diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 11309b6..1073604 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -11,3 +11,57 @@ all: python-help
 
 include python.make
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ipython targets
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# See: https://coderwall.com/p/xdox9a
+.PHONY: ipython-shell
+ipython-shell:
+	$(MAKE) python-exec ipython;
+
+.PHONY: ipython-notebook
+ipython-notebook:
+	$(MAKE) python-exec ipython notebook;
+
+UNAME := $(shell uname | tr A-Z a-z)
+SYSTEM_PREFIX := /usr
+ifeq ($(UNAME),darwin)
+SYSTEM_PREFIX := $(shell brew --prefix)
+endif
+
+$(SYSTEM_PREFIX)/include/zmq.h:
+ifeq ($(UNAME),darwin)
+	brew install zeromq;
+endif
+
+# See: http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/install/install.html
+# See: https://gist.github.com/westurner/3196564
+# See: http://gureckislab.org/courses/spring12/modeling/ipythonhints.html
+# See: http://michaelmartinez.in/installing-ipython-notebook-on-mountain-lion.html
+# See: https://gist.github.com/juandazapata/3182604
+#      https://github.com/settings/applications
+# See: http://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-riding-a-mountain-lion
+# See: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/z-m-k/4484816/ipyD3sample.ipynb
+# See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19453430/examples-of-interactive-plots-through-python
+.PHONY: ipython
+ipython:
+	$(MAKE) $(SYSTEM_PREFIX)/include/zmq.h
+# XXX: Note that `pip install readline` generally DOES NOT WORK, because
+#      it installs to site-packages, which come *after* lib-dynload in
+#      sys.path, where readline is located.  It must be `easy_install
+#      readline`, or to a custom location on your PYTHONPATH (even --user
+#      comes after lib-dyload).
+#	$(MAKE) python-readline   # for full readline implementation (use pyreadline instead on Windows)
+	$(MAKE) python-nose       # to run the ipython test suite
+	$(MAKE) python-pexpect    # to manage subprocesses in ipython.irunner
+	$(MAKE) python-pyzmq      # to use ipython.parallel, ipython.notebook
+#	$(MAKE) python-paramiko   # to use ssh in ipython.parallel on Windows
+	$(MAKE) python-tornado    # http server for ipython.notebook
+	$(MAKE) python-Jinja2     # for ipython.notebook to render html pages
+	$(MAKE) python-pygments   # to use qtconsole with syntax highlighting
+	$(MAKE) python-ipython
+	# for rendering LaTeX in web browsers (MathJax is a Javascript library)
+	# will install to ~/.ipython/nbextensions/mathjax
+#	$(MAKE) python-exec -- python -c "'from IPython.external import mathjax; mathjax.install_mathjax()'";
+