2026-04-17T06:58:47Z https://yabu.me Daniele Procida https://yabu.me/npub12hmwchqcrrw634jdn2lc4fclsfgplv3jj2j9etlmkgck9afzzy0qmqzk8p https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/108/194/842/798/998/796/original/450b153d1136cd07.jpg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/108/194/842/798/998/796/original/450b153d1136cd07.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwlnl0x3k2hq6xklv648ge06v3s2x0yre3yhs0qvf2aa6u4yr7uczyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3uurf0mc My colleague Sharon Koech has written an excellent retrospective of her year as a technical author at Canonical <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-181747703">https://substack.com/home/post/p-181747703</a>, full of ambition and adventure and effort that makes a difference in work. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ttvt602j20pvjudhztvqpy64d3h57du39gcpch3vtv389r0p076qwwt5a7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Canonical Ubuntu Documentation</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ttv…t5a7</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12lnxcs6d4d5gldmgnzq6c625w8axqrauenkuvluz2mckp5570erq3jvs03" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Canonical Ubuntu</span> (<span class="italic">npub12ln…vs03</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-18T12:13:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlxgvaqdn538k4e2znety2feld6uz00zcmg0upkd973h9mwaf02szyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3urunprw Workshops and sprints at DjangoCon/UbuCon Africa - five sessions in parallel and the whole conference has stayed on to take part, contribute and keep learning. <br/><br/>Photos from the multi-tenant databases, django CMS, documentation, AI in Django workshops.<br/><br/>#DjangoConAfrica #UbuConAfrica<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/026/150/794/054/250/original/4b2ee488b6de89ac.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/026/151/445/611/447/original/24cb74dd839be839.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/026/152/128/428/378/original/a93acbaaf2c18091.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/026/152/409/120/519/original/c544441ca083baf5.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-14T08:26:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw8zhrzvd56u2yn0g5ewper8e2esg72lf80rmqcxc7fumfv4jl73qzyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3uzella6 Day three of DjangoCon/UbuCon Africa 2025 begins #DjangoConAfrica #UbuConAfrica<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/020/000/500/595/990/original/ce2f3ea7e43f2106.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-13T06:21:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsve5npsj8ntv2m50pv0c6uch0sum8jn56z9nmewgsgdyaythyclugzyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3u3j2usp DjangoCon/UbuCon Africa 2025 is underway in Arusha, Tanzania.<br/><br/>#DjangoConAfrica #UbuConAfrica<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/008/921/941/135/764/original/bab763ffb497d42e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-11T07:22:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddxn7llpqlefut8x7jr7mpd2t0yqe32qrxn5wxyqv9jmzz6k0t5czyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3unyh0za I&#39;ve just got home after two weeks of travel for work and was surprised to find a book waiting for me - Python for Mathematics, by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vukzcxy24f6l4szr6t42hcp3x2zews7dwmsmdj697n93wdu4fmhqx69zyc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Vince Knight (He/Him)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vuk…9zyc</span>)</a></span> - and even more surprised, and very touched, to read the dedication. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781003451860/python-mathematics-vincent-knight">https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781003451860/python-mathematics-vincent-knight</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/524/378/031/833/225/original/1360094455253a28.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/524/379/659/300/978/original/fb259481514450b6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-17T17:39:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpacf5mmxrejgsq94hptgk9dw05nz83pmw6scem7p3mw8y3t2u6qzyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3upcwedz I will be running a workshop (two sessions, free, online) on Diátaxis and documentation success, planned for late April.<br/><br/>This workshop will be exclusively for contributors to open knowledge projects - OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, and so on. <br/><br/><a href="https://vurt.org/events/workshops-april-2025/">https://vurt.org/events/workshops-april-2025/</a> 2025-03-16T13:17:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdeq56ym9anv68j27u4t99hqnduhpv292qmcg69utuja6qk8e2yfszyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3ultlxz2 PyCon Africa <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1uv62z6fmme2t6qv3v5srp6synz37ymlvnxj36lngnx6dmrn05y2shuzuj2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PyCon Africa</span> (<span class="italic">npub1uv6…zuj2</span>)</a></span> really ought to have more followers on Mastodon.<br/><br/>The conference is taking place right now in Accra, Ghana <a href="https://africa.pycon.org">https://africa.pycon.org</a>, with a five-day programme featuring speakers from all over the continent and beyond. 2024-09-25T21:04:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstddrlv0rqd00wz9jtrjd9lcdaz2rjc3nwj9z00d7l7nwt6ufx52gzyp2ldmzurqvdm2xkfkdtlz48r7p9q8ajx2f2gh90lwerzch4ygg3upvuq59 <a href="https://vurt.org/articles/twelve-rules/">https://vurt.org/articles/twelve-rules/</a><br/><br/>Many candidates come into our hiring process at Canonical, and don’t do as well as I think they should. This is the advice I wish I could have given them. 2024-08-26T16:08:01Z