ANN: Image Processing with Python Kickstarter

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi! I've been busily working on a new book on image processing with Python
that uses the Pillow package. Pillow is the friendly fork of the Python
Imaging Library and is one of the most popular Python image processing
tools.

If you'd like to learn more, you can check out my Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/driscollis/image-processing-with-python

Here are some of the topics that the book will cover:


   - Accessing image metadata
   - Working with image colors
   - Opening / viewing images with Python
   - Applying filters to images
   - Cropping, rotating, and resizing photos
   - Enhancing photos with Python
   - Combining images
   - and more!

Thanks,
Mike
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ANN: ReportLab Book Kickstarter

[Mike Driscoll]

I have recently started my 4th self-published book, ReportLab: PDF
Processing with Python. This is the first book on ReportLab, a great
package for creating reports in the PDF format. You can read more about it
here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/reportlab-pdf-processing-with-python

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ANN: wxPython Cookbook

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

Several years ago, the readers of my popular Python blog
 asked me to take some of my articles
and turn them into a cookbook on wxPython. I have finally decided to do
just that. I am including over 50 recipes that I am currently editing to
make them more consistent and updating them to be compatible with the
latest versions of wxPython. I currently have nearly 300 pages of content!

If you'd like to check out the funding campaign for the book, you can find
it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/wxpython-cookbook/

Thanks,
Mike
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ANN: Python 201 Book Kickstarter Campaign

[Mike Driscoll]

I am happy to announce my latest project, which is the sequel to my Python
101 book: Python 201 – Intermediate Python. I am launching a Kickstarter
campaign to help fund its publication so if you’re interested in
supporting, you can do so here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/python-201-intermediate-python

If you already know the basics of Python and now you want to go to the next
level, then this is the book for you! This book is for *intermediate
level *Python
programmers only. There won’t be any beginner chapters here.

*Note*: This book will be covering *Python 3*

*Here are some of the topics covered:*

   - generators / iterators
   - Functional idioms (map, filter, reduce).
   - Writing your own context managers.
   - Command-line argument processing
   - collections
   - itertools
   - functools
   - Function Overloading
   - Basics of regular expressions
   - httplib / urllib (client / server)
   - web scraping
   - Basics of Unicode (encoding and codecs)
   - Timing code (benchmarking)
   - Testing (unit tests, doc tests, mock, coverage)

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ANN: The Python 101 Screencast Series

[Mike Driscoll]

I am currently running a Kickstarter campaign for turning my book, Python
101, into a screencast series. The Kickstarter can be found here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/the-python-101-screencast

Thanks,
Mike


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Python 101 - the book kickstarter

[Mike Driscoll]

I am writing a beginner / intermediate book for Python and would like to
announce the Kickstarter project in support of the book:

http://kck.st/1kX98BB

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The PSF Blog Gets a Transfusion!

[Mike Driscoll]

The Python Software Foundation’s Blog staff has been recently expanded
by a new set of top-notch bloggers to bring you the latest in PSF
news, ranging from the scintillating projects that the PSF has its
fingers in to the mundane, but necessary board minutes.

Don’t despair if you hate reading blogs! The blog also has a handy RSS
feed and a mailing list! You can take your pick of these delivery
methods by visiting the blog, at http://pyfound.blogspot.com/
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Pyowa Meeting Tomorrow (8/6)

[Mike Driscoll]

Pyowa Meeting - Thursday, Aug. 8th, 2009

Time: 6:30 - 8:45 p.m.
Location: Ames Public Library, Founders Suite, Ames, IA

Itinerary:

- Presentation on Building Executables and Installers with GUI2Exe and Inno
Setup
- Possible group programming exercise
- Social Time

We hope to see you there!


Mike Driscoll

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Pyowa is this Monday!

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

The next Pyowa meeting is on Monday, July 6th from 7-9 p.m. We will be at
the Marshall County Sheriff's Office (directions on website). Currently, the
plan is to have a talk about Python at Fisher/Emerson that will segue into a
general discussion of what we do with our favorite programming language. Be
prepared to share!

We may have another presentation in our Standard Library series as well. Let
me know if you think you'll be there. Pop & water will be provided. We hope
to see you there!

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Pyowa Meeting this Thursday

[Mike Driscoll]

 Hi,

Pyowa will be meeting Thursday, June 4th in Ames. We will be meeting
at the Ames
Public Library from 7 to 8:45 p.m. The current plan for the meeting is to
have a code review of sorts on some member submitted GIS-type code. Then we
will have a short presentation on one of the modules from Python's standard
library. Whatever time is left over will be used for socializing and
planning the next meeting. If you have ideas or would like to present
something, please let me know at the meeting or through email.

In other news, you can see my experiments in recording some of our meetings
here: http://pyowa.blip.tv/

Please note that if you don't have a fast internet connection, then you will
be disappointed as it will take eons to buffer. Let me know if you plan to
come to the meeting. Thanks!

Mike Driscoll
Pyowa Coordinator
Website: www.pyowa.org <http://www.pyowa.org/>
Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2677147/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/pyowa
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Pyowa Meeting Next Monday

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

Our May Pyowa meeting is next Monday, May 4th. It will be held at the 
Marshall County Sheriff's Office from 7-9 p.m. Direction are on the 
website: www.pyowa.org.


