Setup everyone on github
Introductions
Talk about the problem of writing and editing in groups, prompt crowd for questions
Talk about other features we want in our writing and editing software
- multiple actors working on the same stuff
- change history
- nothing lost (don't need a bunch of backup copies)
- associating changes with their authors
These are very similar problems to what writers reporters deal with, at a different scale
Writing an application is like writing a big book. But if you mess up any spelling or grammar, the book won't print. People can handle minor mistakes, computers are not so smart.
Examples of software that solves some of the problems
Talk about more problems that developers have, especially in open source. The genesis of git && the development of Linux. (distributed source control)
Talk about git, features, goals
(aside) talk about text files
Github is git, but git is not github Github is to git as Facebook is to jpeg photos
So... Let's use github for something useful... Prose.io!
Interactive slides?
- Understanding the difference between git and github
- Understand what git is, what it's used for
- Be able to talk to developers about source control, understand when source control is needed
- Learn about technologies that could help you in your work