I think that would be a pain for anyone who didn't have a touchscreen, and
even with a touchscreen, most portable devices don't really have enough
screen real estate to make it practical. It appears to not support typing.
A shared google doc might make more sense. Allows people to use their
keyboard, but not an ide so more like whiteboard then a normal editor.

~Maria


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Kevin LaTona <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> What about using something like this that could backed up using a paper
> paper as well.
>
> http://awwapp.com
>
> Than any coffee shop with wifi will work.
>
>
> -Kevin
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 24, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Nate Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yeah, this was my next question: Where are places that have whiteboards?
>  SPL (various locations) has meeting rooms, but all branches close at 8PM
> at the latest I believe.  Does anybody know of others?
>
> -- Nate
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Maria McKinley 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I'm totally down with getting together and doing some interview style
>> problems. I'm also flexible on time/place. Often library meeting rooms have
>> whiteboards, and I think you just have to sign up for them.
>>
>> ~maria
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Skone, Matt (LNG-SEA) <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm new to this list, but what has been the group's experience with
>>> Meetup.com as a means of bringing current and would-be Pythonistas
>>> together?  Too much overhead?  Too much dilution?  Haven't tried it yet?
>>>
>>> The Seattle Py group has hundreds of registered members, but no activity
>>> in 12 months.  The Seattle PyLadies group is smaller, but evidently much
>>> more active.  End of list.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:
>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Frank
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 4:27 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [SEAPY] impromptu meetings
>>>
>>> nate, do you envision this being python-specific, or more general?  i
>>> *love* the idea of meeting to discuss and work through concrete
>>> problems, but i'm knee-deep in scala nowadays.  that said, functional
>>> programming concepts are useful for pythonistas as well...
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>> On 9/24/13 2:47 PM, Adam Garcia wrote:
>>> > Great idea! I'd love to get in on this, but not tonight.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Nate Sanders <[email protected]
>>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     There was some mention of people getting together and working on
>>> >     code, whiteboarding interview problems (could be code-related or
>>> >     data structures/algorithms or system design), etc at the last
>>> meeting.
>>> >
>>> >     I'm taking some time off from working for a bit (not sure how long)
>>> >     and would be interested in getting together in smaller, more
>>> focused
>>> >     groups if anybody is interested in that.  Could be for working on a
>>> >     small implementation of something or talking about problem solving,
>>> >     etc.  I'm not sure of a place where we could get a whiteboard, but
>>> >     if the group is small enough, pen and paper could work, too.
>>> >
>>> >     One requirement for me, for these particular things, though, is
>>> that
>>> >     we have some sort of agenda -- again, I don't care if it's problems
>>> >     or coding, but I think it should be more focused than our last
>>> >     meeting was (this is not a general statement about our previous
>>> >     meeting -- no connotation), by comparison.  If people want to
>>> >     chit-chat afterwards (whenever "afterwards" is) or go get drinks or
>>> >     whatever, I think that would be great.
>>> >
>>> >     I'm available most of the time these days.  I could even do
>>> >     today/tonight.
>>> >
>>> >     -- Nate
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Maria Mckinley
>> Software Developer with Bonus SysAdmin Experience
>> www.mariakathryn.net
>> www.linkedin.com/in/mariamckinley
>>
>
>
>


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www.mariakathryn.net
www.linkedin.com/in/mariamckinley

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