[mpw-staff] last-minute notes

[Mel Chua]

Printed and packed:

> - a sign I put up on doors with directions to the room

* 8 copies (changed to Indiapolis instead of Boston with blank spots on 
the bottom to write details on once I get in and find our room number)
* masking tape
* marker

> - a Friday welcome page that I put up as people are settling in at 6pm
> - a Saturday morning slide deck
 > - the next steps slides for the wrap-up from 4:00-4:30

Got the files.

> - a page for right after lunch on Saturday describing the CodingBat practice

Er, this one is identical to the Friday welcome page... but we can 
figure something out if need be.

Also! More news! Matt Harrison heard about what we were doing and has 
made his intro programming book free to download on Amazon for today and 
tomorrow only, so that attendees (and anyone else who's interested) can 
get it. It's a great book (from what I saw of the earlier version, have 
not read the new copy), very gentle and hands-on-based, talking about 
thinking like a programmer rather than just writing code -- I saw his 
workshop based on the same material -- and up on 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00639H0AK (I told him I'd make sure it 
got blogged/tweeted/thanked, so I'll take care of that later tonight, as 
well as taking care of informing people of the resource -- just wanted 
to give folks a heads-up.

--Mel