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The Art of Persuasion Applied to Training 11 May 2013 | 06:51 am
I'm currently reading Robert Cialdini's Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive. I am really enjoying the refresher on many of these concepts, which I encountered in classes at Stanford. T...
Partnering with an Aspie 1 May 2013 | 04:07 am
I spent a couple hours today chatting with an NT (neurotypical) friend who has an Aspie (Asperger) husband. It was a great conversation. Some things that came up: Understand that geeks and Aspies hav...
PyCon 2013 rocked! 23 Mar 2013 | 02:09 am
I had an awesome time at PyCon this year (as usual). Some highlights: Loved getting a RaspberryPi for everyone at the Opening Ceremony, after the Keynote by Eben Upton, the founder of Raspberry Pi! A...
Awesome! 21 Sep 2012 | 10:47 pm
The freaking shuttle just flew directly over my house! I LOVE being on the Moffett Field flightpath!
PyCon proposals I'd like to see 23 Aug 2012 | 11:53 pm
PyCon 2013 is current accepting proposals. I'm looking forward to helping review the proposals. So, what proposals would *I* like to see? Anything science related, especially bio and chemistry and n...
Untitled 18 Jun 2012 | 05:30 am
Alex and I did Keynotes at PyCon APAC. There are videos of many talks including our keynotes. The talks were wide-ranging and well-done. We got to meet really awesome people there. Liew Beng Keat was ...
Untitled 14 May 2012 | 03:44 pm
Marlowe: http://www.poetry-online.org/marlowe_the_passionate_shepherd_to_his_love.htm Raleigh: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/nymphsreply.htm William Carlos Williams: http://producer.csi.edu/cdraney...
Untitled 1 May 2012 | 11:32 am
Pycon 2012 was full of win, including the 5k on Satyrday morning! Lots of geeks out running. I loved it. Also, I nominate this 2012 for the BEST FOOD of any US Pycon. Others have already done reviews,...
We want you! 5 Mar 2011 | 10:36 am
to volunteer at PyCon! Come meet the speakers and chair a session, or be a runner! Sign up at http://us.pycon.org/2011/schedule/sessions/ Other volunteer opportunities remain - Sign up at http://us....
Consider the tuple... 12 Dec 2010 | 06:38 pm
I remember learning Python and wondering what a tuple was for. Why wouldn't you just use a list? Or a dict? What I've come down to is a few thoughts such as: 1) if I want sortable items, use a list. ...
