From 1df97ca611d4afed8579cac7fa2167bd4a6a3852 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:31:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 01/23] Reflections2 Reflection #2 13/09/08 - 13/09/13 --- 2013-09-07.md | 0 Reflection2 | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) delete mode 100644 2013-09-07.md create mode 100644 Reflection2 diff --git a/2013-09-07.md b/2013-09-07.md deleted file mode 100644 index e69de29..0000000 diff --git a/Reflection2 b/Reflection2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad44146 --- /dev/null +++ b/Reflection2 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Reflections 13/09/08 - 13/09/13 + +Improvement Suggestions: +The class this week seemed more disorganized than last week because the lack of homework posts and in-class summaries. The professor did explain in class that it was because he was busier this week, but it would have been nice to have sent a quick announcement via space telling us about the delay. + +Classroom praises: +This week we discussed how to improve the classroom dynamics as well as seeing what the strengths of the class were. I liked this because it established further than the instructors cared about creating an effective work environment and we were able to create a conversation between the instructors and the groups. + +Personal Challenges: +I realized that I did not submit my reflections homework in correctly last week. I realized that I should have gone to the IRC and asked my fellow classmates for help if I was confused on how to do this. + +Personal Improvements: +This week, I've begun a journal documenting what we've done in class and what I've been doing outside of class. This helps me look back at what we've done before in class more easily, and allows me to remember the questions that I've had. + +Questions: +I'm confused about what we are going to do with ipython, how to check if it works for us, and the purpose of all the other programs we have been downloading. From 8bce3e6918d7d0a4b66b422c767d85c5730c957f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:46:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 02/23] Reflection1 Reflection 1: 13/09/01 - 13/09/07 --- reflection1 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 reflection1 diff --git a/reflection1 b/reflection1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72e1dfb --- /dev/null +++ b/reflection1 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Reflections 13/09/01 - 13/09/07 + +This week involved mostly installing new programs into our computers. I've had experience with most of the programs installed, so there wasn't too much of an issue with installation for me. I struggled a little bit with accessing the IRC group chats because I have had no experience with that before, and Google was not very helpful. I messed around with some variations of the join command until I realized that Adium only needs a "#group_chat_name" input to join a chat room. Clearer instructions on that would have been helpful. + +I did have a question about the specific set-ups for Virtual Box (such as how big should the hard drive be, did the professors want us to set up the virtual hard drive, etc), but this was eventually answered in class. + +The final struggle I had was understanding the concept of forking and pull requests. I have been reading github sections on the respective topics to make the concepts clearer in my mind. From 66c738e1f10dc187810a8ab9c765cee128315a5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:46:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 03/23] Rename Reflection2 to reflection2 --- Reflection2 => reflection2 | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename Reflection2 => reflection2 (100%) diff --git a/Reflection2 b/reflection2 similarity index 100% rename from Reflection2 rename to reflection2 From 56d0453368eddf0ad08030de5e117586e0efa232 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:58:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 04/23] Update reflection2 --- reflection2 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/reflection2 b/reflection2 index ad44146..562f428 100644 --- a/reflection2 +++ b/reflection2 @@ -1,16 +1,30 @@ -Reflections 13/09/08 - 13/09/13 +# Reflections 13/09/08 - 13/09/13 Improvement Suggestions: -The class this week seemed more disorganized than last week because the lack of homework posts and in-class summaries. The professor did explain in class that it was because he was busier this week, but it would have been nice to have sent a quick announcement via space telling us about the delay. +The class this week seemed more disorganized than last week because the lack +of homework posts and in-class summaries. The professor did explain in class +that it was because he was busier this week, but it would have been nice to +have sent a quick announcement via space telling us about the delay. Classroom praises: -This week we discussed how to improve the classroom dynamics as well as seeing what the strengths of the class were. I liked this because it established further than the instructors cared about creating an effective work environment and we were able to create a conversation between the instructors and the groups. +This week we discussed how to improve the classroom dynamics as well as +seeing what the strengths of the class were. I liked this because it +established further than the instructors cared about creating an effective +work environment and we were able to create a conversation between the +instructors and the groups. Personal Challenges: -I realized that I did not submit my reflections homework in correctly last week. I realized that I should have gone to the IRC and asked my fellow classmates for help if I was confused on how to do this. +I realized that I did not submit my reflections homework in correctly last +week. I realized that I should have gone to the IRC and asked my fellow +classmates for help if I was confused on how to do this. Personal Improvements: -This week, I've begun a journal documenting