Almost certainly no progress on those copious and comprehensive notes about BarCamp Oxford this side of Easter.
Django continues to gather momentum towards its imminent 1.0 release. The 1.0 beta 1 is out; the developer documentation has been refactored; it already places nicely with Python's powerful debugging and logging tools; indeed, all is proceeding according to the roadmap, more or less.
Self-deprecation is fine, just realize that there’s a dear line between embracing your own ignorance and ensuring a prophesy of certainty.
David's career path sounds similar to mine: although I played with Linux as an undergraduate, I didn't start programming until my PhD, and only really developed my XSLT, Perl and scripting skills prior to coming to Torchbox; since arriving here over three and a half years ago I've learnt "everything else
Yesterday’s OKCon 2008 was great fun, if a long day! I’m still digesting the food for thought that the conference provided—many, small courses; over a dozen if you include the more open sessions after the keynotes, and each followed by a sorbet of questions and debate—so I don’t have a great deal to say about what I heard yet.