diff --git a/_posts/2014-03-26-zbayTwitterPost.md b/_posts/2014-03-26-zbayTwitterPost.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f46fc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2014-03-26-zbayTwitterPost.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +layout: post +author: zbay +title: Zach's Twitter exercise +date: 2014-03-26 +--- + +I wrote a tweet using Twython! It's so easy, even a goateed baby can do it! + +

hey guise im on twitter #tweeting #content #swag #yolo #directioner #beleiber

— madvillain z (@ThatsWutZeeSaid) March 26, 2014
+ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_posts/2014-04-24-zachMetaReflection.md b/_posts/2014-04-24-zachMetaReflection.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5710240 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2014-04-24-zachMetaReflection.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +layout: post +author: zbay +title: Zach's meta-reflection +date: 2014-04-24 +--- + +**Zach's Meta-Reflection** + +Over the course of this semester, I attended three meetups. Two of these were at SplatSpace in Durham, and one was TriPython in Carrboro. +I think that my choice of meetups was a good one in the sense that it allowed me to experience two distinctly different types. The former was +composed largely of hobbyists, whereas the latter was fairly professional in nature. + +SplatSpace has its own dedicated rooms in the basement of a hotel in downtown Durham. They take advantage of their space, storing all manner of technology +down there. 3D printers, electronic components, metalworking and woodworking tools, et cetera. They have a very diverse community of technologically minded +people, including but not predominated by professional programmers. One can buy membership in the group, which yields a key to their space and voting +privileges. People seem more invested in this organization as as a result of its arrangement. + +TriPython's Carrboro meeting space is in an office park. Most, if not all in attendance are professionals who use Python as part of their jobs. +I do like the fact that they all had Python knowledge. It was an awkward environment for a non-member to visit, though, as I believe Libby Livingston +noted. An extroverted older gentleman managed to increase the mingling after a while by starting introductions, but it was nonetheless not the best +place for a n00b like myself to be. + +The ideal meetup group for me at this point would be one that is somewhere in between these two. SplatSpace's lack of specialization is somewhat +frustrating, because there's no guarantee that somebody knows how to help you with something in particular. On the other hand, TriPython seems more +uptight than I'd like as a non-professional. I'm definitely open to attending meetup groups in the future, but I will need a greater deal of +knowledge in a particular coding subfield before I'm confident enough to shoot the shit with fellow programmers. + +Here are the links to my three meetup writeups: + +[SplatSpace 1](https://plus.google.com/112444044873027680768/posts/HwbYDywjcPn) + +[SplatSpace 2](https://plus.google.com/112444044873027680768/posts/adjPJzELDHU) + +[TriPython](https://plus.google.com/112444044873027680768/posts/PeEGAciXimg) \ No newline at end of file