what we've done in class and what I've been doing outside of class. This helps me look back at what we've done before in class more easily, and allows me to remember the questions that I've had. +This week, I've begun a journal documenting what we've done in class and what +I've been doing outside of class. This helps me look back at what we've done +before in class more easily, and allows me to remember the questions that +I've had. Questions: -I'm confused about what we are going to do with ipython, how to check if it works for us, and the purpose of all the other programs we have been downloading. +I'm confused about what we are going to do with ipython, how to check if it +works for us, and the purpose of all the other programs we have been +downloading. From b5c90a549dea569e18c17f778556741c3f08155c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:59:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 05/23] Update reflection1 --- reflection1 | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/reflection1 b/reflection1 index 72e1dfb..46de40b 100644 --- a/reflection1 +++ b/reflection1 @@ -1,7 +1,18 @@ Reflections 13/09/01 - 13/09/07 -This week involved mostly installing new programs into our computers. I've had experience with most of the programs installed, so there wasn't too much of an issue with installation for me. I struggled a little bit with accessing the IRC group chats because I have had no experience with that before, and Google was not very helpful. I messed around with some variations of the join command until I realized that Adium only needs a "#group_chat_name" input to join a chat room. Clearer instructions on that would have been helpful. +This week involved mostly installing new programs into our computers. +I've had experience with most of the programs installed, so there wasn't +too much of an issue with installation for me. I struggled a little bit +with accessing the IRC group chats because I have had no experience with +that before, and Google was not very helpful. I messed around with some +variations of the join command until I realized that Adium only needs a +"#group_chat_name" input to join a chat room. Clearer instructions on +that would have been helpful. -I did have a question about the specific set-ups for Virtual Box (such as how big should the hard drive be, did the professors want us to set up the virtual hard drive, etc), but this was eventually answered in class. +I did have a question about the specific set-ups for Virtual Box (such as +how big should the hard drive be, did the professors want us to set up the +virtual hard drive, etc), but this was eventually answered in class. -The final struggle I had was understanding the concept of forking and pull requests. I have been reading github sections on the respective topics to make the concepts clearer in my mind. +The final struggle I had was understanding the concept of forking and pull +requests. I have been reading github sections on the respective topics to +make the concepts clearer in my mind. From a067d95766bbd12a80af1a7f99816b8081bdd5bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 01:21:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 06/23] Create reflection3 # Reflections 13/09/14 - 13/09/21 --- reflection3 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 reflection3 diff --git a/reflection3 b/reflection3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..27a4ed2 --- /dev/null +++ b/reflection3 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Reflections 13/09/14 - 13/09/21 + +This week involved guest lecturer speakers, and did not involve new +installations. I did struggle some more this week dealing with ipython +in the Virtual Machine, but after talking to some classmates about it, +I believe everything has been sorted out. + +All the other installations I had completed last week. I look forward to +using our installed programs this upcoming week! + + From 4707ca94a56a675296742511da86e0146f1dc751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:45:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 07/23] Reflections4 --- reflection4 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 reflection4 diff --git a/reflection4 b/reflection4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..278e6bf --- /dev/null +++ b/reflection4 @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Reflections 130922-130925 + +I was gone for my sister's wedding starting from Sept 120925, so my +reflections will cover mostly just Tuesday's class. We were able to get +resources for python learning (the safari textbooks in the UC lib system) +which I thought was helpful because I did not know about it before. + +In class, I learned a +useful command for quitting a program while in the Virtual Box terminal +(control z), and then you can still run the program in the backgroun (bg)! +I thank my tech lead for this useful tidbit. + +I agree that having feedback about reflections would be nice. I am still +not 100% if my reflections have been submitted, so having a quick confirmation +either via bspace or github would be nice. + +I agree that having a google calendar would be a good idea. + +This week involved guest lecturer speakers, and did wnot involve new +installations. I did struggle some more this week dealing with ipython +in the Virtual Machine, but after talking to some classmates about it, +I believe everything has been sorted out. + + From 5a3fbcff6d3fcc97e5b50eddcaac07c56068eb8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 10:42:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 08/23] reflections5 --- reflection5 | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 reflection5 diff --git a/reflection5 b/reflection5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe4994f --- /dev/null +++ b/reflection5 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Reflections 130926-131004 + +--Issues-- +This week we began our first homework assignment, and our first role +assignments. The biggest issue that immediately cropped up in our group +was finding a suitable meeting date that worked for everyone. +Unfortunately, none of us were able to meet in person until Saturday, +and then someone changed their plans and now we have to meet up last minute +on Sunday night. This has caused me some degree of anxiety +because I cannot do my work as the Visualizer until the curator has completed his. + +Perhaps for our next group assignments, we can assign groups based on +another survey of when people are most free to meet up with each other, +and those that overlap can be assigned to the same group. + + +--Suggestions-- +It would be useful if the powerpoint slides of the guest lectures could +become available, as well as our previous in-class lecture notes. +While I have been taking notes during the guest lectures, I find it +distracting trying to copy down all the lecture slides verbatim while also +trying to take real notes (which for me include commentary that I have about +the lecture itself, as well as specific phrases the lecturer uses that +helps clarify the images at hand). It's also virtually impossible to understand +some of what the lecturer is saying without seeing the graphs the lecturer +was using at the time. + + +--Positives-- +It's great that we finally started the ball rolling with our first project! From 60953ed5718a1b7efc2fe141849660d1ea8b09a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:41:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 09/23] Create Reflections --- Reflections | 185 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 185 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Reflections diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c7e47c --- /dev/null +++ b/Reflections @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +#Reflections compilations + + +##### + + +#Reflections 131005-131011 + +--Group Improvements-- +After looking over all the presentations, I made a list of some things +that both our group and other groups could do better in future projects: +- explain why we did certain things (ie eliminate data) +- make sure to mention how many points we took out + (either in code or in visuals) +- make captions for visuals +- keep a log of problems, and the steps + tools used to fix it +- keep a log of resources used +- keep a log of skills we learned + +--Group Comments-- +I also made a short commentary on some of the group projects. Here were +the groups that stood out to me: +Group 5: I liked seeing how their graphs evolved, and it was interesting +to see that people who were kinesthetic learners tended to know more programs. +Group 10: I liked the word cloud because it was immediately understandable. +A suggestion I had would be better axes labels, and that their learning +style graphs should have a 3rd dimension to the points (density), so we +could see how many people answered for each point. + +--Other Thoughts-- +I enjoyed working with my group. Everyone is supportive, and when things +failed, we all worked together to help each other. It's an encouraging +environment, which is helped by the encouraging atmosphere of the class +in general. + + +--Aaron's questions/comments to groups that I will keep in mind-- +1. Reasoning for decisions + - WHY did you remove certain data? +2. Clarity + - What does this plot mean? (should add captions for their visuals) +3. Roadblocks + - I liked how you focused on your roadblocks + - Can you focus on the PROBLEMS you encountered and the STEPS you took to fix that? +4. Tools + - What TOOLS worked well for getting over roadblocks? + - What RESOURCES helped you the most? + - How much did you rely on horizontal groups, github trackers, etc + - What were the CS skills that you LEANED ON OTHERS for + - troubleshooting + - what did you pick up BY YOURSELF? +5. Collaboration/Reproducibility + - BEFORE you started, what were your ideas on collab/reproducibility? + - NOW, what are your thoughts? + + + +##### + + +#Reflections 130926-131004 + +--Issues-- +This week we began our first homework assignment, and our first role +assignments. The biggest issue that immediately cropped up in our group +was finding a suitable meeting date that worked for everyone. +Unfortunately, none of us were able to meet in person until Saturday, +and then someone changed their plans and now we have to meet up last minute +on Sunday night. This has caused me some degree of anxiety +because I cannot do my work as the Visualizer until the curator has completed his. + +Perhaps for our next group assignments, we can assign groups based on +another survey of when people are most free to meet up with each other, +and those that overlap can be assigned to the same group. + + +--Suggestions-- +It would be useful if the powerpoint slides of the guest lectures could +become available, as well as our previous in-class lecture notes. +While I have been taking notes during the guest lectures, I find it +distracting trying to copy down all the lecture slides verbatim while also +trying to take real notes (which for me include commentary that I have about +the lecture itself, as well as specific phrases the lecturer uses that +helps clarify the images at hand). It's also virtually impossible to understand +some of what the lecturer is saying without seeing the graphs the lecturer +was using at the time. + + +--Positives-- +It's great that we finally started the ball rolling with our first project! + + +###### + + +#Reflections 130922-130925 + +I was gone for my sister's wedding starting from Sept 120925, so my +reflections will cover mostly just Tuesday's class. We were able to get +resources for python learning (the safari textbooks in the UC lib system) +which I thought was helpful because I did not know about it before. + +In class, I learned a useful command for quitting a program while in the Virtual Box terminal (control z), and then you can still run the program in +the backgroun (bg)! I thank my tech lead for this useful tidbit. + +I agree that having feedback about reflections would be nice. I am still +not 100% if my reflections have been submitted, so having a