Agenda (in  no particular order):

1) Introduction to SqlAlchemy - An object oriented way of connecting to 
a database with a "pythonic" API.
2) Nick Fox from Fox Media Systems in Des Moines will talk about his 
experiences with Python and (maybe) his experience as a core developer 
for the Mythbuntu project.
3) A short GIS Code review - We'll look at some auto-generated ArcGIS(?) 
code from one of our members and try to improve it.


If you need a laptop to follow along, we have some that can be made 
available as long as you let me know ahead of time. I've been told that 
we will have snacks this time as well as pop and water.


Also note that the Iowa Code Camp is this Saturday. The reason I mention 
this is that there's a Django talk there and there may be a 
Python-related "open space" type thing too. You can check out the 
schedule here: http://iowacodecamp.com/. Iowa Code Camp is in Cedar 
Rapids. Go and support Python!


Anyway, I hope to see you next Monday! Let me know if you have any 
questions.


Mike Driscoll
Pyowa Organizer
www.pyowa.org
twitter.com/pyowa


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Pyowa Meeting 04-02-2009

[Mike Driscoll]

Event: Pyowa Meeting
Location: Durham Center Room 248, ISU, Ames, IA
Time:  7-9 p.m. on 04/02/2009
Topics: PyCon thoughts, plans for expanding, script review
Website & directions: www.pyowa.org

If you're a Python programmer or want to be one, come to Pyowa! It's a 
good networking opportunity and it's fun! We even have a mailing list. 
See our website for more details. We hope to see you there!


Mike Driscoll
Pyowa Organizer
www.pyowa.org




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Dec 1st - Python Users Group Meeting

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

The 3rd meeting of the Iowa Python Users Group (Pyowa) is getting 
together next Monday, December 1st, 7-9 p.m. Be sure to mark your 
calendars! We currently have one presentation scheduled and a workshop 
where we hope to have teams work on easy to intermediate problems in an 
effort to learn and improve one's Python programming skills. There will 
probably be time for Lightning Talks 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk) as well if you're 
interested in sharing something.


We are meeting at the following location:

Marshall County Sheriff's Office
2369 Jessup Ave
Marshalltown, IA 50158

This group is open to new and experienced programmers. Come and network 
with local IT personnel. If you know you can make it, could you please 
let me know? It's nice to have a general idea of how many will be there 
(there is plenty of room though). We hope to see you there!


Mike Driscoll
Pyowa Organizer
http://www.pyowa.org

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Iowa Python User's Group Meeting (November 3rd)

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

The next Iowa Python Users Group (AKA Pyowa) is nearly upon us. We will 
be meeting November 3rd, from 7-9 p.m. at the following location:


Marshall County Sheriff's Office
2369 Jessup Ave
Marshalltown, IA 50158

At this meeting, we will be having a Crash Course of sorts for all the 
new programmers in our group. As anyone who has ever taken a programming 
course know, it is impossible to teach everything in two hours, so we'll 
be focusing on tools that will allow our group to help themselves. In 
other words, we'll be focusing on source code analysis techniques like 
introspection and how to use IDLE effectively. There will also be a 
presentation on basic GUI design and also Django.


We will have 8 laptops there to use for any new people, pre-loaded with 
Python 2.5.2 and any additional packages we need for our presentations. 
You are welcome to bring your own laptop if you want. Be sure to have 
2.5 on yours as well as wxPython and the PyWin32 package (if you use 
Windows). We will have them on USB flash drives should you forget.


Free pop and bottled water will be provided.  Questions and comments can 
be directed to mike [at] pythonlibrary [dot] org. Updates can be found 
at http://www.ipug.pythonlibrary.org



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Iowa Python Users Group - First Meeting

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

The first meeting date for the Iowa Python Users Group (USA) has been 
decided. Here are the details:




Time / Date:  Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 7-9 p.m.

Location:  
Marshall County Sheriff's Office, 3rd floor

2369 Jessup Ave
Marshalltown, IA 50158

Unofficial website: http://www.ipug.pythonlibrary.org



Don't know how to get there? Check out maps.yahoo.com or 
maps.google.com. The Sheriff's Office is not actually in Marshalltown. 
If you take Highway 30 East, towards Marshalltown you'll see it on your 
left. There's a large water tower there and the building is a rusty red 
color. There are some signs for a Tractor convention there as well. If 
you're coming from the other direction, then skip ALL the exits and keep 
driving until the lanes go from 4 lanes to 2. It should be the second 
right after that.


I am still developing the agenda for our first meeting, but here are 
some of the things we're going to discuss:


- What day really works best for meeting? (if you can't make the first 
one, you can email me your votes!)

- Figure out what domain name our group should have
- Decide on what Python web framework to use to create said site (which 
will be a group project)

- Try to come up with what format we want our meetings to take.

Plone and Zope users are welcome. In fact, anyone who is interested in 
Python (regardless of their experience with it) is welcome to come. Let 
your Iowan Python friends know.


Questions or ideas? Send them to me. Thanks!

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