the back again then feeding arrrivel data back > once again, > > Perhap someone at Braintree hack night will get me lined out on that. > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:58 PM, davidpietz at sbcglobal.net < > davidpietz at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Brian and everybody, >> >> I am very much interested in recording the talks, and this is a note to >> reintroduce myself and volunteer. >> >> I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular >> basis. >> >> I am not a programmer and I only have been through one Python book (Head >> First), but I keep getting ideas about problems I could solve with it. >> >> If you don?t remember me, I came a half dozen times about a year ago and >> you may have referred to me as the guy who is welcome even though he looks >> like he came in here by accident. (They say I clean up well, though.) >> >> I love the ChiPy idea and meetings and want to play a part on a regular >> basis. >> >> I am not experienced specifically in AV, but I was a Navy Reserve >> electronics tech, have some computers, I am handy, have some tools, and I >> have a reliable van. >> If you already have somebody, put me in as a trainee/backup and you won?t >> get in this bad situation again. As I understand it, you have a huge >> following who need remote and reference access to the meetings. >> >> I have a strong feeling there may be a real place for me with ChiPy. >> >> Just let me know what I need to do and I can start immediately. >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In return, we would love to place a logo on this page. We would be happy to credit job matching efforts (rules: http://www.chipy.org/pages/referrals/) if you are looking for Python talent only if you donate (before) you hire great Python talent. So donate today. Money does not make a great user group; however, it does buy free beer. Cheers from ChiPy Organizers: Adam B, Adam F, Brian, Cezar, Jason, Jerry, T mailto: chicago-organizers at python.org ChiPy Code of Conduct: http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tanya at tickel.net Mon Nov 24 02:40:32 2014 From: tanya at tickel.net (Tanya Schlusser) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:40:32 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) Message-ID: What if we write a ChiPy O'Reilly book and have the proceeds go to the group? The local R user group wrote the R Cookbook . I volunteer to edit / help edit if everyone wanted to write a chapter. Don't know on what -- there are close to 120 Python books already: http://shop.oreilly.com/category/browse-subjects/programming/python.do Nothing on concurrency, or Tornado, or Spark...maybe cluster computing options with Python? or something more businessy / Lean Startup-y (possibly featuring BrainTree and Spotify and how great Chicago is) like 'Example code for rapid, agile development using Python'? I'll sign up for a lightning talk to pitch both ideas and anyone interested can pipe in at the next meetup. Best, Tanya > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:49:18 -0500 > From: Brian Ray > To: The Chicago Python Users Group > Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor > Message-ID: > < > CANKg38vgY97bffCe419hDykb9WJkh06ZdJCfgemjjMh6SWWazA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We are happy to provide free Python related meetings/activities every month > as we have been for last 11 years. > > I suggest everyone who reads this donate at least, $1 for our 2015 > sponsorship program: > > http://www.chipy.org/pages/sponsor/ > > Likewise, can you please forward this to your organization's leadership so > they can consider becoming a sponsor? In return, we would love to place a > logo on this page. We would be happy to credit job matching efforts (rules: > http://www.chipy.org/pages/referrals/) if you are looking for Python > talent > only if you donate (before) you hire great Python talent. So donate today. > > Money does not make a great user group; however, it does buy free beer. > > Cheers from ChiPy Organizers: > > Adam B, Adam F, Brian, Cezar, Jason, Jerry, T > mailto: chicago-organizers at python.org > ChiPy Code of Conduct: http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ > > -- > Brian Ray > @brianray > (773) 669-7717 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20141122/0947452c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > ------------------------------ > > End of Chicago Digest, Vol 111, Issue 9 > *************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dinaldo at gmail.com Mon Nov 24 03:30:03 2014 From: dinaldo at gmail.com (Don Sheu) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:30:03 -0800 Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2E4BD7F2-9921-409B-8552-FF6BD8200551@gmail.com> Dusty Phillips who writes a lot organizes PuPy with me. I spent Friday with Audrey Roy Greenfeld and Danny Greendfeld authors of Two Scoops of Django as they helped me with my PyCon Startup Row event at Techweek LA. Writing a book is incredibly hard. That said, think it's an awesome idea for ChiPy to produce a book. It'd be cool to do a personality piece provided the number of celebrities that ChiPy has nurtured over the years. Looking forward to the results. