Bootup

Because of the staggered start of this class (hackathon at Facebook, etc), different groups are at different stages. The goal of this class, and the hackathon this weekend, is to provide time for everyone to reach highway speed so that we're all even.

In Class

We'll be handing out this checklist for you to fill out, due next Monday. This contains a set of goals, individual and team-related, for you to make sure you're up and running with your project.

Journal Question

Journaling starts this week! Please submit your response by class time on each Monday. Here are the Journal guidelines and submission instructions.

Design Studio Crit

We'll start next Wednesday (2/20) with the design studio crit portion of the course. First on the docket (randomly chosen) is Rails and Phabricator. I'll be providing more information later this week about the process and how to prepare.

Geek Cred

• Telenet. These days, the "telnet" protocol is barely even uttered but even more distant in memory is "telenet". Back in the day, long-distance telephone calls cost money, so you had to think about geography when visiting a bulletin-board system. Telenet acted as a worm-hole of sorts: you could hop on by dialing your nearest telenet machine, then route your way to another city and out to the computer you needed to connect to. Commonplace, now, but a big deal for consumers at the time.