Greg Wilson: Rails Reviewer Wanted (1)
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For the past few days, Blake Winton has been reviewing every single commit made by a team of students who building a medium-sized Django application. We’d really like to find someone (not necessarily in the Toronto area, but that would make it easier for me to buy her/him lunch) who’d be willing to do the same for a RubyOnRails project that Prof. Karen Reid is running. As well as generally making the world a better ...
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When Work Ethics Collide for Cultural Reasons (1)
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I’ve had an interesting summer, and not all of it was good interesting. But I learned some things. As this summer comes to a close, I am enlightened about one thing in particular: if you’re working with the French, don’t expect to accomplish much in the month of August. In fact, when you’re working with people from any culture other than your own, you should be prepared to deal with assumptions and expectations regarding work ...
"What's New in Python 2.6" is finished (2)
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This weekend, I made a last review and editing pass over the "What's New in Python 2.6", and have declared it finished. (Well, finished barring any corrections that get e-mailed to me.) Items accumulate progressively in the "What's New" during the development cycle, so its organization becomes a little jumbled over time; there are duplications, mis-sortings, unclear sentences, formatting glitches, and many other minor problems. I originally thought Saturday morning would be enough for the ...
Giant panda cub born at Zoo Atlanta (1)
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Classic WTF: Laboring Holiday (8)
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It's a particularly busy week for me: on top of a few looming deadlines, I'll be at Business of Software 2008 in Boston. So, I figured it'd be the perfect opportunity to revisit some classics. While digging through the archives, I came across this fun email (from I.Y.) that was originally published on September 4th, 2006. From: Melinda Blevins Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:06 PM To: All Employees Subject: Labor Day Just a remind ...
DS Web: Soccer Mom Siberia (2)
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David Levy on Having No Time to Think [Weekend Watching] (28)
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The whole reason why you spend time streamlining, automating, and speeding up your workflow isn't to work more—it's to make time for important things computers can't do, like thinking. Professor David Levy argues, however, that our fast-paced world doesn't allow for time to think deeply, the time when we come up with our best ideas and most important insights. Levy's talk at Google last year is a cannot-miss for any lifehacker; at almost an hour ...
Georg Brandl: Snoring over the Python docs? (1)
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So apparently people think of the Python documentation as a snore-fest. Compared to the Perl documentation, it apparently lacks wit and other entertaining qualities.I don't want to dispute the main points, but note that this issue brings up an interesting point about the role of humor in different cultures. It is said that humor pervades every aspect of life in Anglo-Saxon cultures (an often cited example being president Reagan's "Honey, I forgot to duck" after ...
Competition and Knowledge-Sharing (1)
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In Knowledge Management Needs to be Agile, Too, I said If you put people in competition with each other *in any way*, they will have dis-incentives to share their knowledge. John, in his comment on that post, said it seemed intuitive, but was having trouble articulating why. I’m here to help Some of my reasons, which all go to how people are evaluated and compensated. Managers evaluate and compensate people for their knowledge, rather than ...
Book review: O’Reilly’s Python for Unix and Linux System Administrators (3)
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The title alone is a mouthful, but you have to love a book that knows what it’s about. ‘Unix and Linux Systems Administration’. We all know what that is. Balding, bearded, bespectacled wizards wearing t-shirts, nestled deep in a corporate office, on a floor the CEO and VP’s never visit, tapping out incantations day and night, feeding the temperamental beasts caged in the data center. No? What about a growing group of dedicated, professional, hard-working ...
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