Re: [Discuss] Outreach misconception about Data and Software Carpentry as piece of software instead of skills

2016-04-13 Thread Ivan Gonzalez
Hi, I've seen people not knowing the difference between Software and Data Carpentry and some hosts confused about the contents of the workshop, but never about the nature of the workshop itself. My advice is that instructors should create *as soon as possible* the workshop website, which includes

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Greg Wilson
Since this could turn into a long discussion, I've opened an issue here: https://github.com/swcarpentry/git-novice/issues/263 so that we don't flood this list - please post follow-ups there. Thanks, Greg On 2016-04-13 3:16 PM, David Dotson wrote: I think what the author's getting at with resp

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread David Dotson
I think what the author's getting at with respect to git's mental model is that commits form a directed graph, with each commit pointing to its parent (or parents, in the case of merge commits), and with "branches" just functioning as names that point to a particular commit. The gnarly set of gi

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Matthew Brett
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:11 AM, P Lijnzaad wrote: > Git's "mental model" is really big, with up to 5 places where your edits my > live (working copy; stash; index; repository; remote), so I personally > hesitate a bit to 'force' git on my casually coding co-workers. I guess much > of that is ea

[Discuss] Job: Postdoctoral Fellow in Infectious Disease Data Science

2016-04-13 Thread Noam Ross
Hi all, We're hiring a postdoc at my organization, and someone with SWC skills and some knowledge of infectious disease would likely fit the bill. Info at http://www.ecohealthalliance.org/careers#pg-102-1 and pasted below. Feel free to get in touch with me about more details. Noam --- Postdo

Re: [Discuss] Outreach misconception about Data and Software Carpentry as piece of software instead of skills

2016-04-13 Thread Karin Lagesen
On 13/04/16 17:03, Jonah Duckles wrote: Raniere, No, I have never experienced that misconception. I have actually encountered the same kind of thing, that person for some reason got the understanding that we were teaching them some sort of statistics software. Kairn __

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread P Lijnzaad
Git's "mental model" is really big, with up to 5 places where your edits my live (working copy; stash; index; repository; remote), so I personally hesitate a bit to 'force' git on my casually coding co-workers. I guess much of that is easier with a good (and preferably cross-platform, free) GUI (i

Re: [Discuss] Outreach misconception about Data and Software Carpentry as piece of software instead of skills

2016-04-13 Thread Jonah Duckles
Raniere, No, I have never experienced that misconception. --- Jonah Duckles Software Carpentry, Executive Director http://software-carpentry.org From: Raniere Silva Reply: Raniere Silva Date: April 12, 2016 at 7:32:58 AM To: Software Carpentry Discuss list , Jonah Duckles , Tracy Teal Subjec

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Erik Bray
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Tyson Whitehead wrote: > Saw this blog post the other day. > > http://blog.plover.com/prog/two-things-about-git.html > > Perhaps if we emphasis the underlying model it git a bit more it will be > easier for students to follow the rest. > > Cheers! -Tyson Truth--I

[Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Tyson Whitehead
Saw this blog post the other day. http://blog.plover.com/prog/two-things-about-git.html Perhaps if we emphasis the underlying model it git a bit more it will be easier for students to follow the rest. Cheers! -Tyson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss