By the end of class today you will have:
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Created accounts on services required for this course:
- Github
- Stackoverflow
- Feedly
- Freenode IRC
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Installed and configured applications required to connect to those services:
- Github client
- IRC client (Pidgin or Adium)
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Become part of the Open Source community by
- Subscribing to blog feeds
- Joining freenode IRC channels
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Documented your process so that someone else can reproduce what you've done today without you being there to help:
- Verbatim instructions
- Identify roadblocks
- Anticipate breakdowns
- Sign-up for a Github account
- Fork https://github.com/stat157/homework-01
- Add your name to homework-01/README.md using the Github web interface
- Install the Github client for your platform - Mac: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-mac - Windows: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-windows - Linux: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-linux http://git-scm.com/downloads/guis
- Clone initial version of homework-01 repository to your machine
- Follow http://twitter.com/githubstatus and create/add it to a Stat157 twitter list
- Sign-up for a Feedly account
- Add
blog.feedly.com
to your Feedly subscriptions - Add
github.com/blog
to your Feedly subscriptions - Install Pidgin (Windows/Linux) or Adium (Mac) http://www.pidgin.im/ https://adium.im/
- Add
planet.pidgin.im
andadium.im/blog
to your Feedly subscriptions (even if you installed only one, you should be aware of news and updates that may affect your collaborators). - Configure Pidgin/Adium to connect to freenode.net IRC
-
/join #stat157
and say hello to everyone -
+ Add a new IRC account (Go to: Accounts, Manage Accounts, Add IRC Account)
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+ Join #stat157 (Go to: Buddies, Add Chat, Channel - #stat157)
- Follow https://twitter.com/freenodestaff and add it to your Stat157 list
- Add
blog.freenode.net
to your Feedly subscriptions -
/join #ipython
and just lurk... for now!
- Python
- IPython Notebook
- Laptop-based Virtual Machines
- Simulated Hard Drive FAILURE
- Team Building