Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

[Bianca Gibson]

Hi Brian,
I think they should be assessing your willingness to adopt agile and how
much the values resonate with you, not years of agile experience. From what
I've seen whether the resume says 'agile experience' or not doesn't
necessary tell us whether they get agile at all - some candidates have been
told that their team is agile when it really isn't. If you've got
compatible attitudes you can pick it up pretty easily.
I'd suggest looking in to agile more, and if you're specifically interested
in agile then put something about moving to an agile environment in your
cover letter or a blurb at the top of your resume. Draw some links between
stuff you've done and agile principles that you can bring out in
interviews. If you'd be interested in joining us at realestate.com.au
please contact me off list, we have positions available I'd be happy to
talk to you about :)

Cheers,
Bianca

On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 at 01:37 Jonathan Morgan  wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:28 AM, David Nugent  wrote:
>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> Just my 2c worth...
>>
>> Like yourself, I've worked in this industry a lot of years, and
>> personally found that the word "agile" is very overloaded. In fact, the
>> term itself is just a broad methodology of incremental development that
>> is in no way industry specific, and it covers a few variant disciplines.
>>
>
> I agree.  I have worked in several "agile" environments (both good and
> bad).  All incremental, but none of them have born much resemblance to the
> Scrum sheet earlier in this thread.  In my current job, we follow all four
> of the fundamental agile manifesto "We prefer A over B" - and I like that.
> We don't do Scrum, and I don't mind that.  Maybe not all our practices are
> perfect, but they work for us and our customers, and that's kinda more
> important than having the right "agile" tick.
>
> It feels like it wasn't too many years ago when Extreme Programming was
> the one everyone talked about.  Now Scrum seems the one.
> To me, one of the important things is choosing an agile process for the
> right reasons.
> When I was in Uni, "agile" meant "Not having to do all the annoying
> massive design documents our lecturers said we should do".
> I've seen "extreme programming" used to mean "Let's just ignore the design
> of the system and see what happens when we wing it"  (hint: XP has checks
> and balances that are meant to guide the design while keeping it simple...)
> Yes, I've seen issues with massive documents and unwieldy design up front,
> and I'd much prefer not to do either of those things.
> But the process has to be picked to try and develop better software and be
> more responsive to the customer's needs, not because of laziness or
> buzzword compliance.
>
>
>> But what most call "agile" in the software industry is a discipline
>> called "scrum"; referring to a highly collaborative team-based approach
>> that follows a particular set of principles and role structure. In
>> practice, workplaces implement it slightly differently, with various
>> degrees of success, depending on the personalities and capabilities of
>> those involved.
>>
>> While there's certainly something to be learned from adopting an agile
>> approach, it isn't the utopia that some make it out to be. It takes
>> people to drive it, and at the end of the day it's people and not the
>> process that gets stuff done.
>>
>
> Good call.
> I'd just stress again that in many industries a lot of the "people" you
> work with or that influence the decisions will be customers, not
> developers, and they will have a big say into whether agile meets their
> needs and what the process should look like.
>
> Jon
>
>
>>
>> > > "... as long as the candidate showed a willingness to operate in an
>> > > agile way."
>> >
>> > Hmmm. Wonder if I need to be better at communicating this. Just a
>> > thought.
>> > --
>> > Brian May 
>> > https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
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Re: [melbourne-pug] Excel spreadsheet munging under Linux. Limits?

[Bianca Gibson]

On 4 February 2014 15:22, Rasjid Wilcox rasj...@openminddev.net wrote:

 Under Linux etc.
   Use a head-less copy of OpenOffice, and use its automation (pyUno) to
 generate a spreadsheet that way.  Be prepared for a lot of pain.


Last time I heard (early 2013) the headless build only worked on Linux. I
expect could use its automation with a head on other platforms, but that's
gonna be a big binary. Don't know the big binary would be an issue for you.

Bianca
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[melbourne-pug] Python 3 library with decision trees

[Bianca Gibson]

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a python 3 library that implements decision trees. I know
how to implement them myself and have done so before, but I'll look for a
library first.

It's for a migraine trigger analysis tool. I'm thinking decision trees
largely because non technical and often unwell users need to be able to
reason with the findings off line, and decision trees are easy to follow.

My records will have varying entries. They may be making entries about
eating chocolate, find it's not a trigger, then stop doing so. It would be
good to have a confidence rating on the leaves.

Cheers,
Bianca
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[melbourne-pug] Fwd: [Chat] LCA2014 Official Announcement

[Bianca Gibson]

Lots of linux.conf.au 2014 details below. I'm really looking forward to it,
I hope to see lots of you there.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Paul Del Fante pdelfa...@gmail.com

LCA2014 Official Announcement

Announcing linux.conf.au 2014

Overview
In January 2014, Perth, Western Australia will be playing host to the
continents premier open source conference – linux.conf.au.

linux.conf.au draws attendees and speakers worldwide from all spheres
of open source, geeks, hackers, professionals, hobbyists and business
partners.
Conference Format
The linux.conf.au conference runs over 5 days from Monday 6th January
to Friday 10th January.

