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** '''Blog''' on your reactions to the readings for this week.
** Begin learning how to use [[Irc|IRC]] for communication. We'll cover this in detail next week, but it's better to get started early.
== Week 2 (Sept 12) - Collaborative and Community Development Practices ==
''Editor(s): David Humphrey, (need some volunteers)'' - http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/sept12-seneca-notes
* Collaborative development using on-line tools
* [[Irc|Intro to Internet Relay Chat (IRC)]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Blogs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_(blog) Planets]
** [http://planet.mozilla.org Planet Mozilla]
** [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/planet/ OpenSource@Seneca Planet]
* Using Wikis for collaborative writing
** [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]
** Intro to course wiki
*** "Yes, you can edit it!"
*** Common Editing tasks, History, Reverting changes
*** Watches, [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]
*** Comparing selected versions (cf. diff)
*** [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Help:Editing Editing help]
*** http://developer.mozilla.org (a.k.a., devmo, MDC)
*** http://wiki.mozilla.org (a.k.a., wmo or wiki.m.o)
** Etherpad
*** http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/
*** http://typewith.me/
** Twitter
* Project discussion
** 0.1 is due Sept 29th
** Popcorn, Popcorn-Maker, Popcorn-Maker Final Cut Pro, Paladin and Gladius, Processing.js, Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
* '''Readings/Resources'''
* [http://ilearn.senecac.on.ca/mozillalectures/MozillaLecture1Part1_Broadband.mov (on-line lecture) Mike Beltzner on Mozilla Community]
* '''Getting started in Open Source projects, or "Learning to be at the festival"''' (on-line lecture) by David Humphrey (given at [http://www.mozilla24.com/en-US/ Mozilla24 in Stanford]): Formats - [http://videos.mozilla.org/mozilla24/1-16_david.mpg mpg], [http://videos.mozilla.org/mozilla24/1-16_david.ogg ogg], [http://videos.mozilla.org/mozilla24/1-16_david.mp4 mp4]
* '''TODO'''
** Ensure all TODO items from week 1 are '''completed'''
** '''Comment''' in at least one other student's '''blog''' with your feedback to what they wrote. <b>Reminder: Comments have to be approved for them to be be shown on your blog. Check your blog settings.</b>
** Watch online lectures for this week about open source community, '''blog your reactions''' to something that struck you or resonated.
** Talk to the project communities on irc for info about each project, potential work you might do. First milestone due in 3 weeks.
** Create a [https://github.com/ github] account, if you haven't already, and update [[Fall 2011 Open Source Students]]