General Tools and Resources

Telegram Group Chat

• Service Site: telegram.org

This is how we stay in contact during the week of classes.

Download for iOS/Android at your friendly local app store.

• Register using your mobile phone number (this is how you get your token)
• In the settings, be sure to create an @user name and add a photo or other image so we can quickly spot you (or at least your avatar).
• Join at https://t.me/joinchat/HT4a1kl1cVs4kFeCrw4jJA
• Turn off notifications
• Introduce yourself (name/affiliation, quick description of your background and interest, and, optionally, a use case/scenario you would like to discuss in class)

Making Diagrams

• General use case and other diagrams: https://www.draw.io
• Google Docs Drawing Tools: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/179740?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
• Try it with Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1umWoxzzVGhStpVv7f0v_e8QRgcxQ-bPrpGHyYn-Arq8/edit

Swimlane Diagrams

• Simple data-driven swimlane diagrams: https://swimlanes.io
• More data-driven swimlane diagrams: https://www.websequencediagrams.com
• For more context on the use of swim lane diagrams to describe legal use cases, see: https://github.com/mitmedialab/CoreID/tree/master/diagrams

Using Markdown

• https://github.github.com/gfm
• https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown

HTML to Markdown Converters

• https://domchristie.github.io/turndown
• https://www.browserling.com/tools/html-to-markdown
• Message thread with tools galore: https://talk.commonmark.org/t/is-a-reverse-conversion-html-to-markdown-possible/899/14

GitHub Pages

• https://pages.github.com/
• Point your domain name entry at your registrar's settings site to the following "A Name" DNS addresses:
  • 192.30.252.153
  • 192.30.252.154