quick confirmation +either via bspace or github would be nice. + +I agree that having a google calendar would be a good idea. + +This week involved guest lecturer speakers, and did wnot involve new +installations. I did struggle some more this week dealing with ipython +in the Virtual Machine, but after talking to some classmates about it, +I believe everything has been sorted out. + + +###### + + +#Reflections 13/09/14 - 13/09/21 + +This week involved guest lecturer speakers, and did not involve new +installations. I did struggle some more this week dealing with ipython +in the Virtual Machine, but after talking to some classmates about it, +I believe everything has been sorted out. + +All the other installations I had completed last week. I look forward to +using our installed programs this upcoming week! + + +##### + + +#Reflections 13/09/08 - 13/09/13 +--Improvement Suggestions-- +The class this week seemed more disorganized than last week because the lack of + homework posts and in-class summaries. The professor did explain in class that + it was because he was busier this week, but it would have been nice to have sent + a quick announcement via space telling us about the delay. + +--Classroom praises-- +This week we discussed how to improve the classroom dynamics as well as seeing +what the strengths of the class were. I liked this because it established +further than the instructors cared about creating an effective work environment +and we were able to create a conversation between the instructors and the groups. + +--Personal Challenges-- +I realized that I did not submit my reflections homework in correctly last week. +I was confused on how to do a pull request and the purpose of it. I realized +that I should have gone to the IRC and asked my fellow classmates for help if +I was confused on how to do this. I also realized that I needed to spend more +time on the github help section. + +--Personal Improvements-- +This week, I've begun a journal documenting what we've done in class and what +I've been doing outside of class. This helps me look back at what we've done +before in class more easily, and allows me to remember the questions that I've had. + +Questions: +I'm confused about what we are going to do with ipython, how to check if it +works for us, and the purpose of all the other programs we have been downloading. + + +##### + + +#Reflections 13/09/01 - 13/09/07 + +This week involved mostly installing new programs into our computers. I've +had experience with most of the programs installed, so there wasn't too much +of an issue with installation for me. I struggled a little bit with accessing +the IRC group chats because I have had no experience with that before, and +Google was not very helpful. I messed around with some variations of the +join command until I realized that Adium only needs a "#group_chat_name" +input to join a chat room. Clearer instructions on that would have been helpful. + +I did have a question about the specific set-ups for Virtual Box (such as +how big should the hard drive be, did the professors want us to set up the +virtual hard drive, etc), but this was eventually answered in class. + +The final struggle I had was understanding the concept of forking and pull +requests. I have been reading github sections on the respective topics to +make the concepts clearer in my mind. + From c7a23384eae51ac706ea7e0a94b6f242f9cdca1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:42:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 10/23] Delete reflection1 --- reflection1 | 18 ------------------ 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 reflection1 diff --git a/reflection1 b/reflection1 deleted file mode 100644 index 46de40b..0000000 --- a/reflection1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -Reflections 13/09/01 - 13/09/07 - -This week involved mostly installing new programs into our computers. -I've had experience with most of the programs installed, so there wasn't -too much of an issue with installation for me. I struggled a little bit -with accessing the IRC group chats because I have had no experience with -that before, and Google was not very helpful. I messed around with some -variations of the join command until I realized that Adium only needs a -"#group_chat_name" input to join a chat room. Clearer instructions on -that would have been helpful. - -I did have a question about the specific set-ups for Virtual Box (such as -how big should the hard drive be, did the professors want us to set up the -virtual hard drive, etc), but this was eventually answered in class. - -The final struggle I had was understanding the concept of forking and pull -requests. I have been reading github sections on the respective topics to -make the concepts clearer in my mind. From ba6fdaec5b863aeb0f0e6fc13ccef3d05f274d0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:44:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 11/23] Delete reflection2 --- reflection2 | 30 ------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 reflection2 diff --git a/reflection2 b/reflection2 deleted file mode 100644 index 562f428..0000000 --- a/reflection2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -# Reflections 13/09/08 - 13/09/13 - -Improvement Suggestions: -The class this week seemed more disorganized than last week because the lack -of homework posts and in-class summaries. The professor did explain in class -that it was because he was busier this week, but it would have been nice to -have sent a quick announcement via space telling us about the delay. - -Classroom praises: -This week we discussed how to improve the classroom dynamics as well as -seeing what the strengths of the class were. I liked this because it -established further than the instructors cared about creating an effective -work environment and we were able to create a conversation between the -instructors and the groups. - -Personal Challenges: -I realized that I did not submit my reflections homework in correctly last -week. I realized that I should have gone to