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Tanya Schlusser wrote: > > What if we write a ChiPy O'Reilly book and have the proceeds go to the group? > > The local R user group wrote the R Cookbook. I volunteer to edit / help edit if everyone wanted to write a chapter. > > Don't know on what -- there are close to 120 Python books already: > http://shop.oreilly.com/category/browse-subjects/programming/python.do > > Nothing on concurrency, or Tornado, or Spark...maybe cluster computing options with Python? or something more businessy / Lean Startup-y (possibly featuring BrainTree and Spotify and how great Chicago is) like 'Example code for rapid, agile development using Python'? > > I'll sign up for a lightning talk to pitch both ideas and anyone interested can pipe in at the next meetup. > > > Best, > Tanya >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:49:18 -0500 >> From: Brian Ray >> To: The Chicago Python Users Group >> Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> We are happy to provide free Python related meetings/activities every month >> as we have been for last 11 years. >> >> I suggest everyone who reads this donate at least, $1 for our 2015 >> sponsorship program: >> >> http://www.chipy.org/pages/sponsor/ >> >> Likewise, can you please forward this to your organization's leadership so >> they can consider becoming a sponsor? In return, we would love to place a >> logo on this page. We would be happy to credit job matching efforts (rules: >> http://www.chipy.org/pages/referrals/) if you are looking for Python talent >> only if you donate (before) you hire great Python talent. So donate today. >> >> Money does not make a great user group; however, it does buy free beer. >> >> Cheers from ChiPy Organizers: >> >> Adam B, Adam F, Brian, Cezar, Jason, Jerry, T >> mailto: chicago-organizers at python.org >> ChiPy Code of Conduct: http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ >> >> -- >> Brian Ray >> @brianray >> (773) 669-7717 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Chicago Digest, Vol 111, Issue 9 >> *************************************** > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianhray at gmail.com Mon Nov 24 04:15:55 2014 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:15:55 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ok, let's write a book. Let's make it one gigantic multiple page Doc String and in Pep 8. Tanya make it so. I did propose a swimsuit calendar once; although, the idea got shot down due to safety concerns and peeping tom language groups. On Sunday, November 23, 2014, Tanya Schlusser wrote: > What if we write a ChiPy O'Reilly book and have the proceeds go to the > group? > > > The local R user group wrote the R Cookbook > . > I volunteer to edit / help edit if everyone wanted to write a chapter. > > Don't know on what -- there are close to 120 Python books already: > http://shop.oreilly.com/category/browse-subjects/programming/python.do > > Nothing on concurrency, or Tornado, or Spark...maybe cluster computing > options with Python? or something more businessy / Lean Startup-y (possibly > featuring BrainTree and Spotify and how great Chicago is) like 'Example > code for rapid, agile development using Python'? > > I'll sign up for a lightning talk to pitch both ideas and anyone > interested can pipe in at the next meetup. > > > Best, > Tanya > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:49:18 -0500 >> From: Brian Ray > > >> To: The Chicago Python Users Group > > >> Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor >> Message-ID: >> < >> CANKg38vgY97bffCe419hDykb9WJkh06ZdJCfgemjjMh6SWWazA at mail.gmail.com >> >> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> We are happy to provide free Python related meetings/activities every >> month >> as we have been for last 11 years. >> >> I suggest everyone who reads this donate at least, $1 for our 2015 >> sponsorship program: >> >> http://www.chipy.org/pages/sponsor/ >> >> Likewise, can you please forward this to your organization's leadership so >> they can consider becoming a sponsor? In return, we would love to place a >> logo on this page. We would be happy to credit job matching efforts >> (rules: >> http://www.chipy.org/pages/referrals/) if you are looking for Python >> talent >> only if you donate (before) you hire great Python talent. So donate today. >> >> Money does not make a great user group; however, it does buy free beer. >> >> Cheers from ChiPy Organizers: >> >> Adam B, Adam F, Brian, Cezar, Jason, Jerry, T >> mailto: chicago-organizers at python.org >> >> ChiPy Code of Conduct: http://www.chipy.org/pages/conduct/ >> >> -- >> Brian Ray >> @brianray >> (773) 669-7717 