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Holiday Project: Plot Google Calendar Events on Google Map

Posted on December 23, 2008August 8, 2009 by bkjones

[UPDATE: 2009/08/08]: I’ve now gotten stuck on two separate projects, trying to find a bridge between Python code that generates data, and javascript code that is apparently required in order to present it. I haven’t found such a bridge. For one project, I was able to do what I needed with ReportLab (there was no…

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What do you find lacking/awesome in tech training classes?

Posted on December 19, 2008 by bkjones

Dear lazyweb,  Over the past year, I’ve spoken to a few clients about performing on-site training for their staff in things like Linux administration, SQL, PHP, etc. I’ve also gotten a few training contracts as a result, and those contracts have gone quite well, and I have some repeat business already! I really really enjoy…

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On Remote Workers and Working Remotely

Posted on November 18, 2008 by bkjones

I’ve been on both sides of the remote worker relationship. On the manager side, I’ve managed some good-sized projects using an all-remote work force. Indeed, I’ve hired, managed, fired, and promoted workers without ever knowing what they look like. On the worker side, I do most of my work remotely, and I have for some…

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Design Patterns in System Administration

Posted on August 3, 2008 by bkjones

Most readers of my blog know that I consult, in addition to usually having a day job. I started my career working for a consulting firm, and couldn’t let go of the endless fascinating problems that exist in the “technological landscape”, and in addition, the seemingly endless numbers of ways to solve them. I’ve learned…

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This is how I want all project web sites to look…

Posted on July 3, 2008 by bkjones

My brain has a set of rules that software project websites get tested against. Each time a project site fails to comply with a rule, I get ever-so-slightly more annoyed, and ever-so-slightly less likely to use the software in question (if there are alternatives, this is even maybe not so “slightly”).  I thought I’d list…

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PyWorks 2008, November 12-14, Call for Papers Open!

Posted on June 25, 2008 by bkjones

Yes, the same folks who bring you Python Magazine and php|architect magazine (and several other things, like online training, a full line of books, and more conferences), are hosting our first ever Python conference! You can see more about it, and the Call for Papers, at the conference site. The hotel which once hosted php|works…

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O’Reilly: Give your authors Safari access!

Posted on June 20, 2008June 23, 2008 by bkjones

UPDATE – 2008-06-23 – A member of O’Reilly’s editing team commented that this privilege has *NOT* been discontinued, and all O’Reilly authors should receive a free Safari account. Thanks a bunch, Mary, for the clarification (see comments for more). I learned from one of the authors of the recently released second (read: first, squared) edition…

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O’Reilly OSCON… and Brew Fest!

Posted on June 3, 2008 by bkjones

I’m going to the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) again this year. I went in 2006 as well, and had a blast, in addition to learning quite a bit, and meeting tons of people whom I’ve been acquainted with online for a long time. That was 2 years ago. Since then I’ve been acquainted with…

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Multisourced Production Infrastructure: History, and a stab at the Future

Posted on May 26, 2008 by bkjones

Startups are pretty fascinating. I work for a startup, and one of my good friends works for another startup. I’ve also worked for 2 other startups, one during the first “bubble”, and another one a few years later. Oh my, how the world of web startups has changed in that time! 1999: You must have…

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Social Media, The Future of News, and Data Mining

Posted on May 16, 2008 by bkjones

I went to a very good panel discussion yesterday hosted by the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. There has been a conference going on there that covers a lot of the overlap between technology, law, and journalism, and the panel discussion yesterday, Data Mining, Visualization, and Interactivity was even more enlightening than…

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