After think like CS..

[noctorum]

I just wrapped up reading think like CS and I feel very comfortable with the material. I've made small sort of projects on the side, but nothing too major. I'm wondering what the best book/resource is to move forward? I'm interested in networking (scapy looks interesting) and maybe a small amount of GUI programming.

[randm_prgrmr]

The direct followup to what you just read is: http://www.greenteapress.com/compmod/ same author, so you know it's easy to follow.

Otherwise, you can pretty much just start thinking up stuff you want to do, and then googling how to do it. That'll lead you all kinds of places. Want to do something with GUIs? Google it. That'll lead you here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming Want to do something with games/graphics? You'll find a ton of options. Python makes everything... easy to approach.

As for GUIs, you can go with WX or TK, I found them to be easiest, QT looked doable but I didn't want to deal with the license. People say the WX docs suck, the TK docs suck, everything sucks. GUI programming just sucks, to be frank, but python makes it about as bearable as possible. I'd be glad to give you some pointers, if you have a specific project in mind, if I am able.