[EdLUG] Hacktoberfest

[Tai Kedzierski]

Hi all,

Thanks to those who came, and to Nick and Thomas for being on-hand,
their presence was greatly useful to help explain to others!

I found myself talking quite fast through the preamble material
leading up to the practical part, so this probably needs paring down.

The practical session went well I feel, people followed along OK,
Thomas and Nick were able to help people who had questions, and one
participant who was refreshing his knowledge was able to help his seat
neighbour through the exercise. Very collaborative!

I've been given a bunch of feedback on the session, some to do with
the content of the repo itself which I will fix, and some to do with
the way I delivered it; I'll add some notes to the repo on that front
too.

See you all in November for the Jupyter Notebooks talk by Ian Stuart

Ta ta

Tai

===
Tai Kedzierski
Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer


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On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 01:08, Tai Kedzierski <dch.tai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> So I ended up putting together a *very* pared down workshop, focused
> primarily on being able to fork, clone, edit, commit, push, and PR.
> The material pointed to by Thomas has great coverage, but I would
> struggle to condense an actual git course into a short workshop. I've
> linked it in the "next steps" section of the workshop notes.
>
> https://github.com/taikedz/git-workshop
>
> FWIW the idea for this event was to get the participants basically
> familiar with the minimum necessary, and then help them understand how
> to get their chosen project's code and navigate it. I was hoping to
> spend no more than 40min on the "teaching" aspect, and from the
> workshops I've run at my workplace, just getting a base number of
> commands done, and a hands-on session, takes quite a while - over 4h
> typically for something comprehensive of the basics needed for a
> professional environment.
>
> So in this one, there's workshop notes that the attendees can follow
> along with on-screen, a demo program with a data file they will edit
> during the workshop, and some tips on contributing. I'll probably
> print out a couple of copies as well, but mostly I expect this to
> happen online. I've also created a Riot.im chat channel for follow
> up... did this as a test, though having second thoughts on it...
>
> https://riot.im/app/#/room/#edlug-general:matrix.org
>
> Any feedback welcome, and I'll happily take PRs on the repo for fixes
> and suggestions!
>
> And thanks again to Paul, Nick and Thomas for volunteering to help on
> the day! We ourselves would probably want to show up for something
> like 14:45 ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tai
>
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
> Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer
>
>
> I use LibreOffice , a free, Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office
>
> Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.
> https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
>
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 09:50, Tai Kedzierski <dch.tai at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Thomas
> >
> > I'll be doing the planning and write out principally this evening so
> > will check those resources then.
> >
> > Thanks for the offer of help ! I'm going to try and share the event a
> > little more, but not sure how much traction I'm going to get.... it is
> > very last minute and all
> >
> > Tai
> >
> >
> > ===
> > Tai Kedzierski
> > Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer
> >
> >
> > I use LibreOffice , a free, Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office
> >
> > Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.
> > https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 29 Sep 2019 at 13:31, Thomas Kluyver <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019, at 5:57 PM, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
> > > > I'm running the intended session on Saturday afternoon 3pm at Akva. So
> > > > far the format will involve producing a quick printed pamphlet how-to,
> > > > matching something I'll put online as well, talking through it, then
> > > > giving hands-on help. If you have suggestions on how to improve on
> > > > that plan, do let me know. I'm perhaps rushing a bit, and making a lot
> > > > up as I go... I have already delivered git training at work, but for
> > > > whole-afternoon sessions.... I need to refine!
> > >
> > > If you're looking for inspiration, the software carpentry lesson on git might be a good starting point:
> > > http://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/
> > >
> > > This is meant to fill half a day of an in-person workshop. Software carpentry typically runs as a 2-day workshop over all, with four half-day topics. There's no set order, but there will usually be a section about the shell before starting git. When I've helped with this, I've found the 'Wolfman and Dracula' story a bit annoying, but it avoids tying the lesson to any particular programming language.
> > >
> > > I can probably come and lend a hand next Saturday.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > Thomas
> > >
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