From jay.hannah at iinteractive.com Mon Jun 15 08:38:07 2015 From: jay.hannah at iinteractive.com (Jay Hannah) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:38:07 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] YAPC::NA 2015 videos Message-ID: Over 50 vids from YAPC::NA 2015: https://www.youtube.com/user/yapcna/videos My favorite: Ricardo Signes (rjbs) - Perl 5.22 and You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8VVtqVh9y0&t=5m24s Is an excellent update on why people hate Perl. :) Thanks, Jay Hannah Project Lead / Programmer http://www.iinteractive.com Email: jay.hannah at iinteractive.com AOL IM: deafferret Mobile: 1.402.598.7782 Fax: 1.402.691.9496 From jay at jays.net Tue Jun 16 14:22:34 2015 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:22:34 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Sectioning up the Omaha City Council Journal.. - Google Groups In-Reply-To: <558079C3.201@prineb.org> References: <558079C3.201@prineb.org> Message-ID: Hi Jack, Great! Thanks for sending the github link. I'll poke around tonight at our OMG!Code meeting and see if people can help. :) j > On Jun 16, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Jack Dunn wrote: > Jay, > > Here's the Github reference: > > https://github.com/modi1231/ParseCityCouncilToDB > > I also found this on Google Groups: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/opennebraska/uIa2amlnpks > > -- > Jack Dunn > From: Jack Dunn > Subject: Tax Increment Finance report update > Date: June 12, 2015 at 12:07:33 PM CDT > To: jhannah at mutationgrid.com, Sandi Barr , Naomi See > > Jay, Sandi and Naomi, > > You indicated you might want to help update the two TIF (Tax Increment Financing) reports done by PRI (2008 - 20011). If you are still interested, I will send out a Doodle poll to find out when we can all meet. Let me know if there are periods (days/weeks) that are not good by replying to this email. > And you may know that one of the Omaha Hackathons produced code for creating a database from the Omaha City Journals (meeting minutes). > In addition to updating the TIF reports, I would like to consider tracking the connections of City Council and Planning Board members to real estate and construction firms. > Recent legislation allows the State Auditor to review TIF proposals, although it does not mandate such. Public support for an audit might tip the balance. > I'm guessing we will need a couple of meetings to plan the project. > Let me know your availability and your thoughts. > > Thanks. > -- > Jack Dunn > Co-Executive Director > Policy Research & Innovation > 402 599-0868 > 4200 N 30th St, Ste 203 > Omaha, NE 68111 > > www.prineb.org From jay at jays.net Thu Jun 18 14:42:46 2015 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:42:46 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky Message-ID: So I was just at a conference in Salt Lake City and Dave Rolsky (http://blog.urth.org/) mentioned that he'll be in Omaha this fall for some family stuff. It would be AMAZING if we could get him to do some training while he's in town! Would you or your company be interested in paying $100 for a 1-day training session in either Go or Perl? If so please let me know so I can twist Dave's arm. :) Below, one of his recent blog posts about the training he did in SLC. I'd also mention Dave's the guy who rewrote all the core perl5 docs for modern object oriented Perl (Moose, etc.). He knows his stuff. :) Please let me know soonish. Thanks, j 402-598-7782 ------- http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ My Two Master Classes at YAPC::NA::2015 Posted on April 13, 2015 by Dave Rolsky This year at YAPC I?ll be giving two master classes. Why am I doing this? I don?t know, I think I may be insane. But that aside, here?s some info about said classes. My first class is Introduction to Moose. I?ve been giving this class for a number of years, and it?s always been well-received. The class will take place on Sunday, June 7, the day before the conference proper begins. The cost of the class is a mere $175 for a full day! The format of the class consists of alternating lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll be writing a lot of code over the course of the day. The class is aimed at intermediate Perl programmers with a basic understanding of OO who want to learn more about Moose. Here?s what one past student said about the class: Great class. I especially liked your problem sets. You gave out problems you expected your class to actually solve, and you allowed class time for solving them. This should be a basic expectation for any class, but it?s amazing how often teachers don?t do this. You can find more details about the class content on the master class page on the YAPC::NA::2015 site. The second class is Introduction to Go. This is a new class for me, and I?m excited to offer it. This class will take place on Thursday, June 11, the day after the conference proper ends. This class is also $175. Like the Moose class, the format is alternativing lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll get hands-on experience writing Go code. This class is aimed at people who already know one programming language and want to learn Go. You can register for these classes, as well as several other excellent master classes from other instructors, by going to the YAPC::NA::2015 purchasing page. The class size for both classes is limited to about 15 people (I don?t remember the exact limit), so register now to reserve your spot. http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ From robert.fulkerson at gmail.com Thu Jun 18 14:50:29 2015 From: robert.fulkerson at gmail.com (Robert Fulkerson) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:50:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Omaha.pm] [OMG!Code] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2C45463A4067288B.C46298CF-63AE-46A7-942C-AB8A1899F12E@mail.outlook.com> I