Python Presentation Night @ Virtual (PPN #123)

We're virtual-only this month.

• Location: Google Meet (link available in Meetup)

Agenda

7:00 - Meetup opens live.

7:15 - Formal program (in-person and online)

• Opening remarks
• Speakers (see below)
• Feel free to bring any brief Python tidbits, experiences, or job openings you'd like to share with the group.

9:00 - Wrap up and Disperse

Questions will be collected from the Google Meet chat or Slack #general channel and answered live.

Speakers/topics -- March 14, 2024

• Bill Lubanovic -- Ideas for the Third Edition of "Introducing Python"
Bill is the author of Introducing Python and interested in thoughts from the group on topics to cover in the third edition. In addition, he'll share his thoughts and answer questions on technical book writing in general

• Aaron Ploetz -- Multi-modal Image Search with CLIP

• We should also have time for spontaneous questions, announcements, and sharing of quick tidbits if anyone has something to share.

• We need speakers at future meetups. Please volunteer at https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7. Talks of all lengths, experience level, and topics (Python-related) welcome. At a past meetup there was some suggestions of possible talks related to a college Python/AI project, using GitHub Copilot, Geopandas, and others, for example.

Additional Details

• We follow the PSF Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/
Please treat your fellow Pythonistas with respect.

• Please remember to update your meetup RSVP if you change your mind about attending.

• Volunteers to speak, host, and greet are needed for future meetups. Talks of all lengths, experience level, and topics (Python-related) welcome. Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7

• Slack: To join the PyMNtos Slack workspace, please email us organizers@pymntos.org with your email address so we can invite you, or ask an existing member to invite you. (Suggestions for a more permanent, automated solution welcome.)

• Donate

• Consider donating to PyMNtos via the PSF. This helps support expenses of the local Minnesota/Twin Cities group, such as pizza when we meet in person: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10
• Become a basic member of the PSF (FREE). With this membership, you may consider adding a donation - https://www.python.org/psf/donations/