"The No Asshole Rule: Building a civilised workplace and surviving one that isn't" by Robert Sutton is a short and interesting read. To understand what it's about, the title and subtitle say it all!

The definition of an asshole for the book goes like this: they do or say something …

Last Thursday was my first attempt at setting up "Python Office Hours", an evening during which people starting out with Python are welcome to drop in with questions, problems or just to work on beginner projects with someone who can give a hand within reach.

It probably wasn't a success …

Recently I needed to find some sort of Javascript framework to start unit testing new code, some of which was using jQuery. I ended up deciding on Jasmine.

I've decided to try something different and will be holding Python "office hours" in Tog on Thursday evening. It's not really a secret but I'm not exactly advertising it either. I sent an email to my former students for Thursday's test run, and depending on how it goes I may …

As planned I attended the Inventorium event yesterday. Thankfully the event content and atmosphere matched the flyer's tone, as opposed to the website's (guess I'm not the audience for that one!)

The evening started with nibbles and sort of cringe worthy "networking" exercises that felt quite a bit forced but …