From bray at sent.com Wed Jan 13 12:43:08 2010 From: bray at sent.com (Brian Ray) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:43:08 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] ANN ChiPy January Meeting Thurs 14th 7pm Message-ID: <802DB41D-CC33-4069-AC9D-922A9CD96D5B@sent.com> Chicago Python User Group ========================= Talks ----- ChiPy, the Chicago Python usergroup, is back again this month with another round of fantastic talks. This month we have: - A talk by the celebrated David Beazley about changes to the GIL that have been added to the Python 3 branch (1hr) - A talk by Christopher Webber about GitPython. (45min) - A talk by Jordan Bettis giving a technical, standards-spec style analysis of unicode (45min) When ---- Thursday January 14th @ ~7:00pm Location -------- We have a great venue this month, Tech Nexus: http://www.technexus.org/. 200 S. Wacker Drive 15th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 +1.312.924.1026 From Union Station, exit to Adams St, cross the bridge, enter the first doors you see to the right. Across from the Tower formally known as Sears, corner of Adams and South Wacker. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=ITA%20200%20S.%20Wacker%20Drive%20Suite%201500%20Tech%20Nexus . Everyone is welcome but we need to let security know in advance who is coming, so if you are planning on attending, please list your name on (RSVP HERE): https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHVLOTNTU3oxTzJKYjB3RmV4eVZkMEE6MA After ----- After the meeting, for those interested we will meet up at bar near Ogilvie station for social hour. About ChiPy ----------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers. Participants range from absolute beginners to seasoned veterans. In short, *everyone* is welcome (including you)! Every second thursday of the month ChiPy members gather to give talks on a wide variety of topics related to Python and related technology. Our community benefits from a variety of participants, so we would love it if you would make yourself a participant! ChiPy website: http://chipy.org ChiPy Mailing List: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago ChiPy Announcement *ONLY* Mailing List: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chipy-announce Python website: http://python.org From tonkinjs at yahoo.com Thu Jan 14 15:32:20 2010 From: tonkinjs at yahoo.com (Jonathan Tonkin) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:32:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Chirb] Several items that may be of interest to group members Message-ID: <191717.26177.qm@web111305.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Hello, While this may not be directly related to group topics, here are several items that may be of interest to group members. 1.) (shortest first) The Chicago Chapter of the ACM is now on Facebook and Twitter.? Join our Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59120137059) or follow us on Twitter (username:? chicagoacm). 2.)? Next ACM Meeting: January 20, 2010 A joint meeting with the Loyola University Computer Science Department Speaker: Marc Temkin "WPF: The Windows Desktop Reloaded" Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, 6:30 pm 5:30 pm -6:30 pm (Social Hour) Loyola University Water Tower Campus (Chicago/Michigan Area) 820 N. Michigan, Chicago IL 60611 Beane Ballroom (13th Floor, Lewis Towers) Campus map: http://www.luc.edu/about/pdfs/wtc_may09.pdf Admission: Free (General Admission, No Reserved Seats) Reservations: To make a reservation, use this form: (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG5pUTBWamM4MnRYbWdVcEs4NWhaelE6MA) or send an e-mail to greg at neumarke.net or call Greg at 773-907-3308 (work) About the Topic: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the current Microsoft .NET graphics and media subsystem.? This talk will show the audience how to build a simple WPF interface with a dynamic data source. About the Speaker: Marc Temkin is an independent programmer and teaches programming.? Marc has been Vice-Chair of the Chicago chapter since 2006. ? More details at: http://www.chicagoacm.org/ Thanks, Jonathan Tonkin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: