From bray at sent.com  Tue Mar  9 11:06:25 2010
From: bray at sent.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:06:25 -0600
Subject: [Chirb] Fwd: [Chicago] Chicago Python User Group Presents: Ultimate
	Language Blowout II, this Thursday March 11th
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I see Ruby on the list.

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> From: Brian Ray <bray at sent.com>
> Date: March 9, 2010 10:00:35 AM CST
> To: The Chicago Python Users Group <chicago at python.org>, Chipy  
> Announce <chipy-announce at python.org>
> Cc: Sully's House <party at sullyshouse.com>
> Subject: [Chicago] Chicago Python User Group Presents: Ultimate  
> Language Blowout II, this Thursday March 11th
> Reply-To: The Chicago Python Users Group <chicago at python.org>
>
>
> "One of the design rules for Python has always been to beg, borrow  
> or steal whatever features I liked
> from existing languages..."    Guido van Rossum
>
> Chicago Python User Group
> =========================
>
> Special Event: "Ultimate Language Blowout II"
>
> Last time we held this event we blew the doors off Roosevelt  
> University.  This month we will hold the competition in a private  
> meeting room (with its own wet bar, plenty of room, and great AV) at  
> Sully's House on the North side.  This meeting will surely be great  
> entertainment for everyone--Everyone is welcome!  The end result is  
> we will crown a winner for the best presentation. For those  
> watching, you will learn some Python features from a comparative   
> approach.
>
> This will be the best competition ever hosted by ChiPy.
>
>  ** Feel Free to Redistribute this information to any language  
> oriented group in Chicago land area **
>
> The Competition
> ---------------
> Each participant gets only 5-10 minutes (depending on entries). The  
> person who makes the best case wins! They can do whatever they  
> want-- just as long as each presentation is about some programming  
> language other than Python and make at least one comparison to  
> Python during the talk.
>
> Sign up:
>
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFdET2FPcjdfa3FCLXlWZ2ZRUFJoN3c6MA
> See who is in the running:
>
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tWDOaOr7_kqB-yVgfQPRh7w&single=true&gid=0&output=html
>
>
> When
> ----
>
> Thursday March 11, 2010 at 7PM  till a winner is announced
>
> Where
> -----
> Sully's House Tap Room & Grill, 1501 N. Dayton St. Chicago, Illinois  
> 60622 At the corner of Blackhawk and Dayton http://www.sullyshouse.com/
> (2) Blocks from the North & Clybourn Red Line stop. Free street  
> parking available.
> The meeting is Sully's House Tap Room & Grill. All ages are welcome  
> to this Free Private Event. For those of age, Sully's House offer 20  
> Beers on tap, and 35 Bottles - all craft and microbrewery,  
> specializing in Belgium, Irish and German selections. Enjoy great  
> Bar Food & Pizza from our Italian Oven and Daily discounted menu  
> specials. The host has given us a dedicated bartender. We will meet  
> in the private party room on the second floor--well equipped with  
> top of the line video equipment.
> **This event is Free as in Speech, but the beer is not free**   Tip  
> your bartender.
>
> 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
>
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> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago

Brian Ray




From tonkinjs at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 16 03:01:33 2010
From: tonkinjs at yahoo.com (Jonathan Tonkin)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:01:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chirb] Several items that may be of interest to group members
Message-ID: <294821.1451.qm@web111306.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: March 17, 2010 

A joint meeting with the Loyola University Computer Science Department

Speaker: Dean Wampler, Ph.D.

"Polyglot and Polyparadigm Programming"

Wednesday, Mar. 17, 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/a/chicagoacm.org/viewform?formkey=dElJS2Y1ZHBmS0hyYjUwOG0yS0YtVHc6MA)
or send an e-mail to greg at neumarke.net. 

About the Topic:

Is one language and one modularity "paradigm" right for your entire application? This talk argues that modern applications are easier to implement and evolve when they combine appropriately-chosen programming languages and paradigms. 

About the Speaker: 

Dean Wampler, Ph.D., is the co-author of "Programming Scala" (O'Reilly) and a software developer for DRW Holdings in Chicago. He writes about Polyglot Programming at polyglotprogramming.com and he speaks at conferences on this topic. This interest lead to the forthcoming special issue of IEEE Software on "Multiparadigm Programming" (Sept-Oct 2010), for which he is a guest editor. He is also the founder of the Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts. He created two open-source projects, Aquarium, an AOP library for Ruby, and Contract4J, a Design-by-Contract library for Java.

More details at: http://www.chicagoacm.org/


Thanks,

Jonathan Tonkin 



      
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From sergio_pereira at msn.com  Fri Mar 26 14:17:49 2010
From: sergio_pereira at msn.com (Sergio Pereira)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:17:49 -0500
Subject: [Chirb] Chicago Code Camp 2
Message-ID: <SNT126-DS1237A0EB74AB8183D9375DE7230@phx.gbl>

Sorry for announcing on the mailing list but I believe it will be of
interest to everyone.

I sent this invitation last year too and we had a good number of Rubyists
there.  If you're not familiar with code camps, these are free events
by-and-for the developer community.

 

The sessions are totally up to the diversity of speaker submissions and
community interest. Last year we had around 35 sessions with topics such as
JavaScript, Ruby, .NET, Python,  iPhone, Scala, XUL, TDD, Rails, Cloud
Computing, Regular Expressions, etc.

 

So let's get some cool Ruby talks submitted too and attend the event.

 

The Code Camp will be at the IIT campus on Saturday May 1st.

 

More details at: http://chicagocodecamp.com  and
http://chicagocodecamp.pbworks.com/ 

 

Feel free to contact me for more info, volunteering, sponsorship
opportunities, etc.

Thanks

-          sp

 

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