[ale] [OT] Anyone up for a 90 Day Wonder Challenge?

[Jim Kinney]

Let's use the website as the core reference for syncing the effort.
Any/all books _should_ be able to 
help teach what's needed with an occasional push/pop/poke (HA!) from
others.
On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 12:43 -0500, leam hall wrote:
> Depends on if folks want to use the same book, or one they already
> have. Tech books don't seem cheap. 
> 
> I'm using this book:  http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Hard-Way-Practical-
> Computational/dp/0321884922
> 
> Which sort of correlates to this site:   http://c.learncodethehardway
> .org/book/
> 
> But the chapters are different so I don't know if that would be an
> issue. 
> 
> I passed a class in C in '90-something but have only read it a little
> since. This has been one of those self challenges for years. I'm
> committing to the end of Feb to not buy another language book unless
> I really have to, and to good time each week making progress here.
> I'd like to work towards a programy-type job but not stressing if I
> don't. I want to program in C well enough to feel comfortable in it. 
> 
> Lemme know if you want to use the same book or a different one. I
> don't think we have to be on the same chapters, and if you're
> learning C for the first time patience is very much a virtue. A beer
> might be a bad idea either.  :P
> 
> Leam
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm for the idea. Someone should lead though or just set the goals
> > for next week.
> > On Nov 25, 2015 11:53 AM, "leam hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey Boris!
> > > 
> > > One of the biggest challenges learners face is encouragement.
> > > Others are accountability, feedback, and resources. 
> > > 
> > > So our "weekly meeting via electrons" might be me saying my goal
> > > is to work on Chapters 5 and 6 for the book I'm in. I happen to
> > > know those two chapters are memorization so it's a matter of
> > > making and using flash cards. Next week you ask me how well I did
> > > on my goals. We congratulate each other for doing well, make new
> > > goals, and enjoy life. 
> > > 
> > > What if we don't make our goals? Okay, we set new ones based on
> > > what we think is reasonable. If we get really stumped by a
> > > problem we can talk it out to see if that helps us get past the
> > > hurdle, or we can go research what char **s[] means, or whatever.
> > > Having others to help and encourage seems to help people learn. 
> > > 
> > > Make sense? I'm sure we can find some folks here who could
> > > clarify things for us but I think we will make better progress if
> > > we struggle together a little before reaching out.
> > > 
> > > Leam
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Boris Borisov 
> > > m> wrote:
> > > > How do you see this join learning to take place. Just asking. I
> > > > could join for learning not relearning.
> > > > On Nov 25, 2015 9:34 AM, "leam hall" <leamhall at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > I'm looking to re-learn C. My goal is to spend the next 90
> > > > > days working through "Learn C the Hard Way". Anyone up for
> > > > > joining me? Pick your own book or get the same. Don't expect
> > > > > miracles but commit to a few minutes 3-5 times a week.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anyone? Buhler?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Leam
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Mind on a Mission
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > -- 
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