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AI Ethics, Posts, and a Madlib
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Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word types (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) to complete the AI ethics-themed story.
6/4/23
Let’s make something Shiny and Interactive
Carol Willing
6/4/23
Migrating to a Quarto website and blog
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lua
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Why and how I migrated my website and blog to Quarto
Carol Willing
6/3/23
Serving on the Inaugural Python Steering Council
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steering-council
governance
A Closer Look – Encouraging people to run for the Python Steering Council and offer insight on being a Steering Council member.
Carol Willing
11/2/19
Trying the Python 3.8 beta with Jupyter Notebook
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Try out Python 3.8.0b4 with Jupyter Notebook on macOS
Carol Willing
9/19/19
Learning git: Locations, Remotes, and GitHub
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git
learning
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Where is code located? The basics of remotes for new git and GitHub users.
Carol Willing
7/1/19
Cool Stuff with Jupyter and IPython
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ipython
Here are some resources that I have found helpful when learning Jupyter or IPython.
Carol Willing
10/1/18
Getting (re)Started - Resources
tech
learning
python
returning
I’m often asked what resources would be helpful when returning to tech after an absence or moving into tech from another career.
Carol Willing
9/30/18
Sunrise and a New Semester
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circuitpython
jupyter
mu
nteract
jose
jupyterhub
binder
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Sunrise signals a new day and new opportunities. I’m taking on a new challenge over the next six months. In some ways, I will be changing my focus from developing Jupyter…
Carol Willing
8/8/18
Snakes and Planets
tech
psf
board
governance
As I get ready to step back from being a Director of the Python Software Foundation, I’m taking a moment to reflect back on the…
Carol Willing
6/4/17
What’s a Fab Lab?
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A Fab Lab is a community space for people to gather and fabricate their dreams and ideas.
Carol Willing
8/9/15
Change, community, and compassion
tech
Today, I reflect on a life…
Carol Willing
6/9/15
Mission moment: Mark Hammond, PSF Distinguished Service Award Recipient
tech
Source: Mark Hammond and Andy Robinson, Python Programming on Win32, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., 2000.
Carol Willing
6/9/15
Play it again pyvideo.org!
tech
Yesterday, the Python Software Foundation posted results of the election for the Board of…
Carol Willing
6/3/15
Mentors, music, and motivation
tech
As I get ready to attend the Write/Speak/Code conference, I’m doing more reflecting on the past few months than packing for the trip. While I would…
Carol Willing
3/18/15
Building a better community
tech
Watching someone bring their idea to life is an amazing reward.
Carol Willing
3/4/15
Security at the Seams: What’s a Software Development Manager to Do?
tech
Economics of Cybersecurity Reflection Essay
Carol Willing
3/2/15
Decorators visualized
tech
Decorators make code more readable. When learning how decorators work, it’s easy to get confused. When teaching decorators, students…
Carol Willing
2/18/15
I am not a tree. I am a person. I speak for me.
tech
For years, I enjoyed reading Dr. Seuss’
The Lorax
to my children. Today, a wise quote from the book pops into my head when I read a twitter post by or about Mr. Wadhwa.
Carol Willing
2/3/15
Music, Data Science, and Community - Poster at PyCon 2014
tech
I had the pleasure of sharing my love of music and programming last spring at PyCon 2014. I enjoyed presenting a poster…
Carol Willing
1/21/15
SciPy 2014: A mother-daughter collaboration
tech
I had the pleasure…
Carol Willing
7/14/14
Security and Cryptography Gems
tech
I find cryptography and security fascinating. My current knowledge is limited to some math reading on cryptography years ago and some journal articles in…
Carol Willing
6/27/14
Monday Mention: Newcomers to Open Source Development
tech
Are you new to open source?
Carol Willing
3/3/14
Saturday Sharing: Some git goodness
tech
Version control and sharing source code…
Carol Willing
3/1/14
Thoughts for Tuesday: Two Django-licious Scoops
tech
Audrey Roy and Daniel Greenfeld have recently released
Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices For Django 1.6
(Two Scoops Press). Besides helpful books, Audrey and Daniel give much to the Python community by sharing their experiences with others and…
Carol Willing
2/18/14
Weekend Wisdom: “Python Pocket Reference” by Mark Lutz; O’Reilly Media
tech
As someone who teaches beginning Pythonistas to l1earn to program, this updated edition of the Python Pocket Reference is worth keeping close at hand.
Carol Willing
2/7/14
Weekend Sharing: Installing Inkscape on a recent Mac
tech
At a recent FabLab San Diego meetup, I was helping others to install Inkscape. I wrote some tips down from my install experience. Here’s a link to the PDF. I hope these tips help…
Carol Willing
12/22/13
What can you do in 8 minutes? The importance of allies in advocacy
tech
8 minutes and 18 seconds. It’s a small amount of time. Yet, Laila Al-Shamma uses it wisely. Recently, Laila Al-Shamma was honored by GLSEN as the 2013 Student Advocate of the Year. She is someone who makes her local community a better, safer place not just for…
Carol Willing
10/22/13
Weekend Whimsy: String theory, The Hics, and Candy Chang
tech
I’m keeping it short this morning while I write a little software. I’m enjoying some good music, art, and community. Enjoy! I’ve been singing this gem from A Capella Science for days…
Carol Willing
9/29/13
Thoughts for Tuesday: Tea Leaves
tech
It’s been a week.
Carol Willing
9/24/13
Weekend Wisdom: Distributed Network Data
tech
Distributed Network Data by Alasdair Allan and Kipp Bradford (O’Reilly Media)
Carol Willing
8/24/13
Moving Forward Monday: Meaningful, Mindful, Mental Health Resources
tech
Note: The links to other sites and this post may have triggers to those healing.
Carol Willing
8/19/13
Learn: MIT OpenCourseWare OCW
tech
Donate to MIT OCW.
Carol Willing
8/13/13
Moving Forward Monday: Mountains or Molehills
tech
I recently moved my mom into a…
Carol Willing
8/12/13
Moving Forward Monday: The Ada Initiative
tech
If you haven’t heard yet about the Ada Initiative, I highly recommend that you check out the good work that they are doing for women and men in open source technology
Carol Willing
3/18/13
Learning and Teaching Courses in an Open Environment - XBlock
tech
Kudos for edX…
Carol Willing
3/15/13
International Women’s Day 2013
tech
people
What a great way to wrap up a week. There has been so much going on this week about women and girls in technology. Great work and passion by so many people - female or male. Inspiring the next generation of…
Carol Willing
3/8/13
Sharing the Knowledge
tech
people
I have the pleasure of mentoring a talented group of high school students. They are the soul of Team 2102 Paradox of San Dieguito Academy. They are creative, curious, humble, dedicated, and caring. They strive to embody…
Carol Willing
2/10/13
Using Senses to Guide Yourself Through the Fog
tech
people
My mom has Alzheimer’s.
Carol Willing
2/5/13
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