the IRC and asked my fellow -classmates for help if I was confused on how to do this. - -Personal Improvements: -This week, I've begun a journal documenting what we've done in class and what -I've been doing outside of class. This helps me look back at what we've done -before in class more easily, and allows me to remember the questions that -I've had. - -Questions: -I'm confused about what we are going to do with ipython, how to check if it -works for us, and the purpose of all the other programs we have been -downloading. From 3a56461315adde417094cea40163079dab0c1fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:44:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 12/23] Delete reflection3 --- reflection3 | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 reflection3 diff --git a/reflection3 b/reflection3 deleted file mode 100644 index 27a4ed2..0000000 --- a/reflection3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -# Reflections 13/09/14 - 13/09/21 - -This week involved guest lecturer speakers, and did not involve new -installations. I did struggle some more this week dealing with ipython -in the Virtual Machine, but after talking to some classmates about it, -I believe everything has been sorted out. - -All the other installations I had completed last week. I look forward to -using our installed programs this upcoming week! - - From 9e358197419fc980d3707f6497e333e7c86f1fda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:44:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 13/23] Delete reflection4 --- reflection4 | 24 ------------------------ 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 reflection4 diff --git a/reflection4 b/reflection4 deleted file mode 100644 index 278e6bf..0000000 --- a/reflection4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Reflections 130922-130925 - -I was gone for my sister's wedding starting from Sept 120925, so my -reflections will cover mostly just Tuesday's class. We were able to get -resources for python learning (the safari textbooks in the UC lib system) -which I thought was helpful because I did not know about it before. - -In class, I learned a -useful command for quitting a program while in the Virtual Box terminal -(control z), and then you can still run the program in the backgroun (bg)! -I thank my tech lead for this useful tidbit. - -I agree that having feedback about reflections would be nice. I am still -not 100% if my reflections have been submitted, so having a quick confirmation -either via bspace or github would be nice. - -I agree that having a google calendar would be a good idea. - -This week involved guest lecturer speakers, and did wnot involve new -installations. I did struggle some more this week dealing with ipython -in the Virtual Machine, but after talking to some classmates about it, -I believe everything has been sorted out. - - From 5a3389138fddef14365275aef268f9ed64923e5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:44:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 14/23] Delete reflection5 --- reflection5 | 30 ------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 reflection5 diff --git a/reflection5 b/reflection5 deleted file mode 100644 index fe4994f..0000000 --- a/reflection5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -Reflections 130926-131004 - ---Issues-- -This week we began our first homework assignment, and our first role -assignments. The biggest issue that immediately cropped up in our group -was finding a suitable meeting date that worked for everyone. -Unfortunately, none of us were able to meet in person until Saturday, -and then someone changed their plans and now we have to meet up last minute -on Sunday night. This has caused me some degree of anxiety -because I cannot do my work as the Visualizer until the curator has completed his. - -Perhaps for our next group assignments, we can assign groups based on -another survey of when people are most free to meet up with each other, -and those that overlap can be assigned to the same group. - - ---Suggestions-- -It would be useful if the powerpoint slides of the guest lectures could -become available, as well as our previous in-class lecture notes. -While I have been taking notes during the guest lectures, I find it -distracting trying to copy down all the lecture slides verbatim while also -trying to take real notes (which for me include commentary that I have about -the lecture itself, as well as specific phrases the lecturer uses that -helps clarify the images at hand). It's also virtually impossible to understand -some of what the lecturer is saying without seeing the graphs the lecturer -was using at the time. - - ---Positives-- -It's great that we finally started the ball rolling with our first project! From b586e642772c387830200dd0eeee6b96ba598a2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:40:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 15/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index 1c7e47c..bb63fac 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,5 +1,24 @@ #Reflections compilations +#Reflections 131012-131019 + +Tuesday we talked about a bunch of tools we could use for our next project, such +as HTML5 presentations, dexy it, bibserver, JSON, and basemap. Thursday we had +Professor Stark come in and give a lecture. To be honest, I was rather lost with +the lecture. It would have been more clear if at the beginning, he would have +concisely explain the purpose of the lecture, so that we would have something to +focus on when he lectured. Instead, I felt as if I was bombarded with all these +facts and data, and was unable to focus on any given thing. + +Most of my notes consisted of what was just written on the lecture slides, which +is not really useful, but I didnt realize that we would have the lecture notes +posted online. Next time I'll try to focus more on what he is saying. + +Set up for the homework assignment went more smoothly than last week. We were +all able to meet on time, everything installed seamlessly. I look forward to +working with