Goodhart's law
Via "Let's set a new standard" I discovered Goodhart's law. I've long been arguing, err, OK, ranting that the setting of targets in an organization is usually counter-productive, because people will...
View ArticlePython Mock Frameworks
Given that I'm speaking on Python mocking shortly, I thought I'd better dig through my accumulated bookmarks and see what I'm missing. PyMock is what I've been using up till now. It's heavily inspired...
View ArticleEpic Fail
My Mac died again a month or so ago - another HDD failure. Not a problem, I thought - new disk, restore from Time Machine, sorted. Only my Time Machine backup disk had been plugged in to my Mac when it...
View ArticleLondon Python meetup, September the 2nd.
Time for another London Python meetup, pre-PyCon UK 2008. PyCon UK 2008, at which I find myself the "Session Chair Team Captain", God help them. Given how rubbish I am at organizing London Python, I do...
View ArticleWelcome, Simon!
Welcome to the Guardian, Simon! I only wish I'd still be there when you started, but I'll be gone by then. :-(
View ArticleMy Work Here is Done
I was just called over by Ken and Grant to help them with a problem that they were having with the unittest/Mox test suite that they were putting together, written ahead of the functional code. I feel...
View ArticleApress eBooks
Buy a book from Apress (such as the superb Definitive Guide to Django) and you can get the PDF version for a fiver, so you can keep a copy on your laptop when you are on the road. What a great idea. I...
View ArticleDjango 1.0
Congratulations to everyone involved in getting Django 1.0 out of the door. Great job.
View ArticleOff to PyCon UK
See you there. I might even see one or two people at my talk, if I'm lucky. Though since I'm clashing with Simon Willison, I don't expect many. BTW, we still need more session chairs. Don't be shy!
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Photo Meme
If I must. Instructions: Take a picture of yourself right now. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair - just take a picture. Post that picture with NO editing. Post these instructions with the...
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At my new client site, everyone has an picture of themselves to stick up on the story wall to show whatbn we are working on. Here's mine: What do you think?
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