The Versatile World of GitHub

A presentation given to the Space Apps event attendees in Tampere, Finland. This is a showcase of all the different-than-just-code uses of GitHub in the wild. It include DNA, house maintenance, textbook writing, and 3D modeling.

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1. The Versatile World of GitHub matthewmccull matthewmccullough
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4. Matthew McCullough @matthewmccull
6. values creativity
8. Suomi
10. Easier to work together than alone
11. Code
16. Make
19. – Arthur C. Clarke The difference between machines and human beings is that human beings can be reproduced by unskilled labor.
22. "You've got a little boy from out of town that would like a tour of the GitHub office. His name is Alexander. Do you have time?"
24. hubot: make me a sandwich
27. but can we have that?
30. Coordinate
31. House on GitHub
33. Write
34. Laws on GitHub
36. Books on GitHub
38. Explore
39. DNA
41. Educate
43. Textbooks on GitHub
46. – Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer “Remember, always, that everything you know, and everything everyone knows, is only a model. Get your model out there where it can be viewed. Invite others to challenge your assumptions and add their own.”
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