####Giraffe.
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What is it exactly? Which kind of projects someone could share?
Im in Giraffe tooooo!
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Giraffe Reporting In!
I am very impressed with the induction cohort guide. Canāt wait to meet everyone!
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Iām in too, wombats.
Looking forward to this.
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Wombats 
This whole time I thought we were beavers 
Giraffe here! 
I looked into the possible projects and noticed that I donāt really understand what that momentum dash thingie actually does. When I visit the site, there is nothing I can do really nor is there any information on what the basic functionality is. All I could find was a link showing me the benefits of Momentum Pro - which doesnāt help if I donāt even know what the basic version does. So I KINDA get a hint of what to expect, but nothing definitive.
I know I COULD click on āAdd Momentum to Chromeā but maybe itās just me, but I donāt really want to install things just to see what they actually do. Itās likely that Iām too paranoid here, but having to install something blindly just feels wrong UX wise.
the chrome web store link has a bit more info:
Replace new tab page with a personal dashboard featuring todo, weather, and inspiration.
New Tab page gives you a moment of calm and inspires you to be more productive. Set a daily focus, track your to dos, and get inspired with a daily photo and quote. Eliminate distractions and beat procrastination with a reminder of your focus for the day on every new tab load. Join over 1 million users and get inspired to create the life you want to live.
i guess to really re-engineer an app you have to install and use itā¦
Koala cohort here.
Looking forward to March 17!
Yeah, the web store linkā¦ Stupid me ;3 Thanks a lot for clarifying on the functionality of the app, @chemok78 And youāre absolutely right that in order to reverse engineer it, Iād have to install it.;D It was just that Iād wanted to know if the app was something Iād like to work on before signing up to the project.
So yeah thanks again - Iām really excited to see you all very soon =)
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Iām in giraffes too.
A few questions:
In the sign up sheets, do I put the username I use in here or the one in slack?
and
Why the projects banner has a huge red pink āXā over it? Are they full?
@kimkwanka Yeah, I was looking at the projects too and had no idea what the plugin did. I donāt like installing things in my browser, specially chrome that for some reason crashes or runs very slow when it has plugins installed. I would like to sign up for both but I have no clue how big and difficult those projects are.
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Hi guys
I got mail to join wombats group . How to sign up on slack please help
Hi, I think you get the Slack invite march 17
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Hi, WOMBAT here, i was trying to sign up on slack like a crazy ā¦ ok.i will wait for the invite
not 100% sure, but I think Chance emailed earlier that we will receive march 17!
I chose the āCreate New Teamā option. It then lets you create an account and then add the new team info.
Whatās up!!! Wambat here. Looking forward to signing up for stuff. I hope Iām not useless with my lack of mad skillzš Iām already on slack for another group so I have a username. It has an option to add more teams.
Iāve seen yesterday that i ve been accepted to Coala kohort Good luck folks and have fun.
@kimkwanka and others asking about the Momentum Dash project ā¦
Iām currently in my 2nd round of the cohorts; did the Momentum project as a āMeerkatā - my previous cohort.
You definitely do not need to install the Chrome extension for the project. There are (or were - I suppose it could have changed) two stated objectives: 1) clone the basic functionality of Momentum Dash, and 2) build from that, creating something new based on what youāve learned.
You can 100% figure out Momentum Dash just by looking at screenshots in Google images. And if youāve completed the FCC intermediate front-end projects, youāve totally got this.
Thereās no formal showcase or evaluation of the projects. So ā¦ I donāt think thereās really any pressure to complete or consequence if you donāt. Still, what you get out of the experience is directly proportional to what you put in.
The biggest take-aways for me were the derivative benefits of working with a team with a deadline. I went in worrying about my coding ability. But the soft skills stuff turned out to be the real challenge: team dynamics (politics), scheduling, keeping everyone motivated, dealing with unexpected real-life stuff, etc.
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Giraffes represent!
Iāve creeped around on a few peopleās portfolios, and Iāve noticed that some of you guys are a bit farther ahead than I am, which Iām super excited about, and I look forward to this opportunity to learn from my peers.
Iām also super excited about the projects, I think itāll be a great way to get experience working in a team with people.
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