litreview

Literature Review

This is not a literature course, but as a member of the FOSS community, there are many texts to grok to help you down the path. The instructor has provided some texts, and many more were contributed by other Professors, hackers, and community members who thought these works were important enough to share with graduating college students about to enter the "real-world."

As far as this instructor is concerned, you should at the very minimum be able to remember the basics:

The Basics

• Who Author
• What
  • Title
• Where
  • URL
• When
  • Date Published

The Gist

You're in a social setting. Someone says "Hey, did you ever read X?" You quickly respond "Oh heck yeah! X was {awesome,terrible}!" The person next to you in the circle says "Oh snap, I didn't read X. What was it about...?"

..You have exactly 3 lines, MAX, to prove you are not a hipster--and "The Gist" is those 3 lines.

Your Review

Imagine you are on Yelp, Amazon, Ebay, Netflix, or any other site that has customer reviews. This is the message that you want to leave behind, to represent yourself, and inform (or warn) others.

You should add a quick rating system of your choosing (X/Y stars, X thumbs up) as part of the review.

The Good

• 3 things that:
  • you thought were good
  • made sense
  • will stick with you or
  • were lolzy.

The Bad

• 3 things that:
  • you thought were bad
  • didn't make sense
  • will be easy to forget or
  • made you want to send a patch

The Questions

• 3 Questions you have after reading the literature.