Re: [Edu-sig] a thirty minute interview of Kirby (courtesy of Nepris)

2016-09-27 Thread kirby urner
Also, I say web applications are a "core" application of Python, not a
"poor" one -- the Bluetooth microphone tends to cut out on those sibilants,
if that's what they're called; I'm not a linguist.

>From this morning:

Kirby Urner about 2 hours ago

I much enjoyed an opportunity to yak with students in Austin, TX on Sept
> 19, about my career in industry as a computer programmer and Python
> teacher. Thanks to Nepris for facilitating these types of meetups. You'll
> find I've posted about my Raspberry Pi focus here as well (Python and R-Pi
> overlap) however that's a vast territory, like I've barely ever played
> MineCraft (there's a toy version installed, use Python to control it). In
> other words, I'm always learning from industry as well, can't pretend to be
> some "know it all" (which I'm not!).
> https://oregonconnections.nepris.com/sessions/session/detail/47501
>
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Re: [Edu-sig] a thirty minute interview of Kirby (courtesy of Nepris)

2016-09-22 Thread kirby urner
... sorry about all the squinting, that's probably why the students looked
so blurry. :-D

PS:  I proposed tying off python-cuba as we achieved our goal of fully
integrating Cuba into the Python ecosystem.

http://conf.scipyla.org/

Our grand strategy work is done.  The rest of the work is details details.
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[Edu-sig] a thirty minute interview of Kirby (courtesy of Nepris)

2016-09-22 Thread kirby urner
If curious, here's a trail head with the actual link:

https://twitter.com/4DsolutionsPDX/status/778998480874250241

This was my session with the Austin Texas high school kids, mentioned here:

http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2016/09/talk-like-pirate.html

Kirby
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