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Jeremy Allison From Samba Talks About Mentors

In a previous post I mentioned how mentors have played in an important role in my life in both learning to code, and learning about life. One of my mentors, and one of the most underrated, unhyped Python gurus around, Shannon -jj Behrens sent me this blog post by Jeremy Allison, from the Samba team, about how he learned to program.

Where Camp PDX 2008

For the past two years the geo community has hosted WhereCamp right after Where 2.0 to discuss the events of the conference. Now it looks like WhereCamp is going regional! Portland will be hosting their own geo-oriented unconference called WhereCamp PDX from 10/18-19. As they describe it: An unconference is a conference planned by the participants, we all convene...

Do people exist?

My problem, if it is a problem, is that I don't basically don't believe in the existence of institutions and corporations, only of people...

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Welcome From The Author!  Welcome to the Photo Effects Cookbook forum. As the author of the book itself it's my hope that we can build a real community here. If you're into Photoshop and digital imaging then this is the place to be. I'll be here to answer your questions and maybe even help you out with Photoshop when you need it.  [O'Reilly Forums]

Ten Linq Myths  Based on the questions that people have asked, we've summarized the root causes of the most common LINQ misunderstandings in the following article The Ten LINQ Myths...  [O'Reilly Forums]

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