Comments on: I’m learning Django, blame Matt Waite, grumble…. http://www.contentious.com/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dave Irwin http://www.contentious.com/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/#comment-1205512 Dave Irwin Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:31:29 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/#comment-1205512 This is fascinating. I had not heard of Django, other than the jazz guitarist. I'll check it out for sure. Thanks for a great tip. St. Pete should be cooler by the time you get here. This is fascinating. I had not heard of Django, other than the jazz guitarist. I’ll check it out for sure. Thanks for a great tip.

St. Pete should be cooler by the time you get here.

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/#comment-1205233 Amy Gahran Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:10:16 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/#comment-1205233 Thanks for the encouragement, Matt. Love the 'datamonkeylabs' domain! I just checked out the pedestrian death stats for Boulder and I'm amazed they aren't higher. Does that count bicyclers, skateboarders and rollerbladers as pedestrians? I know there are tons of those accidents around here, since it's a university town. Maybe it's just that few of them are fatal. Recently a fellow journalist, whom I respect in many ways, scoffed at the idea that lots of people would be interested in plowing into datasets from news organizations. "People don't want data, they just want to be told stories about what happened." Sorry, but I look at this and she is so very, very wrong. We've only begun to scratch the surface. - Amy Gahran Thanks for the encouragement, Matt.

Love the ‘datamonkeylabs’ domain! I just checked out the pedestrian death stats for Boulder and I’m amazed they aren’t higher. Does that count bicyclers, skateboarders and rollerbladers as pedestrians? I know there are tons of those accidents around here, since it’s a university town. Maybe it’s just that few of them are fatal.

Recently a fellow journalist, whom I respect in many ways, scoffed at the idea that lots of people would be interested in plowing into datasets from news organizations. “People don’t want data, they just want to be told stories about what happened.”

Sorry, but I look at this and she is so very, very wrong. We’ve only begun to scratch the surface.

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: Matt Waite http://www.contentious.com/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/#comment-1205187 Matt Waite Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:29:43 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/08/27/im-learning-django-blame-matt-waite-grumble/#comment-1205187 Deal. And if stupid mistakes were an impediment, PolitiFact would have never happened and I'd be back covering night cops somewhere. A stupid mistake is just another name for learning. I promise you that the mistakes you make will be so small they will drive you bats*** insane. And then you'll figure it out, and suddenly it's a whole new day. This is going to sound strange, but figuring it out that you've figured it out is a complete rush. When you're ready, holler and I'll send you the code for <a href="http://datamonkeylabs.com/dontwalkhere/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, a side project I'm picking away at when I get time (between two kids, a book project, a day job and sleep). Good luck. Deal. And if stupid mistakes were an impediment, PolitiFact would have never happened and I’d be back covering night cops somewhere. A stupid mistake is just another name for learning. I promise you that the mistakes you make will be so small they will drive you bats*** insane. And then you’ll figure it out, and suddenly it’s a whole new day. This is going to sound strange, but figuring it out that you’ve figured it out is a complete rush.

When you’re ready, holler and I’ll send you the code for this, a side project I’m picking away at when I get time (between two kids, a book project, a day job and sleep).

Good luck.

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