<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Love this idea. However, 5pm on a Friday GMT is MFBT - even more so CET. :-)<div><br></div><div>Also: I’ve been told that the webmaker-dev@ mailing list is the shizzle, so how do I get on it?</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 4 Mar 2014, at 16:56, Kaitlin Thaney <<a href="mailto:kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org">kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">awesome. :)<br><br>worth mentioning that this is part of our software carpentry training (and we have a few lessons in case that'd help).<br><br>also, friends with the head of training at GitHub if that's of use, though reckon many of you are as proficient/if not more than their trainers. :)<br><br>Greg - perhaps you could send along some of the materials we use just in case?<br><br>- K<br><br>sent on the move. apologies for typos. <br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">On 4 Mar 2014, at 10:36, David Humphrey <<a href="mailto:david.humphrey@senecacollege.ca">david.humphrey@senecacollege.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br>I wanted to let you know about an experiment I'm going to try, and invite you to join GitClub.<br><br>In Webmaker we have a number of people learning Git and GitHub for the first time. Turns out they're hard, and it's easy to get frustrated and give up. At the same time, there are a number of us who know them well, and could provide support.<br><br>The usual thing that happens is that people start recommending various docs or tutorials on the web, or try to write their own. I have no interest in doing more of this, as there are literally thousands already.<br><br>Instead, I'm going to facilitate a weekly club on Vidyo where people can drop-in and come talk about git and github, ask questions, see people do things, and generally have a safe forum to ask any and all questions.<br><br>There is no obligation to come every week. I've put the details in this etherpad:<br><br><a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/gitclub">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/gitclub</a><br><br>Each Friday I'll check that pad for things we could cover. If you run into something during the week, or have a situation, drop it in that pad.<br><br>There's a lot of hype about Git and GitHub and how great they are. It's all true :) But getting to the point where you don't feel like a total idiot using them can take time. Let's put some time into it together.<br><br>If you're interested, see you Fridays.<br><br>Dave<br></blockquote></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>