New Member Orientation

I'm going to make no assumptions about you or your purpose for being here. Read what you need or want; you can always come back.

Statement

• HIP focuses on bringing hardware and software together
• HIP is merged with Green Science and so our projects can include subjects such as the use, representation, and creation of energy.
• There are software and hardware opportunities.

Workspaces

• Dennis roof
• Noyes basement
• Green Zone

Keys

• Dennis front entrance, code ???
• Dennis back entrance, code CAX
• Dennis roof, code CAB 6
• Noyse basement, code CAB 13

Projects

Check HIP for up-to-date project listings.

This is a list of present/past projects that we've worked on. It's intended to give you a taste of what we do.

• solar array
• wind generator
• energy monitoring of buildings
  • normalization of resulting data
• kiosks that display energy information
• earthquake sensors
• time server
• construction cam

Communication

Group

• we use a listserv, email hip@cs.earlham.edu to email everyone
• generally it's good to notify the group about significant progress via email or in meetings
• phone numbers / emails are useful to have
• google services such as docs, spreadsheets, etc can be used for development
  • you need gmail accounts to utilize these services

Meetings

• Friday in the Green Zone for lunch (12-1pm)
  • general discussion about current and future projects
  • bring-your-own-lunch style

• Sunday on the roof (1-3pm)
  • working together in the same space

Documentation

Documentation is an important part of HIP because different people from different times will need to know about the work you did.=

• document projects
  • inline code documentation helps readability
  • document while working on a project
  • after completion, document changes to keep information relatively accurate

• document your work, process, or experience
  • your experience is invaluable to someone who is going through a similar experience

Wiki Basics

• how to use
  • you need an account to be created by an admin; ask Charlie
  • if a page doesn't exist, search for it and the wiki will let you create that page
  • make sure to click "Save Page" after you're finished editing

• how to learn
  • edit pages to look at their syntax
  • use Wiki Syntax

• how to style
  • group things sensibly because having too many headers can be overkill
  • lists are the simplest way to organize content