[IPython-dev] IPython notebook, tmpnb.org in Nature Blog

[Kyle Kelley]

Thanks Fernando!

This makes me wonder if my messages ever went through either...

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com>
wrote:

> [ Resending, I think this never made it during the recent ML outage ]
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Doug Blank <doug.blank at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A few people must have worked hard to get that put together at Rackspace.
>> Well done!
>>
>
> And I really, really want to thank Kyle, Min, Brian, Stefan, Aron, and the
> whole teams at Rackspace and Nature who made this possible. The home
> stretch caught me flying to Brazil and speaking here, so I was able to help
> exactly at the 0% level, but everyone pulled together wonderfully to make
> it possible. And in the process, we continue refining tools like tmpnb,
> that we'll get a ton of mileage out of in the future.
>
> I can't emphasize enough the value of this mode of team work, especially
> in a context like this.  That article began as a private phone call from
> Helen Shen, a Nature journalist months ago for an interview about IPython.
> I've had enough struggles in the past with journalists who insist on
> finding the "lead author" to credit on a piece that I was worried that
> would happen again (it's a terrible kind of incentive, pervasive in
> academia and media but absolutely toxic to good team dynamics). In this
> case, however, it proved to be very easy to move the conversation into a
> much more open and collaborative mode, Brian was interviewed as well, then
> he suggested the demo idea to Kyle who jumped in, then Min, etc...
> Everybody did their best, and instead of simply an interview, now we have a
> great piece showcasing not only the history of the project, but much more
> importantly, its direct potential with a live demo.
>
> Repeating in public what I told everyone in a private thread while we were
> preparing all this:
>
> It's an honor and a pleasure to work with a team like all of you. I
> couldn't be more grateful.
>
> All the best,
>
>
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