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Yes, it's the first week of the month again. The Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting is tomorrow night, April 2, at 6 pm. Jay Wren will be speaking on the Boo Programming Language and DSLs (Domain Specific Languages). Boo is a statically typed language that runs on the CLR. It has Python-inspired...

If you're in town, feel free to show up for lightning talks. Pizza is still expected. I hope that we're able to rescheule Joe O'Brien for sometime soon. I was really looking forward to his talk.

Joe O'Brien is braving the weather, en route from Columbus up to Ann Arbor for tonight's Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting. Ann Arbor is getting some ice, but evidently the rest of the area seems to be getting snow. If you're already in Ann Arbor, definitely stop by. I'm, sadly, not...

We had a discussion at the office this afternoon that centered around how to attract a younger group of people to the computer user group meetings. We got several suggestions out of this, but are looking for more ideas. First of all, WHY do we want to attract a younger crowd? Well, the average age of...

Joe O'Brien, of the Columbus Ruby Brigade and EdgeCase, will be in Ann Arbor this week. He's presenting a talk at the Ann Arbor Computer Society - "Domain Specific Languages: Molding Ruby". A summary appears below. "Ever wondered what all the fuss is about when it comes to DSL's...

The Michigan Python User Group is meeting here tonight. The meeting will be a Python free-for-all, which should be a lot of fun. Lightning Talk Fridays contine tomorrow (November 2), from 3-5. Come with a topic or just your interest. Wednesday November 7 is the Ann Arbor Computer Society meeting, and...

Russell Whitaker, a software engineer at Google came to town last Thursday, August 2, to do a tech talk for a special joint meeting of the Michigan Python User Group and Ann Arbor Computer Society. While the topic mentioned Python, it was pretty generic and could/should be applied across all languages...

Registration is now closed Google closed registration for the joint meeting of the AACS and MichiPUG after registrations maxed out around 90. We're going to have a full house for Russell Whitaker's talk on Python Test Driven Development. I'm thrilled at the turnout and I sincerely hope that...

Google Tech Talk in Ann Arbor, August 2 Google has confirmed the speaker and topic for the Tech Talk in Ann Arbor on Thursday that will be a joint meeting between the Ann Arbor Computer Society and the Michigan Python User Group. Russell Whitaker, Google Software Engineer, will be our speaker. The gathering...

Details still coming Google has announced 2 different Tech Talks to be held in the Ann Arbor area in the next few weeks. Both meetings will be held at the Google offices in Ann Arbor and registration is required because seating is limited, but both events will be free and open to the public. Google is...