Alex,<br><br>I've posted a link to your pdf on the event on the <a href="http://baypiggies.net">baypiggies.net</a> website.<br>All past events are archived so it should be easy for people to find this link in the future (besides the mailing list archives) :)<br>
<br>Should I copy the pdf to the site, or will the URL stay as is for the foreseeable future?<br><br>Thanks again,<br>Bill Deegan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Alex Martelli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aleax@google.com">aleax@google.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Ned Deily<<a href="mailto:nad@acm.org">nad@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> In article <1251332895.9073.10.camel@jim-laptop>,<br>
> jim <<a href="mailto:jim@well.com">jim@well.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> There's a last minute change in the BayPIGgies meeting: Alex Martelli<br>
>> will present his thoughts on managing a software development team.<br>
><br>
> I'd like to throw out a big thanks to Alex for stepping in at the last<br>
> minute prior to Thursday evening's meeting and presenting another<br>
> (typically) compelling talk. I found myself repeatedly nodding in<br>
> agreement as so many of his observations jibed with my experiences on<br>
> both sides of the management/leadership fence. And his talk contains a<br>
> boatload of references to books worth reading even if you won't agree<br>
> with all of the authors' conclusions.<br>
<br>
</div>Hey, thank YOU for these kudos -- and for giving me one more chance to<br>
present ideas that are very important to me. This was the second time<br>
I've had a chance to give a presentation about management since I last<br>
switched back from the management track to the individual-contributor<br>
track (in October '08), and I think that "refreshing" my experience on<br>
"this side of the fence" (after managing for about 4 years this time)<br>
also "refreshed" and rekindled my enthusiasm for the subject and<br>
refined some of my ideas about it.<br>
<br>
I'd like to make this a standing offer (though not a commitment on my<br>
part;-): if Baypiggies or another grassroot group finds itself in a<br>
pickle by missing a speaker, and I can have 2-3 days' notice, I can<br>
probably arrange to come give a decent talk (at least if I get a nice<br>
dinner out of it, as it seems I'm due to get this time;-). Most<br>
subjects I can easily wax lyrical about are probably of interest only<br>
to hard-core Python fans (see the list of the ones I haven't yet<br>
presented at Baypiggies that I posted a few days ago on the list as we<br>
were trying to pick a subject), but not all (intros to Python,<br>
technical management, abstraction, ...).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> I hope Alex won't mind if I mention the URL for the presentation:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.aleax.it/bayp_html.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aleax.it/bayp_html.pdf</a><br>
<br>
</div>On the contrary, THANKS for posting this URL!<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> If you are at all interested in the topic, it's a very worthwhile read.<br>
<br>
</div>...and again thanks for the kudos!-)<br>
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Alex<br>
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