4 videos · 3 events · 2015–2017 · 2h 41m of video
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DjangoCon US 2017 · September 7, 2017
Tracy Osborn explains how she moved from a childhood marked by instability, distrust, social anxiety, depression, and panic attacks to running a startup, writing books, and speaking publicly. She argues that self-advocacy is a learned skill rather than a personality trait: know your value, ask…
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DjangoCon US 2016 · August 10, 2016
Tracy Osborn explains how programmers and other non-designers can make clearer, more effective interfaces without becoming professional designers. She recommends reducing visual clutter by using grids, few colors and fonts, consistent alignment, and generous whitespace; simplifying content with short paragraphs, bullets, and bold emphasis; and…
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DjangoCon US 2015 · September 22, 2015
The panelists describe how they came to Django and turned their experience into books, screencasts, and tutorials for audiences ranging from beginners to advanced professionals. They explain their publishing workflows—from Markdown, Sphinx, AsciiDoc, LaTeX, and Leanpub to custom screen-recording and captioning tools—and how they outline,…
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DjangoCon US 2015 · September 18, 2015
Ricardo Ferraz Leal explains how Oak Ridge’s Spallation Neutron Source produces and uses neutrons, and how Django monitors its instruments and manages large-scale data-reduction jobs. Grant Jenks presents sorted containers, a Python implementation that uses fragmented lists and the fast `bisect` module to provide sorted…