first-day orientation

Author: James Halliday

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+# welcome to cyber wizard institute!
+
+We are a group of learners and volunteer
+facilitators committed to creating an open
+month-long intensive learning environment at the
+Sudo Room hackerspace in Oakland, California.
+
+---
+
+# course map
+
+* unix bash command-line
+* html
+* javascript
+* vim
+* git, github, and distributed collaboration
+* regular expressions
+* computer networking
+* setting up servers
+* node.js
+* modular front-end
+* svg for art and games
+* computer science fundamentals
+* music technology
+* ...and more!
+
+---
+
+# schedule
+
+http://cyber.wizard.institute/calendar.html
+
+---
+
+# the format
+
+Some days there will be a workshop scheduled.
+Workshops will take at most an hour or two.
+
+The rest of the day, you should work on your own
+projects.
+
+Facilitators will be around to help and you can
+ask fellow students for help. We're all learners!
+
+---
+
+# for students
+
+* come up with project ideas
+* figure out which skills your project needs
+* install linux!
+
+---
+
+# project ideas
+
+* a blog for your website
+* a simple browser game
+* programs to help you automate mundane tasks
+* a funny text generator that you can connect to twitter
+* interactive art with code
+* a visualization of some data
+* music/sound art
+* photo and video manipulation
+
+---
+
+# for facilitators
+
+* add your workshops to calendar.html on:
+
+https://github.com/cyberwizardinstitute/cyberwizardinstitute.github.io
+
+* add lecture notes and outlines to:
+
+https://github.com/cyberwizardinstitute/workshops
+
+---
+
+# you'll need a unix
+
+All of our course materials assume a unixy
+environment such as MaxOSX or Linux.
+
+Why unix?
+
+* all the system tools fit together consistently
+* most programming answers you'll find on the
+  internet assume a unix environment
+* open source programmers mostly use unix,
+  so the best libraries and tools run there
+
+---
+
+# if you're on windows
+
+First of all, you should install Linux!
+
+Two three ways to run linux from windows:
+
+* in a virtual machine (like virtualbox)
+* dual boot
+* blow away windows completely
+
+---
+
+# virtualbox
+
+Run an ordinary program that runs linux.
+
+https://www.virtualbox.org/
+
+## pros:
+
+* can run windows and linux at the same time
+
+## cons:
+
+* can use up a lot of memory
+* clunkier to juggle local versus VM
+
+---
+
+# dual boot
+
+You can install linux alongside windows on your
+system by dual booting.
+
+When you boot your system you can choose which
+operating system to boot into.
+
+Regular linux installers can set up a dual boot.
+
+---
+
+# blow away windows
+
+Do you just want to completely remove windows and
+all the files on your hard disk? 
+
+When you install linux with an installer,
+just blow away windows!
+
+---
+
+# if you're on MacOSX
+
+If you are on MacOSX you already have a suitable
+UNIX environment.
+
+However, particularly if you have an older version
+of MacOSX, it can be difficult to configure an OSX
+environment properly.
+
+You might need to install xcode just to get a
+decent C compiler, for example.
+
+As a backup, you can also install virtualbox on
+your MacOSX computer and run linux in a VM:
+
+https://www.virtualbox.org/