Back in January I had the privilege to attend an in-person Software Carpentry instructor training in Davis, CA, hosted by Titus Brown. Software Carpentry is a non-profit volunteer organization that puts on “bootcamps” at institutions all over the world teaching best practices for building software to do science efficiently. The …

As I mentioned in a previous post, this weekend I participated in my first Software Carpentrybootcamp. I had the pleasure of meeting the instructors and all the other helpers involved on Friday over pizza and beer, and in particular spent considerable time nerding out with Naupaka over all things …

This weekend (September 26 & 27), I will be partaking in my first Software Carpentry bootcamp, held right here at ASU. I will be helping with some of the sessions myself, but otherwise I look forward to learning some R and SQL skills with some like-minded peers.

For the uninitiated, Software …