Assign 5: Evaluating Github

Due: Monday before class

Goals for Assignment 5

• a thoughtful analysis of our guest speaker

Objective: Evaluating Github

Patrick Reynolds will be speaking to us about his work at GitHub. I want to learn what you got out of his talk. Write a description/analysis that contains the following:

• A brief summary of what the talk was about
• The three most important points he made
• The most interesting point
• The most surprising point
• How did Patrick's talk relate to Buzzword Bingo? How do the terms and ideas we discussed on Monday relate to what we learned from Patrick's talk.
• How did his talk affect how you think about/use GitHub? If you haven't used it before, will you use it? Will you definitely not use it?
• What is the future of GitHub?
• a question you wish you had asked him.
• An overall grade you'd assign to his talk
• What is an appropriate thank-you gift that I should send to Patrick?

Finishing up: What to turn in for this assignment

Email me a PDF of your evaluation.

Grading

• Clear, thoughtful evaluation.