[Edu-sig] re: PyGeo Presentation

[arthur.siegel@rsmi.com]

I had written -

>Proud to note that I will be giving a presentation
>of PyGeo to a portion of the math faculty/students
>at PolyTechnic University in NY tomorrow evening.

Great fun to have gotten the right audience - and
some good feedback.

They were great good sports in seeing the best in
the efforts of an amateur  - making up in passion
for a "mission" what he may be lacking in technical depth.

Except that the only non-departmental guest in the
audience was a tech heavyweight with an interest
in education and technology issues . Ironically,
after my presentation I overheard him talking to the
math department head,quoting Alan Kay  - with whom he
apparently enjoys some personal relationship.

I mentioned I had heard he left Disney - and left it at
that. (Since it was only the Disney connection that
ever distrubed me.)

Despite my track record with the Python establishment,
I must say I thought I made an effective spokesman for
the case of Python and related goodies - including PyGeo
of course - as tools that quite well belong in a math department's
arsenal.

Art