[Discuss] Job(s): Hiring a Lecturer to work with the University of British Columbia's Master of Data Science Program

Hi all, In case anyone is looking for a 1-3 year teaching position in Data Science - we are hiring 1-2 Lecturers this spring (July 1 start date). I have been working with this program for a couple years now and its a really great group of people who are really engaged and interested in teaching. S

[Discuss] The UBC Master's of Data Science Program is hiring a Teaching Fellow

Hi Software Carpentry Folks! The University of British Columbia (UBC) Master's of Data Science Program is hiring a Teaching Fellow! Please see the add posting here: https://ubc-mds.github.io/ads/StatTF2017/ *note - although the closing date says Oct 15th, we are extending the search* I can vouch

Re: [Discuss] Excel errors.... (Tiffany Timbers)

, Tiffany [1] https://github.com/daattali/shinyforms <https://github.com/daattali/shinyforms> Tiffany Timbers tiffany.timb...@gmail.com > > > -- > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:02:06 -0700 > From: Emily Jane McTavish > To:

[Discuss] 8 days until the Bug BBQ!!!

Hi all, This is a reminder that we are only 8 days away from the Software Carpentry Bug BBQ on June 13th! Again, we'd love all your help on the day of the Bug BBQ to help get our lessons ready for publication of the new versions. We need all kinds of help to: - Address the milestones setup by th

[Discuss] Software Carpentry is having a Bug BBQ on June 13th!

Hi all, Software Carpentry is aiming to ship a new version (5.4) of the Software Carpentry lessons by the end of June. To help get us over the finish line we are having a Bug BBQ on June 13th to squash as many bugs as we can before we publish the lessons. The June 13th Bug BBQ is also an opportuni

[Discuss] Data wrangler for SQL database optimization

Hi all, Just passing along a contract job posting for a colleague in the Business Department at Simon Fraser University. In short, they are looking for someone very familiar with Microsoft SQL server and the SQL language to do some data wrangling and database optimization. This can be done locally

[Discuss] Managing R versions when Anaconda is installed

Hi all, I have been using Anaconda as package/environment manager for my Python version and packages, but this has led to my Bash Shell using the Anaconda version of R when I run Rscripts, and not the version of R I use in RStudio when I develop. This is something I don't want to happen, I want th

Re: [Discuss] Julia lesson/tutorial?

it's ~ the opposite of that. > > Two remarks: > > - We're using julia for 90% of what we do in the lab (R is for > statistics and python for data scraping), and it is going well. And > fast. > > - What would be the interest of SWC to develop a julia (short) lesso

[Discuss] Julia lesson/tutorial?

Hi all, I may be working a little bit with Julia (language) with a collaborator. I have never used this language before. Do we have any lesson material being developed on this that I could be pointed to? Or does anyone know any good tutorials or lessons elsewhere on the web? Thanks! Tiffany --

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 30, Issue 38

I use Gitprint [1] to turn my markdown files into PDFs to print them or view them on a tablet. It's really easy, all you do is view your markdown file on GitHub, and then replace the github.com part of the URL with gitprint.com The one hickup with this is it doesn't like the {.bash} that comes aft

[Discuss] sessional teaching job opportunity

Hi all, Passing on a sessional job opportunity to teach a course on computer programming to undergraduates at Quest in Squamish, BC (near Vancouver). I taught a computation in science course there in Nov and had a great experience. Info on this course and how to apply is below (and I'm happy to an

Re: [Discuss] Thank-you for participating and Feedback on the Retreat

t; > > Today's Topics: > >1. Re: Thank-you for participating and Feedback on the Retreat > (Marianne Corvellec) > > > ------ > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:04:54 -0500 &

[Discuss] Thank-you for participating and Feedback on the Retreat

Hello Software + Data Carpentry members, Thank-you ever so much for helping make the 1st ever Software + Data Carpentry Instructor & Helper Retreat a success by participating remotely and/or in your local community! To keep this event happening on a yearly basis, and to improve it for next year w

[Discuss] best way to install make on Windows?

