My weird health issues
If we're connected on Facebook, you've probably already seen bits and pieces of this story. Is it weird to be talking about my health problems on what is ostensibly a tech blog? Maybe. But there ar ... Read more
2013-05-16
My next new challenge
2013 has brought some big changes - more teaching, my first forays into public speaking, a lot of energy devoted to community organizing, and a newly minted membership in the PSF. As of today, I'm ... Read more
2013-05-07
Conference survey - I need your input
I'm putting together some new teaching materials, and I need your help. Every day I meet people in the programming community - not just women - who have never been to an open source conference, nev ... Read more
2013-04-23
School Visit - April 19, 2013
It's been a long, busy spring filled with teaching and speaking experiences, and I capped it all off last Friday with a visit to a local elementary school. The school visit was arranged as part of ... Read more
2013-04-22
My Saturday evening lightning talk
In which I speak in front of a bajillion people ... Okay, it was possibly not that many people. Total attendance for PyCon 2013 was around 2500, and the auditorium was pretty packed for Saturday n ... Read more
2013-04-17
Scheduling Periodic Tasks with Celery 2.3.3 and Django 1.4
There are going to be times in the life of your application when you'll need to perform tasks - making requests to APIs, sending emails, or storing large amounts of data, for example. To do that, you ... Read more
2013-04-17
Amazing things to do with a Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi got another mention on Boing Boing last week, promoting a brief sampling of some of the wonderful things you can do with it: "Raspberry Pi, the tiny, cheap and hackable computer ... Read more
2013-04-16
Intro to Python, April 6 - Recap
This past weekend, I helped a bright group of Austin women take their initial steps into the Python world. Austin PyLadies' first women's 'Intro to Python' class took place on Saturday, April 6th. O ... Read more
2013-04-10
PyTexas 2013
The dates and location for this years's PyTexas have finally been announced! PyTexas 2013 will be taking place over three days - August 16th, 17th, and 18th - in College Station, on the A&M Univers ... Read more
2013-03-22