PySIG -- "horn tooting"

[Jarod Wilson]

Re: horn tooting: see yesterday's xkcd... :)

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Bill Sconce <sconce at in-spec-inc.com> wrote:
> A few days ago the fine folks at the Amoskeag Business Incubator (our
> ever-generous hosts for our meetings in Manchester) asked me for a
> small writeup on what PySIG is about.  I expected to write 4 or 5 lines,
> but this was the result...
>
> (BTW, meeting tonight.  "Maple Floater" cookies.  A discussion on
> default values in function definitions, if anyone would like to
> see some demo code I've hacked together, and a little handout.
> "Beginners' session" at 18:30, as always.)
>
>
> watch_out_for_tornadoes'ly yrs,
>
> Bill
>
>
> _____________________________________
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Bill Sconce [mailto:sconce at in-spec-inc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:56 AM
> To: [Amoskeag Business Incubator]
> Subject: PySIG - draft "horn tooting" - could use more (but then, could be shorter too)
>
> PySIG is a group of technical computer people who use the Python
> programming language, people who have heard about Python and want
> to learn more about it, and project/management people who are
> interested in the productivity gains and cost savings available
> from using modern tools such as Python.
>
> Python is used widely and gratefully around the world.  NASA
> uses Python; Google's IT structure is built on Python.  Honeywell
> uses Python; AstraZeneca, Industrial Light & Magic, Philips,
> Rackspace, and many more use Python -- and in many cases, base
> their businesses on Python.  Chances are that several of the Web
> sites you browsed today run on Python (notably the remarkable
> Django Web framework, as well as others).  Universities and
> schools use Python to run their IT systems, and increasingly
> use Python as the base for their Computer Sciences curricula.
>
> Using Python makes sound business sense.  Not incidentally,
> Python is delightful to use -- designed for human beings, and
> purposely free of certain kinds of busywork that used to
> characterize computer languages.
>
> PySIG's members include software developers, IT managers, CIOs
> and CEOs, electrical engineers, Web developers, and pilots;
> members from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont attend
> our meetings in Manchester, and a friendly mailing list on the
> Web answers questions and shares experiences from wherever on
> the Earth PySIG members may be.
>
> PySIG meetings are seminar-like, with problem-solving, sharing
> of experiences, and formal presentations (primarily during the
> academic season).  Each PySIG meeting is open to everyone,
> experienced to beginner to merely curious, with a special half
> hour beginning at 6:30 PM always devoted to beginners'
> questions and introductions.
>
> Python is licensed under terms which confer the freedom to use
> it, study it, and modify it to everyone (that is, it's free
> software); Python runs on nearly everything, from smartphones
> to PCs to supercomputers, and on operating systems from MacOS
> to Windows to Linux and beyond.  More information at
>
>  http://python.org
>
> Come join us if you'd like to know more about this exciting
> development in getting things done on your computers.
>
> -Bill
>
>
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Jarod Wilson
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