Conference tickets are available at Professional, Hobbyist and Student
levels with associated pricing and perks.

Over the first two days we host a series of miniconfs, small single
day conferences covering particular topics. Intended as an incubator
for related technologies and interests that could eventually hold
their own conferences. The miniconfs are managed and run as
independent conferences with their own call for papers and management
committees.

The remaining three days feature a packed conference schedule, in 2014
we will be running presentations over 5 simultaneous tracks. Each
track will feature four 45 minute presentations per day. The full
programme is available on our website at
http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule.

On most days before the main sessions, the conference will open with a
keynote presentation. The keynotes tend to follow a less technical
approach and provide commentary and insight on broad global trends and
open source challenges.
Birds of a Feather Sessions
Run outside the scope of the formal presentation agenda, linux.conf.au
encourages delegates to arrange “Birds of a Feather” - BOF - sessions.
These draw together people with a specific area of interest and are
run after hours. Typical BOF sessions range from Astronomy, Video
capture, Running, Cycling, Hacking and many others. The BOF sessions
are a great opportunity to meet and socialise with like minded people
during the conference.
Video and Streaming
All presentations made at linux.conf.au will be recorded and the
completed videos made available for download and online viewing. This
year we will be attempting to provide a live stream of the proceedings
too.
Social Programme
The linux.conf.au tries to be as accessible to participants as
possible, we generally run a partners programme to provide some
interest and entertainment to partners of attendees who are not
interested in participating. We also arrange a creche facility to care
for children while delegates are attending presentations.

We also run several semi-formal networking sessions including a
speakers dinner on Tuesday, a professional delegates networking
function on the Thursday  and a penguin dinner open to all delegates
on the Wednesday.

In addition to the above, various organisations will be hosting social
gatherings during the conference and on free evenings.

Keynotes
At present, we've announced two keynote presenters, with a third still
being determined. The confirmed keynote presenters so far are:
Jonathon Oxer
Jon will be presenting an overview of the latest developments to the
ArduSat project as part of his keynote presentation during
linux.conf.au 2014 in Perth, Western Australia.

Jon has been hacking on both hardware and software since he was a
little tacker. Most recently he's been focusing more on the Open
Hardware side, co-founding Freetronics as a direct result of
organising the first Arduino Miniconf at LCA2010. His books include
Ubuntu Hacks and Practical Arduino.

Jon has been variously referred to as Australia's geekiest man and as
a cyborg-in-progress. As part of his “SuperHouse” home automation
series, Jon has taken keyless entry to an all new level by embedding
an RFID tag into his arm using a vet's chipping tool.

Recently he has been working on ArduSat, a satellite that aims to give
hobbyists, students and space enthusiasts an opportunity to design and
run their own experiments in space. By choosing a standardised
platform based on the hugely popular Arduino hardware design, ArduSat
allows anyone to develop and prototype experiments at home using
readily accessible parts and all based on a simple open source
software environment.

Kate Chapman
Kate Chapman is the Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap
Team.

The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is an initiative of
OpenStreetMap to apply the principles of open source and open data
sharing towards humanitarian response and economic development.

The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team believes that freely available,
up-to-date geographic data can be vital in responding to a disaster.
They help communities and responders to utilize the OpenStreetMap
data, and encourage them to contribute and update the data.

Over the past two years Kate has been primarily based in Indonesia
where she has lead the AusAID funded HOT program. 

Re: [melbourne-pug] December MPUG meeting: LaTeX, Adventure Gaming, Supercomputers

[Bianca Gibson]

Hi,
I may need to cancel, I've done something to my foot.
I'll let you know if I can't make it.

Cheers,
Bianca
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[melbourne-pug] Fwd: [Linux-aus] FLOSS 2013 Survey you may be interested in

[Bianca Gibson]

-- Forwarded message --

Hi everyone,
You may be interested in the survey below

The FLOSS 2013 survey

In 2002, the first FLOSS survey was launched. With over 2500
participants, it was the first large survey of Free/Libre/Open Source
developers around the world. This survey had major impact in the
community, academia and politics. 10 years later we would like to
replicate the survey in order to see how the community has changed.

http://t.co/1df8p71n2A

end forwarded message

Cheers,
Bianca
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Re: [melbourne-pug] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Linux Australia Travel Grants

[Bianca Gibson]

2 days left to apply for Linux.conf.au travel grants.
On 5 Nov 2013 10:58, Bianca Gibson bianca.rachel.gib...@gmail.com wrote:


 Linux Australia and linux.conf.au 2014 are pleased to announce the 2014
 travel grants programme.

 linux.conf.au strives to be a conference that is open and accessible to
 the whole open source community. We realise however that, no matter how we
 arrange the pricing for the conference, it will still be unaffordable for
 some members of the community.