Hi all, I am having some trouble getting make installed on some windows machines in my class. Any suggestions? Thanks! Tiffany -- Tiffany A. Timbers, PhD Banting Postdoctoral fellow, Leroux Lab Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Simon Fraser University University Drive Burnab

[Discuss] 1st ever Software + Data Carpentry Instructor & Helper Retreat!

Hi all SWC and DC members, We are ~ 6 hours away from the kick-off to the 1st ever Software + Data Carpentry Instructor & Helper Retreat! There are many ways for people to participate, either locally in their community and/or remotely online. We now have 17 retreat sites world-wide and 15 global

Re: [Discuss] Make lesson depends on Python 2?

I meant to say you get those errors when you try to use python 3 with the scripts you download from the link on the lesson page: http://swcarpentry.github.io/make-novice/make-lesson.tar.gz On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Tiffany Timbers wrote: > You get the following errors with python 2

Re: [Discuss] Make lesson depends on Python 2?

code directory where they have been converted to python 3, but this was not obvious and is not clearly documented anywhere. Cheers, Tiffany On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:16 PM, W. Trevor King wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 08:23:57PM -0800, Tiffany Timbers wrote: > > I am teaching Make to

[Discuss] Make lesson depends on Python 2?

Hi all, I am teaching Make tomorrow to a class who has been learning Python 3 and (I think) I have just discovered that the current Make lesson depends on Python 2.7 not Python 3. Just wanted to give a heads up to anyone else planning on using the lesson. Cheers, Tiffany -- Tiffany A. Timbers,

Re: [Discuss] Instructor & Helper Retreat

All the etherpads have been populated with #SWDCretreat as the hashtag for the retreat :) Cheers, Tiffany On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Daniel Chen wrote: > Is there a twitter hashtag for the retreat? > > #swcretreat2015? > On Oct 14, 2015 11:00, "Tiffany Timbers&qu

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 27, Issue 15

Hi Maxime, I have also created several socrative quizzes for Bash and Python, as has Tim Poisot. We have started an etherpad to keep track of quizzes to help with sharing. You can access it here: https://pad.okfn.org/p/swcarp-socrative-quizzes Please feel free to add your quiz to the etherpad :)

[Discuss] Instructor & Helper Retreat

The Software Carpentry Mentoring sub-committee is happy to announce that the Software + Data Carpentry Instructor & Helper Retreat now has 12 sites world-wide and 8 sessions that will be broadcast globally! Countries hosting sites now include Australia, Poland, UK, Canada and the US. To find a si

[Discuss] needed - volunteers to lead globally broadcast sessions at the Software and Data Carpentry Retreat

Hi all Software and Data Carpentry Instructors, Contributors and Helpers, We are looking for several volunteers to lead globally broadcast sessions at the upcoming Software and Data Carpentry Instructors & Helper Retreat on Nov 14. We are int

[Discuss] Software + Data Carpentry Instructor & Helper Retreat

Hello all Software + Data Carpentry Instructor & Helpers, The Mentorship Committee is very excited to announce the first ever Software & Data Carpentry Instructors & Helpers Retreat! *When?* November 14. *Who? *You! Or more specifically, *all *Software and Data Carpentry instructors and helpers *

[Discuss] Software Carpentry Virtual Instructors Retreat

Dear Instructors, The Mentoring sub-committee is planning a Virtual Instructors Retreat this fall. The goal of the event is to build community between instructors, as well as give us all a chance to practice our teaching and give and receive feedback from each other. This will be a day-long event

[Discuss] International C. elegans meeting

Just wondering if any Software Carpentry instructors are going to be at the International C. elegans (worm) meeting at UCLA this week, and if so, would you like to meet up? Cheers, Tiffany ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org htt

Re: [Discuss] Socrative.com (Tiffany Timbers)

+1 to all of what Bill said. I used it for the Shell and it was fantastic. What I really liked about it was that you can see the rate students submit an answer - this helps you pace when to take up the question or when to give students more time. Indeed a dry run is necessary. A couple of issues

Re: [Discuss] Teaching collaboration in git with two instructors + two computers (Tiffany Timbers)

We have also done this at UW in Seattle and at UBC in Vancouver using 2 instructors with 2 projectors. It seemed to work really well, it didn't take any extra time and the feedback from students was very positve. I have written up a little description of what we did on the Instructor's Guide in the