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Living with Data: Installing Python with a package manager
http://www.ken-far.com/2013/03/installing-python-with-package-manager.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Installing Python with a package manager. Multiple versions can be installed globally via a package manager like apt-get or yum. Of all the options, this is the preferred method:. Unfortunately, there are disadvantages as well:.
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Living with Data: Installing Python with Pythonbrew
http://www.ken-far.com/2013/03/installing-python-with-pythonbrew.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Installing Python with Pythonbrew. Makes installation and management of multiple Python versions within the local user account easy. It has a few issues:. Giving it more specific Python version name s. Sudo apt-get install tk-dev.
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Living with Data: In Praise of the Embaressingly Simple
http://www.ken-far.com/2012/09/in-praise-of-embaressingly-simple.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. In Praise of the Embaressingly Simple. We laughed about how embarrassingly simple this process was: just a few dozen lines of python code that. Open up and lock a file. Increment the number within. Close and lock the file. What ...
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Living with Data: Working With Multiple Versions of Python
http://www.ken-far.com/2013/01/installing-multiple-versions-of-python.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Working With Multiple Versions of Python. One of my side projects, DataGristle. But I've discovered that the documentation for this seems to only exist in bits and pieces distributed around the net. The closest would be The ...
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Living with Data: Programming Katas with Anki
http://www.ken-far.com/2013/06/programming-katas-with-anki.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Programming Katas with Anki. So, I settled on a strategy that I used many years ago - to learn one thing every day. But why stop with just learning something well enough to do it slowly and painfully? Mental state of flow. Ctrl ...
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Living with Data: February 2011
http://www.ken-far.com/2011_02_01_archive.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Analysis and the 'So What' Question. Breadth of Data vs Depth of Analysis. Deep analysis - with unpredictable costs and benefits. Broad sets of data - with predictable (high) costs and benefits. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). And a...
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Living with Data: March 2013
http://www.ken-far.com/2013_03_01_archive.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Gristle Slicer - of Architects, Chairs and Unix Utilities. Ive written quite a number of them, and have recently started packaging those related to data analysis into a project called DataGristle. Ive found that it can fail to b...
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Living with Data: The Hidden Value of Crappy Experience
http://www.ken-far.com/2013/02/the-hidden-value-of-crappy-experience.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. The Hidden Value of Crappy Experience. Well, at the time, it felt kinda nice to be able to help him put a happy face on his obnoxious job. Did this week add to my mental catalogue of situations to avoid? Monitor your backup logs:.
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Living with Data: September 2012
http://www.ken-far.com/2012_09_01_archive.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. In Praise of the Embaressingly Simple. We laughed about how embarrassingly simple this process was: just a few dozen lines of python code that. Open up and lock a file. Increment the number within. Close and lock the file. When ...
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Living with Data: October 2012
http://www.ken-far.com/2012_10_01_archive.html
Data increasingly defines our experiences, realities and opportunities. But data doesn't do anything on its own - it takes people and methods to refine it and make it valuable. This blog is my effort to work on these ideas - mostly for myself, but also for anyone else interested. Rediscovering the Benefits of Simple Design. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Learn 1 Thing Every Day. Rediscovering the Benefits of Simple Design. Introduction to data Artisans and Flink. Flow type cheat sheet.