my group members and learning JSON. + + ##### @@ -100,7 +119,8 @@ reflections will cover mostly just Tuesday's class. We were able to get resources for python learning (the safari textbooks in the UC lib system) which I thought was helpful because I did not know about it before. -In class, I learned a useful command for quitting a program while in the Virtual Box terminal (control z), and then you can still run the program in +In class, I learned a useful command for quitting a program while in the Virtual +Box terminal (control z), and then you can still run the program in the backgroun (bg)! I thank my tech lead for this useful tidbit. I agree that having feedback about reflections would be nice. I am still From 9e31bc1bbd896cad271cd077f139e361eedda96f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:53:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 16/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index bb63fac..7600cc2 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -#Reflections compilations +# Reflections compilations -#Reflections 131012-131019 +# Reflections 131012-131019 Tuesday we talked about a bunch of tools we could use for our next project, such as HTML5 presentations, dexy it, bibserver, JSON, and basemap. Thursday we had From 274fdf135c1bbba6337c05e6a2c502bb9a3ed3a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 16:49:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 17/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index 7600cc2..5cbf546 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,5 +1,54 @@ # Reflections compilations +# Reflections 131027-131102 +Last week I have forgotten to submit my reflections, so I'm posting both last +weeks and this weeks reflections today. + +This week, the horizontal groups met together to talk about roadblocks, as well +as intermediate goals. We were able to brainstorm some good ideas, and I +appreciated this exercise because it gave us a more tangible goal to aim for. +I was also able to create a Facebook group to organize all of the visualizers +together, since all of us use and check Facebook. + +Groups: I was going to be in my original group with the presenter, anazlyer, and +curator, but plans fell through and I was left groupless. I had posted in the +visualizer group about needing a group, and though people saw my message, no +one had responded. Today, I posted in github about needing a group, but I don't +think people check the github website very often unless they are submitting +something in for class. Although it is Saturday and I still have time to find +a group, this is leaving me a little stressed out. Hopefully someone will +respond and I will be able to join a group by Sunday. + +Suggestions: +Again, it would be useful if a list of all the useful links were posted onto +one page. I find myself unable to find the link to the earthquake papers easily +because to me, github is messy. + + +# Reflections 131020-131026 +On Saturday, my group was able to finish our project relatively smoothly. +However, on Tuesday, we discussed reproducibility on other people's code and some +people found an error in our code. I was able to reproduce the error, though my +teammate was not. This was surprising to me, because I thought the code had +worked on Saturday. The difficulty of reproducibility became clearer to me +through these exercises. +In class on Tuesday, we also talked about clock skew, and how different +computers have different local times stored. I had not even thought of this +being an issue. In Tuesday, attendance was fairly poor, and Aaron mentioned this +being an issue. I agreed, because I was unable to meet up with half of my +groupmates during class. + +Ironically however, on Thursday, I had overslept but I spoke to my groupmates about +what we had done in class. We had talked about ideas for the final project. + +Questions and Suggestions: +I have been unable to see the google documents where people have been posting +their notes on Professor Stark's lectures. It would be helpful if there was either +a github page just for this, or if it was linked in bspace. It's difficult to sort +through all the github issue pages -- the layout is fairly messy and disorganized. + + + # Reflections 131012-131019 Tuesday we talked about a bunch of tools we could use for our next project, such From ced6db55bc51d79f66a04bce3601e99a2f28e84c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:48:57 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 18/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index 5cbf546..946487e 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,5 +1,19 @@ # Reflections compilations +# Reflections 131103-131110 +Last week was an interesting week. While my groupmmates assembled fairly late +into the week, we were still able to be productive by coordinating with other +groups to understand where the project was leading. Sunday and Monday was spent +getting to know some of those in my horizontals, and coordinating with my +own group members to see if they knew what was going on in their own horizontals. +Eventually we were able to crank out some SMART goals, and more importantly, +get on the same page with the rest of the class. + +This was reflected in Tuesday's class, in which the presenters did a nice job +summarizing what had went on in the past week, and what our future goals were. + + + # Reflections 131027-131102 Last week I have forgotten to submit my reflections, so I'm posting both last weeks and this weeks reflections today. From 41152e10016050bea594c4724a78fe60a13abd41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:15:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 19/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index 946487e..8a93995 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,5 +1,40 @@ # Reflections compilations +# Reflections 131110-131116 + +I did not completely finish last week's reflection, so I have updated it. +I think a good suggstion would be to ask each of the groups to keep a group +notebook, so that we can