think I could dig up $100. ?Twist that arm, Jay! ?:) _____________________________ From: Jay Hannah Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:42 PM Subject: [OMG!Code] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky To: , Perl Mongers of Omaha, Nebraska USA So I was just at a conference in Salt Lake City and Dave Rolsky (http://blog.urth.org/) mentioned that he'll be in Omaha this fall for some family stuff. It would be AMAZING if we could get him to do some training while he's in town! Would you or your company be interested in paying $100 for a 1-day training session in either Go or Perl? If so please let me know so I can twist Dave's arm. :) Below, one of his recent blog posts about the training he did in SLC. I'd also mention Dave's the guy who rewrote all the core perl5 docs for modern object oriented Perl (Moose, etc.). He knows his stuff. :) Please let me know soonish. Thanks, j 402-598-7782 ------- http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ My Two Master Classes at YAPC::NA::2015 Posted on April 13, 2015 by Dave Rolsky This year at YAPC I?ll be giving two master classes. Why am I doing this? I don?t know, I think I may be insane. But that aside, here?s some info about said classes. My first class is Introduction to Moose. I?ve been giving this class for a number of years, and it?s always been well-received. The class will take place on Sunday, June 7, the day before the conference proper begins. The cost of the class is a mere $175 for a full day! The format of the class consists of alternating lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll be writing a lot of code over the course of the day. The class is aimed at intermediate Perl programmers with a basic understanding of OO who want to learn more about Moose. Here?s what one past student said about the class: Great class. I especially liked your problem sets. You gave out problems you expected your class to actually solve, and you allowed class time for solving them. This should be a basic expectation for any class, but it?s amazing how often teachers don?t do this. You can find more details about the class content on the master class page on the YAPC::NA::2015 site. The second class is Introduction to Go. This is a new class for me, and I?m excited to offer it. This class will take place on Thursday, June 11, the day after the conference proper ends. This class is also $175. Like the Moose class, the format is alternativing lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll get hands-on experience writing Go code. This class is aimed at people who already know one programming language and want to learn Go. You can register for these classes, as well as several other excellent master classes from other instructors, by going to the YAPC::NA::2015 purchasing page. The class size for both classes is limited to about 15 people (I don?t remember the exact limit), so register now to reserve your spot. http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ -- OMG!Code http://code.omahamakergroup.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OMG!Code" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to omg-code+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. 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Matt From: Omaha-pm [mailto:omaha-pm-bounces+matyas.cserhati=unmc.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of Robert Fulkerson Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:50 PM To: Perl Mongers of Omaha, Nebraska USA; omg-code at googlegroups.com; omg-code at googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Omaha.pm] [OMG!Code] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky I think I could dig up $100. Twist that arm, Jay! :) _____________________________ From: Jay Hannah > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:42 PM Subject: [OMG!Code] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky To: >, Perl Mongers of Omaha, Nebraska USA > So I was just at a conference in Salt Lake City and Dave Rolsky (http://blog.urth.org/) mentioned that he'll be in Omaha this fall for some family stuff. It would be AMAZING if we could get him to do some training while he's in town! Would you or your company be interested in paying $100 for a 1-day training session in either Go or Perl? If so please let me know so I can twist Dave's arm. :) Below, one of his recent blog posts about the training he did in SLC. I'd also mention Dave's the guy who rewrote all the core perl5 docs for modern object oriented Perl (Moose, etc.). He knows his stuff. :) Please let me know soonish. Thanks, j 402-598-7782 ------- http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ My Two Master Classes at YAPC::NA::2015 Posted on April 13, 2015 by Dave Rolsky This year at YAPC I?ll be giving two master classes. Why am I doing this? I don?t know, I think I may be insane. But that aside, here?s some info about said classes. My first class is Introduction to Moose. I?ve been giving this class for a number of years, and it?s always been well-received. The class will take place on Sunday, June 7, the day before the conference proper begins. The cost of the class is a mere $175 for a full day! The format of the class consists of alternating lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll be writing a lot of code over the course of the day. The class is aimed at intermediate Perl programmers with a basic understanding of OO who want to learn more about Moose. Here?s what one past student said about the class: Great class. I especially liked your problem sets. You gave out problems you expected your class to actually solve, and you allowed class time for solving them. This should be a basic expectation for any class, but it?s amazing how often