Talks and Publications

See what our team is saying about web development, design, complex projects, and social impact technology.

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Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices: Open Data Policing

Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices: Open Data Policing

Colin Copeland

North Carolina developers and civil rights advocates used demographic data from nearly 20,000,000 unique NC traffic stops in the state to create a digital tool for identifying race-based policing practices: https://opendatapolicingnc.com/. Come learn more about the technology used (Python/Django) and how they're expanding into the state of Maryland.

PyData Carolinas 2016

You Belong with Me: Scraping Taylor Swift Lyrics with Python and Celery

You Belong with Me: Scraping Taylor Swift Lyrics with Python and Celery

Mark Lavin & Rebecca Conley

This talk will demonstrate an example application of using Celery to extract all of the lyrics of the inspiring and influential Taylor Swift from the Internet. Using a light-hearted approach and practical Python examples, we aim to teach people the basics of using Celery for data extraction.

PyDate Carolinas 2016

Reach More People: SMS Data Collection with RapidPro

Reach More People: SMS Data Collection with RapidPro

Erin Mullaney

Interested in gathering data via SMS but don't know how to get started? Learn more about RapidPro, UNICEF's visual open-source SMS platform. - How SMS apps are used for surveys, crises, elections and data tracking - How to use RapidPro to jump start your own data gathering application - Using RapidPro's API to create your own data visualizations

PyData Carolinas 2016

Python, C, C++, and Fortran Relationship Status: It’s Not That Complicated

Python, C, C++, and Fortran Relationship Status: It’s Not That Complicated

PHILIP SEMANCHUK

One of Python’s strengths is that it can use code written in compiled languages like C, Fortran and C++. This talk gives an overview of your many options for getting Python to call and exchange data with code written in a compiled language. The goal is to make attendees aware of choices they may not know they have, and when to prefer one over another.

PyData Carolinas 2016

Developer Fitness

Developer Fitness

Mark Lavin

Python Nordeste 2016 Keynote

Python Nordeste

Case Study from North Carolina: Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices

Case Study from North Carolina: Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices

Colin Copeland & Ian Mance - SCSJ

NC developers and civil rights advocates used demographic data from traffic stops to create a digital tool for identifying race-based policing practices. Learn more about how they are using it to challenge court procedure.

Code for America Summit 2015

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Books

Our team’s published books give you a detailed look into building thoughtful web applications with high code quality.

Lightweight Django

Julia Elman & Mark Lavin

A guide for intermediate Django users to hone their skills.

Purchase from O'Reilly Media

Django 1.1 Testing and Debugging

A Django classic text on debugging that still holds true today.

Purchase from Packt Publishing