[CodeLab 013]: Mon, Jan 23, 2017

[leighphan]

🎉 January 23th, 2017: CodeLab 014 in Session :alembic:

Who's here: Leigh (@leighphan) Gregory (@realspoon) Josie (@josiegarcia1) Rob (@@Honzo0481) Kamie (@interdigitize) Mohamed (@Ameno-) Simeon (@simeonvincent) Chris (@systematical84) 🌟 (🌟 = first-timer)

Stand Up 🙌

• Leigh is currently working on visualizing Hoodie's community activity. 🐶
• Josie is starting fresh on learning command line and HTML.
• Chris is a PHP dev, working on learning Android and Java.
• Simeon is working on staying awake, so open to assisting w/ JS questions. 😴
• Rob is learning machine/deep learning. Currently working on a project using Firebase
• Greg is a Java developer, currently learning Python.
• Ameno is developer and instructor at Thinkful.
• Kamie is front-end dev, working on making music-making tools. 🎶

Announcements 📢

2017 Civic Data Projects: Urban Drool Tool

• Call on 2/1 w/ OCPW, Moulton Niguel Water District, CA Data Collaborative.
• Let @leighphan know if you're interested in the project!

GitHub Swag

• Leigh went to http://www.writespeakcode.com/, hosted at GitHub, so come get some stickers!

In the Lab 🔬

Show-N-Tell

@Ameno- developed Think Twise, a Chrome extension to analyze text in browser and classifies text based on emotional tones and language tones. Integrates IBM Watson API. Originally intended as a Gmail extension to provide a warning prior to sending an email - maybe in the future! https://github.com/ameno-/think-twice-api CSS: http://materializecss.com/

Pair Programming: Exercism

• Greg & Robert paired on Python Exercism (Hamming)
• Kamie brought a Circuit Playground!
• Kamie & Simeon paired on a JS problem.

Plans for Next Meeting (02/06/2017) + Future 🔮

• Join Slack channel '#group-projects' if you're interested in the Urban Drool Tool project.
• Who wants to show-n-tell next?
• Rails Girls Summer of Code applications open 2/1!
• @Honzo0481 interested in giving a Machine Learning workshop/talk in the future!