teachers don?t do this. You can find more details about the class content on the master class page on the YAPC::NA::2015 site. The second class is Introduction to Go. This is a new class for me, and I?m excited to offer it. This class will take place on Thursday, June 11, the day after the conference proper ends. This class is also $175. Like the Moose class, the format is alternativing lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll get hands-on experience writing Go code. This class is aimed at people who already know one programming language and want to learn Go. You can register for these classes, as well as several other excellent master classes from other instructors, by going to the YAPC::NA::2015 purchasing page. The class size for both classes is limited to about 15 people (I don?t remember the exact limit), so register now to reserve your spot. http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ -- OMG!Code http://code.omahamakergroup.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OMG!Code" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to omg-code+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omg-code. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 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URL: From topher-pm at zyp.org Tue Jun 23 09:07:03 2015 From: topher-pm at zyp.org (Christopher Cashell) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:07:03 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] [OMG!Code] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Jay Hannah wrote: > So I was just at a conference in Salt Lake City and Dave Rolsky ( > http://blog.urth.org/) mentioned that he'll be in Omaha this fall for > some family stuff. > > It would be AMAZING if we could get him to do some training while he's in > town! > > Would you or your company be interested in paying $100 for a 1-day > training session in either Go or Perl? > > If so please let me know so I can twist Dave's arm. :) I could definitely find $100 for a Perl/Moose training session. The Go session could be interesting, too. I might be up for that, but I'd absolutely do a Perl one. It might be worth mentioning it on the OLUG mailing list, too. j > 402-598-7782 -- Christopher -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jay at jays.net Thu Jun 25 14:40:54 2015 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:40:54 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Mon Jun 29 7pm - PRI Hack Night! In-Reply-To: <5583BA37.5050304@prineb.org> References: <558079C3.201@prineb.org> <93B88CBF-3A2E-4A82-B333-9BA08C178606@jays.net> <5583BA37.5050304@prineb.org> Message-ID: <9D086C6D-744A-4BDA-9708-C37767F135F6@jays.net> http://www.meetup.com/Open-Nebraska-Meetup/events/223501025/ Jack Dunn could use some developer help refreshing an Omaha City Council database with recent Tax Increment Financing (TIF) data. Let's get together and get this done! :D See you there! - Jay Hannah 402-598-7782 http://www.meetup.com/Open-Nebraska-Meetup/events/223501025/ > On Jun 19, 2015, at 1:44 AM, Jack Dunn wrote: > > All, > > The objective of this project is to update two PRI reports on Tax Increment Financing (TIF). These two reports, which can be found on the Policy Research & Innovation website (www.prineb.org), cover TIF projects for the City of Omaha for the years 2008 through 2011. I would like to update these reports with data from 2012 through 2014. > > The source data are located in the Archived City Council Journals, which are the minutes of past City Council meetings. The Journals are PDFs. I have no interest in the City Council Agendas for this project. > > The Journals for 2014 are found at: > http://www.cityofomaha.org/cityclerk/city-council/journals-a-videos > Prior Journals are found at: > http://www.cityofomaha.org/cityclerk/archived-city-council-documents > > The variables of interest are found in two spreadsheet from a 2011 PRI report: > http://www.progressiveresearchinstitute.org/Papers/2011/TIF/revenue_lost.pdf > http://www.progressiveresearchinstitute.org/Papers/2011/TIF/ctl_project_name-project_date.pdf > > Both spreadsheets are cited in that 2011 TIF report titled: What is Tax Increment Financing (and Why Should Anyone Care)? > http://www.prineb.org/Papers/2011/TIF/tif_white_paper2.pdf > > A second, follow up report was published in 2012: > http://www.prineb.org/Papers/2012/TIFReportUpdateFinal.pdf > > It would be a great help just to go through the Journals from 2012 through 2014 and capture the TIF ordinance description and attached files. If there is a way to capture the variables of interest mentioned above for each proposed TIF ordinance, even better! > > There's more that I would like to propose; for instance, tracking the real estate, banking and construction connections including campaign contributions for City Council members, but let's take one project at a time. > > I'm sure I have left questions unanswered, so please let me know what they are and I'll do my best to respond. > > Thank you, > > Jack Dunn > Co-Executive Director > Policy Research & Innovation > > > On 06/18/2015 10:51 PM, Matt Steele wrote: >> The agendas website is back up and running. Looks like the ElasticSearch service had crashed; it's back up now. >> >> There's not much to the page. A perl script scrapes the site Nate linked, and we convert the PDFs to text (using pdf2text) and place them in a search engine (ElasticSearch) with a web frontend. Still kicking around after 3 years. >> >> On Jun 18, 2015 9:45 PM, "Nate Benes" wrote: >> Jay, Jack, >> >> http://www.cityofomaha.org/cityclerk/city-council/agendas is the canonical source for these agendas. >> >> During the first Hack Omaha, a team put together a service that automatically downloaded these from the city's website and added them to a simple, searchable web interface. There's a demo live at http://agendas.dataomaha.com/ although it seems broken right now. >> >> I bcc'd the original author of that project to see if he knows the current status. >> >> Jack, how would you like to see the agendas presented? What would a user hope to learn from agendas and how can we best get them that information? >> >> Thanks, >> Nate >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:27 PM Jay Hannah wrote: >> On Jun 16, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Jack Dunn wrote: >> > https://github.com/modi1231/ParseCityCouncilToDB >> >> Hi Jack, >> >> So it looks like what you've got there is a pretty simple text parser which then shoves the text into a database. Looks like it's written in C# 4.0. >> >> I suspect that the Omaha City Council documents are PDFs, so the actual data flow is: >> >> download .pdf from somewhere >> -> convert .pdf to text >> -> parse the text, put it in a database >> -> ??? website? >> >> Do you know where the original data source is? >> >> Is it just these agendas? >> >> http://www.cityofomaha.org/cityclerk/city-council/agendas >> >> The other data that you mentioned -- do you have that data somewhere? Is it all .pdf files? >> >> Thanks, >> >> j >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Nebraska" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-ne+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to open-ne at googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-ne. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-ne/93B88CBF-3A2E-4A82-B333-9BA08C178606%40jays.net. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Nebraska" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-ne+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to open-ne at googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-ne. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-ne/CAMjp6Gef%3D9zAoL%3DarqSgiOnMcLhBdNb9Kkak9ypP9ArQuQTC7Q%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > From jay at jays.net Thu Jun 25 14:56:42 2015 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:56:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Omaha.pm] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2c2e9372-12fe-445f-99f2-2fa4b1de1f24@googlegroups.com> Oh, sweet! Dave posted a summary of the classes he's offering to give in Omaha, if we can drum up enough interest: http://www.houseabsolute.com/classes/ :) j On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 4:42:49 PM UTC-5, Jay Hannah wrote: > > So I was just at a conference in Salt Lake City and Dave Rolsky ( > http://blog.urth.org/) mentioned that he'll be in Omaha this fall for > some family stuff. > > It would be AMAZING if we could get him to do some training while he's in > town! > > Would you or your company be interested in paying $100 for a 1-day > training session in either Go or Perl? > > If so please let me know so I can twist Dave's arm. :) > > Below, one of his recent blog posts about the training he did in SLC. > > I'd also mention Dave's the guy who rewrote all the core perl5 docs for > modern object oriented Perl (Moose, etc.). He knows his stuff. :) > > Please let me know soonish. > > Thanks, > > j > 402-598-7782 > > > > > ------- > http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ > > My Two Master Classes at YAPC::NA::2015 > > Posted on April 13, 2015 by Dave Rolsky > > This year at YAPC I?ll be giving two master classes. Why am I doing this? > I don?t know, I think I may be insane. But that aside, here?s some info > about said classes. > > My first class is Introduction to Moose. I?ve been giving this class for a > number of years, and it?s always been well-received. The class will take > place on Sunday, June 7, the day before the conference proper begins. The > cost of the class is a mere $175 for a full day! The format of the class > consists of alternating lecture and exercise blocks, so you?ll be writing a > lot of code over the course of the day. The class is aimed at intermediate > Perl programmers with a basic understanding of OO who want to learn more > about Moose. > > Here?s what one past student said about the class: > > Great class. I especially liked your problem sets. You gave out problems > you expected your class to actually solve, and you allowed class time for > solving them. This should be a basic expectation for any class, but it?s > amazing how often teachers don?t do this. > > You can find more details about the class content on the master class page > on the YAPC::NA::2015 site. > > The second class is Introduction to Go. This is a new class for me, and > I?m excited to offer it. This class will take place on Thursday, June 11, > the day after the conference proper ends. This class is also $175. Like the > Moose class, the format is alternativing lecture and exercise blocks, so > you?ll get hands-on experience writing Go code. This class is aimed at > people who already know one programming language and want to learn Go. > > You can register for these classes, as well as several other excellent > master classes from other instructors, by going to the YAPC::NA::2015 > purchasing page. The class size for both classes is limited to about 15 > people (I don?t remember the exact limit), so register now to reserve your > spot. > > http://blog.urth.org/2015/04/13/my-two-master-classes-at-yapcna2015/ > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jay.hannah at iinteractive.com Thu Jun 25 14:58:29 2015 From: jay.hannah at iinteractive.com (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:58:29 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Perl and Go training in Omaha by Dave Rolsky Message-ID: <4407ECFF-2982-4EBB-AF8E-A0C4379DC7B5@iinteractive.com> Oh, sweet! Dave posted a summary of the classes he's offering to give in Omaha, if we can drum up enough interest: http://www.houseabsolute.com/classes/ :) j