There were lots of problems with PyCon this year. For example, the free, hi-speed wifi made you log in each day. And it was in Montreal, so one of my foreign students couldn't come because he didn't get a visa in time. The company booths were not centrally located. And …
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tl;dr? The Software Carpentry train-the-trainers workshop in Toronto this past M-W was just fantastic. I can't recommend it enough.
A bit of background: Software Carpentry is a project to teach scientists to use computing more effectively. Started by Greg Wilson about 16 years ago, the project has progressed through …
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I recently finished two books that really stood out in my memory of recent reading. Lighter fare than I have recommended in the past, but more representative of what I read day to day :)
The first book, The Martian, is a near-future book about an astronaut who wakes up on …
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So my daughter just participated in her first science fair, at the age of 6. ("Conclusion: science can be fun! and sticky!")
Over dinner, my wife and I came up with some ideas for her next fair. She was having trouble dissolving sugar in ice water, so we suggested maybe …
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Links, software, thoughts -- all solicited! Add 'em below or send 'em to me, t@idyll.org.
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Imagine... a rolling 48 hour hackathon, internationally teleconferenced, on reproducing analyses in preprints and papers. Each room of contributors could hack on things collaboratively while awake, then pass it on to others in overlapping …
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