16:00:36 #startmeeting 16:00:36 Meeting started Mon Nov 8 16:00:36 2010 UTC. The chair is quaid. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:00:36 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:00:59 #meetingname textbook_sprint_&_meeting_20101108 16:00:59 The meeting name has been set to 'textbook_sprint_&_meeting_20101108' 16:01:31 ok, I'm going to be throwing some relevant links in to the record, to set the stage 16:02:00 from 1600 to 2200 UTC today we're going to be sprinting on the textbook in this channel; if we get to be too much, just ping me about changing to another channel :) 16:02:16 at the moment, we == me, so I might be pretty quiet by comparison ;-P 16:04:50 original email about this sprint: 16:04:52 #link http://teachingopensource.org/pipermail/tos/2010-November/001802.html 16:05:35 helpful thread with responses about content focus: 16:05:40 #link http://teachingopensource.org/pipermail/tos/2010-November/001807.html 16:06:12 Hi Quaid 16:06:14 hi micadeyeye, I'm just using the channel right now for a (small) textbook sprint, you're welcome to cross-chat 16:06:20 hi ctyler :D 16:06:25 I'm partially here :-) 16:07:12 no worries, any input anyone has is the important part; I'm going to start by doing some organizational work 16:07:19 then pick something to do for the rest of my day :) 16:07:32 that org work definitely needs input 16:07:43 * quaid didn't have time to work up an agenda this weekend 16:19:03 #info no order of new content needed has fallen from thread on the topic of "what first?" 16:22:30 * gregdek roots from the sidelines. :) 16:23:35 * quaid tries not to get his cleats stuck in gregdek's shoulders 16:23:52 not sure if these are soccer or ice climbing cleats :) 16:24:00 today it feels like ice climbing, but I'm seeking soccer 16:30:22 ok, I was reading and thoughtfully replying to Heider and Matt's emails. 16:30:50 #info jadudm points out that we could use a curriculum to base the textbook against 16:31:20 #idea We could remix and stretch the POSSE curriculum to cover 10 weeks and use that as the basis for a *student focused* textbook and course. 16:31:50 #idea the textbook would then be useful for the POSSE curriculum itself, since POSSE would be a "fast forward" view of the 10-week course the students take. 16:32:00 I think this might have been what mchua_afk had in mind :) 16:32:27 but I can't always anticipate her brilliance until I apply a little polishing to the idea and see the diamond underneath 16:40:10 thanks quaid; am partially here too. 16:41:38 s/curriculum/class? 16:43:53 #link http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/dickey/curricula/ 16:43:59 Potentially worth a look. 16:48:32 * quaid does 17:10:58 I'm working on the main roadmap page and especially creating new stub/template pages for the new chapters 17:11:01 #link http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Textbook_Roadmap 17:11:36 #action Need to clean-up wiki naming and redirects and random /Textbook* pages to use new [[Practical_OSS_Exploration-]] base 17:24:57 #action Rename or copy in to new page names from stubs on [[Textbook Roadmap]] 17:37:39 #info All pages renamed to new [[Practical OSS Exploration - Chapter title]] structure 18:16:41 New page to hack on where we can recruit and help new writers: 18:16:44 #link http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Open_source_curriculum_and_textbook_writers 18:18:16 OK, I need to take a pause and run to the bank; business related to Fedora Students Contributing program that is extremely time sensitive. 18:18:25 I'll leave the log going, I should be back in about 30 minutes. 20:17:01 wow, that was a PITA. 20:17:24 otoh, it's all done, perhaps, which would be a Really Good Thing. 20:17:27 * quaid gets back to $stuff 20:19:31 quaid: +infinity 20:19:59 quaid: probably worth noting that sdziallas_afk is planning on an independent study next semester to create POSSE curriculum materials 20:20:03 (aka "textbook chapters") 20:20:13 quaid: so you may, at some point (tonight's meeting, perhaps) want to ask him about that. 20:20:14 ah, yeah 20:20:18 ok 21:00:15 * quaid sends out a direct invitation to help with the chapter on open communities and diversity 21:00:49 no names, I'll wait for commitment, but these are grad students working on women in open source as part of their grad work. 21:26:40 ok, just testing to see what happened 21:26:47 that was me :) 21:32:51 quaid: \o/ for direct invitation, that's a page straight from the book :) 21:32:56 tosw == super-meta dogfooding 21:33:05 the making of tosw... tosw. 21:43:43 paulproteus, you got on Slashdot! 21:44:26 nice 22:24:40 As I wrote on the opensource.com list: I am *dedicated* to getting myself more traffic :P 22:25:08 http://news.slashdot.org/tag/openhatch 4x in one year was the goal. 22:26:54 (in all seriousness, I'm happy and laughing that it's on Slashdot.) 22:28:58 * paulproteus chats with fans of the project in ##penn 22:29:05 Hello lh! I'm on Slashdot! Ya-hoo! 22:33:22 paulproteus: i saw, congrats! :) 22:41:07 #endmeeting