On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Justin Cappos > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I like the idea and can potentially help out by finding speakers when >> the UW hosts meetings. > > That might work out well. The UW host can arrange content at UW > meetings. That might ensure speakers for half the meetings. > > BTW, we're confirmed for January 14th at the UW?
Yes, we are. >> A warning though: I'm most familiar with the Python happenings at UW. >> It would be best to also have someone work to get speakers who has >> the pulse of some of the local open source / industry efforts. > > I can vaguely see a difference between Python interests within the UW > and Python interests among the rest of the community, but I'm not sure > I can articulate it or recognize what's missing when it's missing. > Vaguely I'd say UW speakers tend to focus on more abstract questions, > while those outside are more concerned about packages that are vital > to our jobs. But of course there are also outside people who design > games for fun. So I'm not sure if it's a cut-and-dried distinction, > but it may serve as a working hypothesis to start from. I tend to agree, but the number of UW people who do practical work is large (which is why the work should be interesting). I more meant that I'm going to be asking for talk topics broadly from the SEAPIG community, but if I have to press-gang people into giving lectures, these will probably be UW folks because I know them best. Thanks, Justin
