Posted by jhodgdon on August 25, 2018 at 8:12pm
Start:
2018-08-30 10:00 - 12:00 America/Los_Angeles Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
We hope you can join us for the next daytime meeting of the Spokane Drupal User Group!
- When
- Thursday, August 30, 2018, 10 AM to noon
We usually meet on a Thursday morning at a library out in the Spokane Valley area. Log in and join the Spokane Drupal User Group (see sidebar on https://groups.drupal.org/spokane-wa ) to be notified of future meetings, events, and discussions (typically just a few email messages per month). - Where
- Spokane County Library - Argonne branch, 4322 N. Argonne Road, Millwood. We are currently meeting in the small conference room at the library. From the hallway, go into the library proper, past the checkout/information desk, take a right and you'll see the room on the right. The last two months, we met at the Spokane Valley branch, but this time we're back at Argonne due to meeting room availability.
- To be reminded, sign up!
- To receive an email reminder closer to the date of the meeting, log in and click the "Sign up" button; log in and click "Cancel signup" at a later time if your schedule changes and you can no longer come. There's no obligation to come if you sign up (but we hope you will!). There's also no obligation to sign up in order to come (it's up to you if you want a reminder or not). However, the meeting could be canceled if the organizer isn't sure anyone is coming.
- What
- We spend two hours in a question and answer format, with the participants around a table, and a laptop with a projector. Come with questions about a project you're working on, something you've learned that you'd like to share with others, a desire to improve Drupal in some way (documentation, programming, design, marketing etc.), or a desire to help others with their projects and questions. Or just come and listen and observe.
- Who
- Everyone is welcome -- the only prerequisite is having some interest in Drupal. This group is usually 5-10 friendly people, with experience levels ranging from novice to expert, so you'll fit right in. Because of the size of the group, you will have time to share something you've learned, or get your questions answered, or both!
- Need a ride?
- If transportation is keeping you from attending, please post a comment here. Our usual attendees come from all around the area: downtown Spokane, Mead, Hayden, Spokane Valley, Post Falls, etc. So, we can probably find someone to give you a ride without going too much out of their way.
Comments
Meeting notes
What we talked about today:
- Raspberry Pi: electronics and/or programming -- https://www.raspberrypi.org/
- Arduino: electronics and programming -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
- Get a kit, which will have things like LEDs, motion sensors, etc. to play with
- Probably safer than a chemistry set (lots of stories from Jon and John!!!)
- Shawn says the Raspberry Pi is probably easier than Arduino to get started with
- John recommends Nuts and Volts magazine -- http://www.nutsvolts.com/
- There are also tons of YouTube videos for things to do with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
- Lightbox: You click on a link or a thumbnail image, and a box shows up on the screen, above the page you are in, with a larger version, more information, etc. You don't leave the page.
- Carousel: A scrolling slideshow (text or images)
- Combination: as in Wikipedia -- if you click on an image, you get a lightbox containing a slideshow of all the images in the page, with more information about each one.
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