I wanted to run a python program on my Mac that was originally written for Linux. Should work just fine, right? Well, not quite. Given it took quite a while to figure out precisely what I needed, I’m writing it up for next time I need to do this. The first problem was an error [...]
Tagged macosx, pythonI’ve often wondered why so many U.S. online companies won’t sell to people living in Canada. It’s a smaller market, to be sure, but not trivial, in fact bigger than most U.S. states. I’ve recently discovered a large part of the reason – Canada’s import procedures and tax laws. Tim’s blog costs a reasonable amount [...]
Tagged tax gst pst importI’ve had a couple of interesting comments on my piece about Coding vs Non-Coding Project Managers; in my case it was the way things worked out rather than a deliberate choice. After my degree in physics, and a couple of years of post-doctoral work (which involved some computer stuff, of course) I got post-graduate diploma [...]
In my posting about becoming a Scrum Master, I talked about teams with non-coding project managers often being more effective than teams with project managers who also code. It seems that that’s a minority view; most companies appear to assume that any project manager should also actively code. I agree that any project manager in [...]
I’ve been asked by a couple of people involved in organising conferences why they should have a conference Twitter account, so I figure it’s a general enough question to be worth blogging. Basically, it’s all about starting or continuing your conversation with those who attend, or might attend, or have attended, or are interested in [...]
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