From: Daniel Moore <yahivin@...>
Date: 2009-06-07T01:44:30+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Twitter Personalities (#208)

Joshua,

James has some great suggestions and I couldn't have said it better.
One of the best ways to learn more about Ruby is to dive in. You may
find out that it is easier than you imagine. If you get stuck on a
particular issue you can search the web or ask on the mailing list;
there are many great resources and lots of people interested in
helping out.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:23 PM, James Gray<james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Joshua Collins wrote:
>
>> This Quiz sounds fun!
>>
>> I wish  I knew more about Ruby than I do now. I would participate in this
>> one, but I am a beginner rubyist :-(
>>
>> Anyhow, I can not wait to see the results. Good luck to everyone
>> participating!
>
> This is an almost perfect quiz for a beginner!  Don't give up!
>
> Use it as a chance to stretch your skills.
>
> Try this:
>
> 1.  Build a funny saying in a String
> 2.  Replace some words in that saying with variables that hold the words you
> removed
> 3.  Adjust each variable so it gets two or three different words that all
> could fit the saying, selected randomly
>
> It's just like reverse Madlibs.  You may get more ideas to keep improving it
> too.
>
> It's not a spoiler to get help on the Twitter side, or you can just skip
> that part completely.  Don't be afraid to change the task to suit your
> skill.  If you learn something, you win.
>
> You can even ask us questions on the personality side, just be clever in
> avoiding spoiler material.  "Hey guys, I'm building a new navigation system
> for NASA's next generation rocket and it needs to randomly choose between
> three directions…"  We're here to help.  :)
>
> "Never give up!  Never surrender!"
>
> James Edward Gray II
>


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