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20141122/0947452c/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Chicago Digest, Vol 111, Issue 9 >> *************************************** > > -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tanya at tickel.net Tue Nov 25 03:07:06 2014 From: tanya at tickel.net (Tanya Schlusser) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:07:06 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) (Brian Ray) Message-ID: Harrumph. If I didn't know better I'd think Brian was mocking me. Love the swimsuit calendar -- I will personally pay $5 for every ChiPy organizer who shows up at the next meeting in swim trunks. $10 if it's snowing that day... Best, Tanya > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:15:55 -0500 > From: Brian Ray > To: The Chicago Python Users Group > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) > Message-ID: > < CANKg38vy5-26nbCQW9OS5d4AT3mnMrHVthGtMvOU3BENEQDiGQ at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Ok, let's write a book. Let's make it one gigantic multiple page Doc String > and in Pep 8. Tanya make it so. > > I did propose a swimsuit calendar once; although, the idea got shot down > due to safety concerns and peeping tom language groups. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianhray at gmail.com Tue Nov 25 13:31:37 2014 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:31:37 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) (Brian Ray) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just trying to add some Pythonic spin to it. *Love the swimsuit calendar -- I will personally pay $5 for every ChiPy organizer who shows up at the next meeting in swim trunks. $10 if it's snowing that day...* Challenge is on https://twitter.com/brianray/status/537221468372099072 Are there any counter 'suits'. On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Tanya Schlusser wrote: > Harrumph. If I didn't know better I'd think Brian was mocking me. > > Love the swimsuit calendar -- I will personally pay $5 for every ChiPy > organizer who shows up at the next meeting in swim trunks. $10 if it's > snowing that day... > > Best, > Tanya > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:15:55 -0500 > > From: Brian Ray > > To: The Chicago Python Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) > > Message-ID: > > < > CANKg38vy5-26nbCQW9OS5d4AT3mnMrHVthGtMvOU3BENEQDiGQ at mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Ok, let's write a book. Let's make it one gigantic multiple page Doc > String > > and in Pep 8. Tanya make it so. > > > > I did propose a swimsuit calendar once; although, the idea got shot down > > due to safety concerns and peeping tom language groups. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- Brian Ray @brianray (773) 669-7717 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m-rich at northwestern.edu Tue Nov 25 21:01:45 2014 From: m-rich at northwestern.edu (Matthew T Rich) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:01:45 +0000 Subject: [Chicago] Job opening at Northwestern U Message-ID: <94D284E3-BA9A-4C9C-BE54-DAD3338483D7@northwestern.edu> Hi all, I?m a developer at Northwestern and occasional ChiPy attendee. The school I work for, the School of Education and Social Policy, has an opening at the Evanston campus for a software developer. This person would be working with me on both Python and C# projects and once you?re up and running you?d have many interesting projects to tackle and wide latitude to implement how you see fit. Northwestern is a terrific place to work with a beautiful campus, great benefits, and tons of interesting student- and faculty-led projects to get involved with. Please contact me directly with any questions. Thanks! Matthew -- Matthew Rich Senior Web Application Developer Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy Annenberg Hall, Room 247 +1 847 467 2819 m-rich at northwestern.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From herbieman2000 at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 17:48:10 2014 From: herbieman2000 at gmail.com (Frank Duncan) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:48:10 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Job opening at Northwestern U In-Reply-To: <94D284E3-BA9A-4C9C-BE54-DAD3338483D7@northwestern.edu> References: <94D284E3-BA9A-4C9C-BE54-DAD3338483D7@northwestern.edu> Message-ID: I wanted to throw my in support as another employee of SESP (in the CCL). Northwestern is a pretty great place at which to work in general, and my time at the School of Education and Social Policy has been especially enjoyable. I absolutely second Matthew's statement about us having many interesting projects with a lot of opportunity to implement them how you like. Since joining a year ago, I, or part of my team, has dabbled in clojure, clojure script, coffeescript, dart, tested out multiple javascript libraries, as well as maintaining our main codebase in