 These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending
 linux.conf.au 2014, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of
 contributors to the community who would otherwise have difficulty affording
 the cost of attending the conference.

 Please go to http://travelgrants.linux.org.au/ to read more and/or put in
 an application. Applications are due by 15 November, and winners will be
 informed by 1 December.

 LCA Travel Grants Organisers
 Michael Still and Kylie Willison

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[melbourne-pug] OWOOT Melbourne picnic

[Bianca Gibson]

Hi all,
There is an Oceania Women Of Open Technology (OWOOT) picnic coming up in
December. Partners and children welcome.

-- Forwarded message --
Hi all,
snip
It's going to be at 1pm Saturday 14th of December at the western lawn in
the botanic gardens.

RSVP, dietary requirements and information in the following pad:
http://piratepad.net/HsR3wzMLDH

Cheers,
Bianca
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[melbourne-pug] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Three days left: Nominate a community contributor for the 2014 Rusty Wrench

[Bianca Gibson]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Mary Gardiner m...@puzzling.org

Nominations for the Linux Australia 2014 Rusty Wrench award are open for
just THREE MORE DAYS!

This year, thanks to Linux Australia Council, the Rusty Wrench winner
will receive admission to linux.conf.au 2014 in Perth and travel costs
from Australian or New Zealand locations.

Who is giving to the Free and Open Source Software community? Creating
it, making us stronger and representing our interests? This is your
chance to acknowledge them at
http://linux.org.au/vote/rusty-wrench-nomination-form.

** Timeline **

Nominations close THIS Friday November 15, 2013
Winner announced at linux.conf.conf.au 2014 (6th to 10th January)

** More information **

See http://linux.org.au/projects/awards for the history of the award and
http://linux.org.au/rusty-wrench-selection-infomation for more information
about what community contributions the Rusty Wrench award recognises!

Make your nomination at
http://linux.org.au/vote/rusty-wrench-nomination-form

Existing 2014 nominations can be found at
http://linux.org.au/vote/rusty-wrench-nomination-form/nominations/2014
We *encourage* duplicate nominations of the same people, because they
can add more information.

-Mary Gardiner
(with Rusty Russell, Pia Waugh, Kimberlee Weatherall, Donna Benjamin)

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[melbourne-pug] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Linux Australia Travel Grants

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Linux Australia and linux.conf.au 2014 are pleased to announce the 2014
travel grants programme.

linux.conf.au strives to be a conference that is open and accessible to the
whole open source community. We realise however that, no matter how we
arrange the pricing for the conference, it will still be unaffordable for
some members of the community.

These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending
linux.conf.au2014, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of
contributors to
the community who would otherwise have difficulty affording the cost of
attending the conference.

Please go to http://travelgrants.linux.org.au/ to read more and/or put in
an application. Applications are due by 15 November, and winners will be
informed by 1 December.

LCA Travel Grants Organisers
Michael Still and Kylie Willison
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Re: [melbourne-pug] Next MPUG meeting: Machine Vision and LaTeX on 4 November, 6PM - Inspire 9, 41 Stewart St

[Bianca Gibson]

I thought I was in for December, not November.
Unfortunately I'm not available for November, I have an exam that afternoon.

Cheers,
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[melbourne-pug] pythontex talk

[Bianca Gibson]

Hi all,
Is there any interest in a talk about pythontex? It's a LaTeX package that
allows running python code in the document and typesetting the results.
It also provides syntax highlighting for python code in LaTeX documents.

I think it's cool, but I don't think many others would be interested.

Cheers,
Bianca
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[melbourne-pug] Fwd: [LCA2013-Chat] LCA2014 Registrations now open!

[Bianca Gibson]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Joshua Hesketh snip

 On behalf of the *linux.conf.au 2014* team we are pleased to announce that
we have now started accepting early bird registrations.

According to Luke John, organising director, “The start of registration
represents the culmination of a lot of groundwork in planning for the
conference and it's a real milestone to be at this point in the process”,
“While there's still a lot to do, it's really starting to take shape now,
and I'm quietly confident that we've got a great line up of speakers and
topics and we are looking forward to an awesome conference”.

Paul Del Fante also chipped in to offer encouragement for those of you who
may feel a bit daunted by the distances. “It's Perth, it's Summer, we've
got a fantastic Linux conference on, warm beaches, balmy evenings, city
life, so come on over and share in our hospitality”.

The *linux.conf.au 2014* early bird registrations will be open till
2013/10/13, but are for a limited number of places and may close earlier
before we move on to the formal registration period, and we'd please ask
anyone who registers during this time to keep an eye out for any minor
issues or inconsistencies you come across.

The *linux.conf.au 2014* Organising Team.

http://lca2014.linux.org.au

#lca14
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