Weekly Roundup: Happy 11:11:11!

[Natasha Murashev]

Hi Everyone, 

Happy Nerd New Year 11:11:11 :) I really hope you're enjoying coding as much as I am. I know it is ridiculously hard, but the happiness boost you get form actually getting something difficult to work is hopefully worth the effort. Here are some next action items / announcements:

Status Check - due this Sunday, 11/13

• Please share where you are in the lectures / assignments and anything else you want to share - if you haven't started, tell us when you plan to get started, and if you're behind, tell us where you are and what you plan to do next. What do you think of the course so far? Do you have any tips to share? Any questions? 

Suggested Assignments Week 2 - due next Sunday, 11/20

• Complete section Assignment 1: http://see.stanford.edu/materials/icspmcs106a/10-section-handout-1.pdf. Here are instructions for setting it up: http://natashatherobot.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/karel-defends-democracy-assignment-and-solution/. This is the last Karel the Robot assignment and should be simple if you figured out all the other ones :)
• Watch Lectures 4 and 5: http://see.stanford.edu/see/lecturelist.aspx?coll=824a47e1-135f-4508-a5aa-866adcae1111. Keep in mind that you can also read / reference the book, which you can get an older free version of here: http://people.reed.edu/~jerry/121/materials/artsciencejava.pdf. 

San Francisco Hacking - this Saturday and Monday

• We are getting together at 2pm tomorrow (Saturday) at my apartment to talk about our coding strategies and helping each other out if needed. RSVP and Conversation here: http://holler.to/tDSIyy. If you're not in San Francisco, but would like to join, maybe we can do a Google Hangout to get you to join - email me if you're interested in that. 
• On Monday, there will be a Hack Night organized by Women Who Code in Mountain View. I highly recommend you attend and meet other developers. Make sure to bring your assignments from this class to work on! I'm going to be there from 6-7:00pm. Let me know if you need a ride if you live between SOMA and Mountain View. RSVP and Conversation here: http://holler.to/s090oN. 

My Status

• I'll start off the status check by filling you in on my status. I've been working on this non-stop, and I'm really liking it, even though it's extremely difficult. This week, I actually finished the Breakout game, although I had to get a little bit of help from my developer friend to get everything working properly. I'm watching some lectures and I'm excited about the next assignment - Hangman! 

Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Natasha

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[Terri Persico]

Sadly I haven't made any additional progress beyond the first two problems, distracted by "work!". But will do my best to catch up next week. 

Thanks again Natasha for the encouragement and structure you're providing for us all!

Best, Terri

Terri Persico

Veebit | Founder/CEO

www.veebit.com

m | 805-636-5822 

[Katerina Jackson]

Thank you very much for this, Natasha!

Looking forward to posting my status update for 2 weeks at once! 

And here is my Binary message to all of you :D :

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(use http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp to translate to the text! )

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