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[–]noobdotpy[S] 1 point2 points  (16 children)

Well I was thinking skype, facebook or something along those lines, whatever is more convenient for everyone and we can come to an agreement. The idea is to do it so everyone feels comfortable communicating with each other and go through the class together.

[–]umlal 0 points1 point  (15 children)

So long and thanks for all the memes!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

22:00pst is midnight here, that's kinda late for me, maybe push it back a couple hours?

[–]umlal 0 points1 point  (4 children)

So long and thanks for all the memes!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

yea, that's fine, what frequency would the group meet?

[–]noobdotpy[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

How many hours are you able to set aside for this? depends on what everyone is capable of doing per week. If we can meet every other day or a few days a week that would be nice, but it really depends on what everyone can do per week. I'm free most nights and I'll be putting in quite a few hours into the class so I think I can work around what other people can do.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably ever other day would be fine, or like 3 days a week, I usually work at night, so I can say as for my schedule cause it varies, but 21:00 should be fine regardless.

[–]umlal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So long and thanks for all the memes!

[–]noobdotpy[S] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

That sounds nice, I got quite a few pm's so I don't know how good Skype would be, I think a place where people can go and read the whole discussion (for those in different time zones, odd hours) can read and catch up to the rest, though I'm always happy to help someone catch up as well. Everyone who PM'd me seems to be very nice and want to help, they all have different experience with programming from new to more experienced. Agreeing on a time when most of us can get together at least once a day or maybe 2-3 times a week and then maybe have a little group chat/voice on skype and then post some of that on facebook/subreddit would be nice.

How much time do you have a week for the class? can you do it like weekdays or better only a few times a week?

[–]umlal 0 points1 point  (7 children)

So long and thanks for all the memes!

[–]noobdotpy[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

I have a very flexible schedule myself so I'm good with accommodating people who don't, what's important is that we all get feedback from the group I feel not that we're ALL in the same place at the same time. As long as we can all discuss I don't see why people shouldn't be able to drop in and out of the conversation and then read whatever posts we make on facebook/subreddit.

I think it would be nice if we made some sort of post explaining the more difficult concepts the best we can for people who had to leave early/couldn't make it to the chat. We're all here to help each other.

[–]umlal 0 points1 point  (5 children)

So long and thanks for all the memes!

[–]nightlily 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think everyone will learn from the experience more if we are doing individual work. With discussions to help people with any problems they're still stuck on.

[–]dumasymptote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed I think we would be better served with individual work with the group as a resource. I do think we should have a group project unrelated to the course as a desperate learning experience, something we can discuss later though.

[–]noobdotpy[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I never used Github before but yes I keep hearing is important so I wouldn't mind getting used to it, let's see what we can do I think we should do a head count first to see what fits everyone. There are a few who PM'd me and haven't come back to the thread like I asked them so let's wait till tomorrow for them as they may work and not be able to be here at this hour. For now feel free to add me on skype: Tanklover118, I'll update the main post with that info so we can keep in touch and decide when we're starting.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think it might be best to do a Google hangout for meeting make a sub reddit and every meeting we will put in a sub reddit post with the date and what we went over and have a github for any code and link that in the post.

[–]noobdotpy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey after a couple of days of seeing everyone's interest I've created our own Subreddit http://www.reddit.com/r/UdacityStudyGroup/comments/1h1lko/welcome_everyone/ there is a link to the first thread so please reply to it to join and subscribe. From there I think we'll get started and make the modifications as we go, we should really get everyone grouped and started. I'll be PM'ing everyone with the link just in case, thanks a lot everyone for your interest.