"How I Solved my NYC Parking Problem with Python" with Jessica Garson of Twitter

Doors open at 5:30pm; pizza at 6. The presentation will start soon afterward!

We are lucky this month to have a speaker from New York City, Jessica Garson. Jessica is a Developer Advocate at Twitter, and will be showing us how she used Python to solve her NYC parking problem:

"Since I have a car in New York City, my car is subject to the city’s alternate side of the street parking regulations. This means most nights I need to move my car before the early morning street cleaning that happens in my neighborhood. I had developed a nightly routine around moving my car before I go to bed. I am sometimes a bit too good at this and I often move my car on days I don’t need to. Since alternate side of the street parking is often canceled on days where there are holidays, or bad weather, there is a Twitter handle @NYCASP, which posts daily and whenever there is an emergency situation. I used Python, Twilio and the Twitter API to solve this problem for myself so I get a text message whenever I don’t need to move my car."

Jessica Garson is a Python programmer, educator, and artist. She currently works at Twitter as a Developer Advocate. Previously, she was an adjunct professor teaching Python at NYU and worked at ISL, Burson-Marstellar, The National Education Association, ISSI Data, and Salsa Labs. Before working in technology, Jessica worked on numerous political campaigns throughout the country. She has run many meetups and conferences including DC’s Tech Lady Hackathon in 2016 and 2017, and DC’s Hack&&Tell. In her spare time, she is on a never-ending quest for the perfect vegan snack.

You can follow Jessica on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and SnapChat... just kidding! Follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jessicagarson