[IPython-dev] IPython notebook, tmpnb.org in Nature Blog

[Fernando Perez]

[ Resending, I think this never made it during the recent ML outage ]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Doug Blank <doug.blank at gmail.com> wrote:

> A few people must have worked hard to get that put together at Rackspace.
> Well done!
>

And I really, really want to thank Kyle, Min, Brian, Stefan, Aron, and the
whole teams at Rackspace and Nature who made this possible. The home
stretch caught me flying to Brazil and speaking here, so I was able to help
exactly at the 0% level, but everyone pulled together wonderfully to make
it possible. And in the process, we continue refining tools like tmpnb,
that we'll get a ton of mileage out of in the future.

I can't emphasize enough the value of this mode of team work, especially in
a context like this.  That article began as a private phone call from Helen
Shen, a Nature journalist months ago for an interview about IPython. I've
had enough struggles in the past with journalists who insist on finding the
"lead author" to credit on a piece that I was worried that would happen
again (it's a terrible kind of incentive, pervasive in academia and media
but absolutely toxic to good team dynamics). In this case, however, it
proved to be very easy to move the conversation into a much more open and
collaborative mode, Brian was interviewed as well, then he suggested the
demo idea to Kyle who jumped in, then Min, etc... Everybody did their best,
and instead of simply an interview, now we have a great piece showcasing
not only the history of the project, but much more importantly, its direct
potential with a live demo.

Repeating in public what I told everyone in a private thread while we were
preparing all this:

It's an honor and a pleasure to work with a team like all of you. I
couldn't be more grateful.

All the best,


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