track what the other groups have done, are currently +doing, and what they are planning on doing. After last week's lecture, our group's +SMART goals got forcibly reassigned. Right now, I am personally confused if our +group should be working on visualizing ETAS, because right now the other group working +on understanding the ETAS model has already visualized for it. The other portion of our +SMART goal was to create visualizations for the Alarm Data, which I believe another +group is doing as well. I was hoping to ask our presenter about the details, but I have +not been able to get in contact with him. + +This week, it has been a bit difficult to recoordinate a meeting time with my group. We were +finally able to meet this Saturday 11/16/13, but not all the group members have arrived +yet, and the ones who are not here did not mention that they could not make it. +I was hoping some of them may have insight on what we are supposed to be doing. +By the end of the day., I expect to at least message the other visualizer groups to +see what still needs to be done, because currently it seems that our job is overlapping +with other ones. I planned on having our group meet with Aaron today, but someone +mentioned that Aaron was not having office hours today, so we decided to meet elsewhere. +My goal for the end of the day is to meet or at least have contacted +all of my own group members, and then ask my group members to contact some of the other +visualizers about +1. What they have done, and +2. What they think needs to be done still + +I'm starting to come to the conclusion that my group would probably be best served if we +all split up and join other groups. Evidently, the main issue we are dealing with in my group +is understanding what we need to do and what other people are doing. We feel pretty dead +in the water. It doesn't help that I'm not usually the Operational Lead in my groups +outside of Stats class, and I'm afraid I'm unsure of how to coordinate things better. + + + # Reflections 131103-131110 Last week was an interesting week. While my groupmmates assembled fairly late into the week, we were still able to be productive by coordinating with other @@ -7,11 +42,20 @@ groups to understand where the project was leading. Sunday and Monday was spent getting to know some of those in my horizontals, and coordinating with my own group members to see if they knew what was going on in their own horizontals. Eventually we were able to crank out some SMART goals, and more importantly, -get on the same page with the rest of the class. +get on the same page with the rest of the class. One of the most helpful things +to our group was having our presenter meet with the other presenters in the class. This was reflected in Tuesday's class, in which the presenters did a nice job summarizing what had went on in the past week, and what our future goals were. +Later in the week, I was able to help organize all the visualizers on a +Stats 157 Visualizers facebook page. We were able to better coordinate and +contact each other. After realizing that we had many overlapping goals and that +we did not know what other groups were doing, I posted a summary of what our group +goals were on the page. I also asked one girl, Ashley Sia, to create a repo of all the +visualizers groups on the the github page, which she did. This helped us gain some +more coordination. + # Reflections 131027-131102 From 0c2f9afb0e0ee868fcee4895d6e253922af2c86d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:07:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 20/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index 8a93995..0af6795 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ # Reflections 131110-131116 +Part 1: CONFUSION + RANT I did not completely finish last week's reflection, so I have updated it. I think a good suggstion would be to ask each of the groups to keep a group notebook, so that we can track what the other groups have done, are currently @@ -15,9 +16,8 @@ not been able to get in contact with him. This week, it has been a bit difficult to recoordinate a meeting time with my group. We were finally able to meet this Saturday 11/16/13, but not all the group members have arrived -yet, and the ones who are not here did not mention that they could not make it. -I was hoping some of them may have insight on what we are supposed to be doing. -By the end of the day., I expect to at least message the other visualizer groups to +yet, but I was able to meet with Jinsoo Lee and Sung Hoon Choi. +By the end of the day, I expect to at least contact some other groups to see what still needs to be done, because currently it seems that our job is overlapping with other ones. I planned on having our group meet with Aaron today, but someone mentioned that Aaron was not having office hours today, so we decided to meet elsewhere. @@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ is understanding what we need to do and what other people are doing. We feel pre in the water. It doesn't help that I'm not usually the Operational Lead in my groups outside of Stats class, and I'm afraid I'm unsure of how to coordinate things better. +PART 2: SOME CLARITY! At last! +The curaters (Alisha A + Jie Zhang) from another group showed up to our meeting, +and it has been helpful! Now we realized that part of the problem is that the visualizers +(us!) are supposed to be getting our data from the analyzers. But it seems that some analyzer +groups have been visualizing the data without the visualizers? Which basically leaves the +groups that are only visualizers useless. But in light of this, part of our goal will be +trying to understand the transition from curator to analyzer to visualizers. It would be our +hope to have the presenter coordinate across the horizontals. # Reflections 131103-131110 @@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ to our group was having our presenter meet with the other presenters in the clas This was reflected in Tuesday's class, in which the presenters did a nice job summarizing what