scala in whatever way we see fit (no crazy time demands that limit our ability to write solid, expansive tests). There has been an incredible amount of trust and respect from our non technical partners which allows us to find the best solution. I've also found that there are quite a few benefits I had not been expecting outside of that technical freedom: opportunity to work with motivated students and mentor undergrads, getting an office with only one officemate (with a door, that we can close, holy crap), first class benefits of a massive organization (NU), schedule flexibility of a small school within that organization, beautiful campus, and just generally being surrounded by people who are here because they are really, really, really excited to come into work (helping develop software in education in my case). I have found it to be more than Just Another Job. Frank On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Matthew T Rich wrote: > Hi all, > > I?m a developer at Northwestern and occasional ChiPy attendee. The > school I work for, the School of Education and Social Policy, has an > opening at the Evanston campus for a software developer. This person would > be working with me on both Python and C# projects and once you?re up and > running you?d have many interesting projects to tackle and wide latitude to > implement how you see fit. > > Northwestern is a terrific place to work with a beautiful campus, great > benefits, and tons of interesting student- and faculty-led projects to get > involved with. Please contact me directly with any questions. > > Thanks! > > Matthew > > -- > Matthew Rich > Senior Web Application Developer > Northwestern University > School of Education and Social Policy > Annenberg Hall, Room 247 > +1 847 467 2819 > m-rich at northwestern.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dkh2oit at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 19:36:25 2014 From: dkh2oit at gmail.com (De Kelsey) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:36:25 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) (Brian Ray) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tanya that would be interesting lol On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Tanya Schlusser wrote: > Harrumph. If I didn't know better I'd think Brian was mocking me. > > Love the swimsuit calendar -- I will personally pay $5 for every ChiPy > organizer who shows up at the next meeting in swim trunks. $10 if it's > snowing that day... > > Best, > Tanya > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:15:55 -0500 > > From: Brian Ray > > To: The Chicago Python Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Become a ChiPy Sponsor (Brian Ray) > > Message-ID: > > < > CANKg38vy5-26nbCQW9OS5d4AT3mnMrHVthGtMvOU3BENEQDiGQ at mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Ok, let's write a book. Let's make it one gigantic multiple page Doc > String > > and in Pep 8. Tanya make it so. > > > > I did propose a swimsuit calendar once; although, the idea got shot down > > due to safety concerns and peeping tom language groups. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." -Martin Luther King, Jr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From doitwithdesign at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 19:52:00 2014 From: doitwithdesign at gmail.com (Jay Kasturi) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:52:00 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Job opening at Northwestern U In-Reply-To: <94D284E3-BA9A-4C9C-BE54-DAD3338483D7@northwestern.edu> References: <94D284E3-BA9A-4C9C-BE54-DAD3338483D7@northwestern.edu> Message-ID: Matthew, What level of experience are you wanting for this position? Is this an entry-level position with a chance for a motivated person to learn some things on the job? Thanks for sharing the opportunity! ~ Jay On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Matthew T Rich wrote: > Hi all, > > I?m a developer at Northwestern and occasional ChiPy attendee. The > school I work for, the School of Education and Social Policy, has an > opening at the Evanston campus for a software developer. This person would > be working with me on both Python and C# projects and once you?re up and > running you?d have many interesting projects to tackle and wide latitude to > implement how you see fit. > > Northwestern is a terrific place to work with a beautiful campus, great > benefits, and tons of interesting student- and faculty-led projects to get > involved with. Please contact me directly with any questions. > > Thanks! > > Matthew > > -- > Matthew Rich > Senior Web Application Developer > Northwestern University > School of Education and Social Policy > Annenberg Hall, Room 247 > +1 847 467 2819 > m-rich at northwestern.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- ~Jay *w:* doitwithdesign.com *c:* 704-236-5432 *e:* jay at doitwithdesign.com doitwithdesign at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: