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UltraEdit Handout

March 19th, 2005  |  by Derek  |  published in Car Tools, IRE

Here’s the handout for my UltraEdit text editing class from Saturday afternoon at the NICAR conference. There’s also an HTML version.

NICAR 2005 Materials

March 17th, 2005  |  by Derek  |  published in Car Tools, IRE, Python

Some references from the Advanced day of the NICAR conference: my list of open-source applications and my Python script for grabbing a list of FEC electronic filings (shown by Ron Nixon).

Best Practices Panels at NICAR

November 6th, 2004  |  by Derek  |  published in IRE

IRE asked for suggestions for next year’s NICAR and IRE annual conferences, so here’s mine:
I wanted to see what people thought of having some panels organized around practical rather than thematic topics. For example, having a SQL Server Best Practices panel with 1-2 people who have come up with administrative or task-specific tips and suggestions. [...]

Wireless in Charlotte

March 13th, 2003  |  by Derek  |  published in IRE

Originally this year’s NICAR conference in Charlotte was to be held at one hotel but was moved to the Charlotte Hilton & Towers. Am I ever glad it was: upon arrival, we went to the hotel bar and were given free ethernet cables (of course we had our laptops with us) and then the hotel [...]

IRE Blog

February 13th, 2003  |  by Derek  |  published in IRE

Today, Investigative Reporters and Editors unveiled Extra! Extra!, a blog based on some of the postings you see here (the ones that highlight investigative stories, at least). This won’t change things around these parts, but hopefully will get folks going to the IRE site on a more frequent basis. My thanks to the folks at [...]

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