had went on in the past week, and what our future goals were. -Later in the week, I was able to help organize all the visualizers on a +Early last weekend, I was able to help organize all the visualizers on a Stats 157 Visualizers facebook page. We were able to better coordinate and contact each other. After realizing that we had many overlapping goals and that we did not know what other groups were doing, I posted a summary of what our group @@ -56,6 +64,9 @@ goals were on the page. I also asked one girl, Ashley Sia, to create a repo of a visualizers groups on the the github page, which she did. This helped us gain some more coordination. +Honestly speaking though, I was less productive this week due to a heavier workload +from my other classes. However, I look forward to picking up the pace next week! + # Reflections 131027-131102 From 95a679a5099150cf028b883e105f0c67878ee490 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:57:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 21/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index 0af6795..a4caa12 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ # Reflections 131110-131116 +Evaluations: +Because I have been getting a huge list of github emails that I have been sorting with +the Stats 157 bspace emails, I did not see the email sent out Tuesday night annoucing that the +individual responses were due Thursday morning. I sent out the evaluation out today. +To avoid this problem in the future, I have reorganized my filterig system in my emails, +so now the bspace announcements will stand out and have a tag associated with it. + + Part 1: CONFUSION + RANT I did not completely finish last week's reflection, so I have updated it. I think a good suggstion would be to ask each of the groups to keep a group @@ -42,6 +50,9 @@ groups that are only visualizers useless. But in light of this, part of our goa trying to understand the transition from curator to analyzer to visualizers. It would be our hope to have the presenter coordinate across the horizontals. +I created a list of useful links in both the public Facebook visuazliers group and our +specific <3 Facebook group to help members find useful links more quickly. + # Reflections 131103-131110 Last week was an interesting week. While my groupmmates assembled fairly late From 9aa60a4f1223ab24beb60a9a5f303a0e02bbcade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:50:32 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 22/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index a4caa12..beba8bd 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,5 +1,23 @@ # Reflections compilations +# Reflections 131117-131123 + +Group Oragnization and dynamics: +The group evaluation forms has helped our group see what role has not been fulfilled yet. +In addition, we added a couple of members to our group. This has helped a lot in terms of +organization. + +We decided to have our group improve other group's graphs, and each member in our group +had roles to fulfill. This worked well until Thursday, until we spoke to Carl in Quakers +who said his group was also improving graphs. + +We decided to schedule office hours 3-4 Aaron on Saturday (this was set in the beginning +of the week). However, he hasn't showed up yet :( This is the second time Aaron hasn't +showed up to office hours (The first time being Monday Nov 4 :( ) + +*work in progress + + # Reflections 131110-131116 Evaluations: From ec9909bc7d017333ff2bbf8f832b7238ae4869e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: chocoho Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:39:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 23/23] Update Reflections --- Reflections | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Reflections b/Reflections index beba8bd..4018158 100644 --- a/Reflections +++ b/Reflections @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ # Reflections compilations +# Reflections 131124-131130 + +Updated last week's reflections. + +Class presentations: +This week is Thanksgiving weekend! In class, we were given two presentations. I was +very impressed with the iPython creator's presentation - he was engaging and informative, +and I learned a lot about the brief history of computation, as well as the problems with +scientific publication and access. This was one of the highlights of this class for me, +so I am thankful that he was able to speak. + +I enjoyed the presenter's quip about publication -- that publication can be any form of +sharing your interpretation of data with the community, whether it be via Powerpoint, a +website, a published article. While we may not be able to submit our results into a journal +by the end of the semester, I believe as a class we will definitely be able to publish +something! + + + + + # Reflections 131117-131123 Group Oragnization and dynamics: @@ -9,13 +30,19 @@ organization. We decided to have our group improve other group's graphs, and each member in our group had roles to fulfill. This worked well until Thursday, until we spoke to Carl in Quakers -who said his group was also improving graphs. +who said his group was also improving graphs. We decided to schedule office hours with +Aaron to work through what our role as a group should be, since the Quaker group seems to +also be trying to polish up their own work. Our goal is to be a proofreader and polisher of +other people's final graphs. We decided to schedule office hours 3-4 Aaron on Saturday (this was set in the beginning of the week). However, he hasn't showed up yet :( This is the second time Aaron hasn't -showed up to office hours (The first time being Monday Nov 4 :( ) +showed up to office hours (The first time being Monday Nov 4 :( ). We realize Aaron is very +busy, but I hope next time we can find a time that he will be free! We planned on giving a +brief presentation about our role as a group to the class on Tuesday, showing some graphs +that we've seen and improvements to be made, etc, but since we still haven't completely +sorted -*work in progress # Reflections 131110-131116