[15:39] <akgraner> Good Morning from PyCon :-)  after being here for only a day now I want to learn python
[15:40] <akgraner> maybe I do a developer side that wants to break out :-)
[15:40] <akgraner> mhall119, what's a book to start with?
[15:43] <mhall119> akgraner: hmm, I didn't get a python book
[15:44] <mhall119> akgraner: do you have experience in another programming language?
[15:44] <akgraner> then where should I start?  I can't think of particular itch I want to scratch but I would like to lean more
[15:44] <akgraner> mhall119, ummm no remember NTEU here ;-)
[15:45] <mhall119> yeah, an NTEU who want's to learn python, uh huh, I believe that
[15:45] <akgraner> pssshhh
[15:45] <mhall119> akgraner: then personally, I'd suggest that you apt-get install laby
[15:45] <akgraner> yeah
[15:45] <mhall119> it'll teach you basic programming constructs and introduce you to python's syntax
[15:46] <akgraner> gotcha
[15:46] <mhall119> best of all, it gives you a specific goal, without you needing an itch to scratch
[15:46] <akgraner> great!
[15:46] <mhall119> I got Michelle to do several levels of it a while back
[15:46] <mhall119> and Quinn did a couple on his own too
[15:46] <akgraner> nice
[15:47] <akgraner> you rock!
[15:47]  * mhall119 has a rocking family
[15:48] <akgraner> that you do!
[15:49] <mhall119> akgraner: I assume you'll be at UDS-O
[15:49] <akgraner> I hope to be
[15:49] <akgraner> (if I get sponsored that is)
[15:50] <akgraner> mhall119, and congrats on the new job btw!
[15:50] <mhall119> thanks
[15:51] <akgraner> I couldn't remember if I had already told you that or not...
[15:51] <mhall119> you did
[15:51]  * akgraner days all run together right now
[15:51] <mhall119> ;)
[15:52] <akgraner> I feel very disjointed from all my community stuff..can't wait to get settled back into the house and get back on track with things
[15:52] <mhall119> yeah, I bet
[15:52] <mhall119> how much longer?
[15:53] <akgraner> as soon as we get the finaly check from the insurance company
[15:53] <akgraner> and then pay the builders their balance
[15:53] <akgraner> so hopefully next week
[15:53] <mhall119> the constructions and all is finished though?
[15:53] <akgraner> yep
[15:54] <mhall119> great
[15:54] <akgraner> now it's just the landscaping
[15:54] <akgraner> and bringing in more gravel
[15:54] <akgraner> and building the walkway
[15:54] <mhall119> well, you can do all that after you've moved in too
[15:54] <akgraner> nods
[15:54]  * mhall119 needs to do some landscaping of his own
[15:55] <mhall119> by which I mean get off my rear and mow the lawn
[15:55] <akgraner> it feels like forever but really it's only been what 5 months
[15:55] <mhall119> yeah, that's pretty fast, all things considered
[15:56] <akgraner> you all will have to come visit :-)
[15:56] <akgraner> door is always open for friends, but family has to make an appointment :-P
[15:57] <mhall119> I hope now that we both have mobile jobs, that we can make more of the conferences in the south east
[15:57] <akgraner> mhall119, what are you all doing global jam and release party wise in sunny FL?
[15:57] <mhall119> akgraner: cjohnston and I are going to spend the morning of the 1st hacking on summit
[15:58] <mhall119> and itnet7 is doing somethin in melbourne
[15:58] <akgraner> oh joy!  better you than me
[15:58] <mhall119> hey, once you learn python...
[15:58] <akgraner> hehe
[15:58] <akgraner> :-)
[15:59] <mhall119> we're hoping to improve the in-session screens for UDS
[15:59] <akgraner> cool
[15:59] <mhall119> for both in-person and remote participants
[16:00] <akgraner> hey have you seen the Conventionist app - http://conventionist.com/getit/
[16:00] <akgraner> we showed Jane it at SCaLE and I sent jono the information about it
[16:00] <mhall119> akgraner: yeah, there's talk about using it for UDS if we can automate feeding session data to them
[16:00] <akgraner> that would so rock for UDS
[16:01] <mhall119> we're supposed to have a conference call with their developers sometime soon
[16:01] <akgraner> evan is using it to and he said the same thing "we need that at uds"
[16:01] <mhall119> yeah, the main concern at this point is that you have to email them a CSV file with the schedule, but UDS's schedule changes to often, even the day of
[16:01] <akgraner> let me know if I can help in anyway besides just gathering and forwarding the information
[16:02] <akgraner> nods
[16:02] <mhall119> we have davidm driving it
[16:02] <mhall119> if we can get them consume an ical or rss feed, then we'd be all set
[16:02] <akgraner> yep he was the one who showed it to me
[16:02] <mhall119> he's the one arranging the conf call
[16:02] <akgraner> then I showed it to anyone and everyone I could find who said they didn't know about it
[16:03] <mhall119> if we do it before the 1st, cjohnston and I can implement whatever is needed on our end
[16:03] <akgraner> sweet! :-)
[16:03] <akgraner> maybe we just need some write a uds app :-)
[16:03] <mhall119> brb, gonna help Michelle make cheese grits for breakfast
[16:03] <mhall119> akgraner: there's talk of that too, dan trevino has offered to work on a mobile app
[16:03] <akgraner> laters
[16:04] <akgraner> ask pen what she is using to write accessibilty app
[16:04] <akgraner> I forget what it is but is is a tool to make mobile app writing easy (er)   but we can talk more about that laters
[16:42] <mhall119> spot specific?
[16:42] <mhall119> have to look into it
[16:47] <akgraner> yep that's it
[16:47] <akgraner> sorry I stepped away to interview someone