February 2012
Beginner
108 pages
1h 52m
English
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O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
How to Use This Book
The projects in this book have been written so that they are easy to follow and easy to replicate. I recommend you skim through each project until you find one that suits your comfort level and strikes you as both fun and possible given your audience and business. Then, just follow the steps I’ve laid out to get the wheels in motion.
The first few projects you attempt will likely fizzle out without any exciting explosion—and that’s fine. It will take a while for you to work out the kinks and really begin to have a feel for how these strategies work. The first contest I ever ran was a miserable failure. In fact, the first few were. But, after a while, word caught on and people started showing up to play. Remember, this is not only new for you…the type of interaction will be new for your audience as well. Allow them time to catch on, get excited, and spread the word.
There are some easy projects in this book that require one person and a few minutes, and there are projects in here that will require considerably more time, people, and skill. Start with a few easy ones and then work your way up as you thirst for more of a challenge.
One final note: As I like to practice what I preach and I’ve long dreamed of making a “digital pop-up book,” I’ve buried an easter egg somewhere within the book. Find it and let me know when you have. I can be reached on Twitter as @jsmcdougall. Happy hunting!
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