Jeff Croft (jcroft)

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1. Sourjayne: Don't call me, I won't call you.

   http://virb.com/sourjayne/blog/710449

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   My buddy Sarah has been ranting about this for a few weeks now, and she's finally put it on her blog. I totally agree with her: 90% of the time, a text message, e-mail, IM, or voicemail is the *right* form of communication. It's not that often tha… More

   • Tags: sarahharrison, mobile, business, cellphone
   • Saved by Jeff Croft on May 12, 2008.

2. Why Python is a great language for teaching introductory programming classes

   http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/python-teaching.htm

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   I don't know many other languages well, but I do know that Python was the first language that ever really made sense to me -- and I attribute that, in large part, to the clean syntax and large collection of included and third-party libraries.

   • Tags: python, webprogramming, programming
   • Saved by Jeff Croft on May 12, 2008.

3. TIME: The Five Mistakes Clinton Made

   http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1738331,00.html

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   "Hillary Clinton began the race with all sorts of advantages, but she and her advisers never grasped how much had changed." A nice summary of the reasons why Obama was able to overtake Hillary, despite her being the obvious choice.

   • Tags: hillaryclinton, barackobama, 2008presidentialelection, politics, timemagazine
   • Saved by Jeff Croft on May 12, 2008.

4. django-authopenid

   http://code.google.com/p/django-authopenid/

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   A new package which aims to let you associate Django users with OpenIDs, providing a login workflow similar to that of ma.gnolia. Haven't tried it, but it sounds good!

   • Tags: django, python, webprogramming, openid
   • Saved by Jeff Croft on May 12, 2008.