CiviCRM Book Sprint Day 1

Wow - to me personally, the first day of Book Sprint was quite a surprise. I knew there is a really cool and knowledgeable group of people here, and I also knew that getting away from everyday work really helps with focusing, but I just couldn't guess how productive this day will be. We gathered a few minutes after 9, Adam gave us an overview of Flossmanuals tools to get everyone up to speed, we claimed our chapters and started writing. First part of the day was pretty silent, only the sound of ferocious typing could have been heard. The simple rule is - when you get tired with what you currently write about, take a rest or switch to writing something else. If you are unsure about the scope of your paragraph, ask others, have a little talk. As we were going further in our writing, more and more "synchronisation talks" were happening, people started peer reviewing their writing and brainstorming over different ideas. Dinner time was nearing inevitably, when Michael thought it would be interesting to take a look of what the book would look like, if the PDF was generated. Wow! We already had around 60 pages. This includes table of contents and some other "non content" pages. By the time we went out for dinner (btw, absolutely awesome main course, really delicious black cod marinated in miso seasoning - thanks Jill!), we had 71 pages of PDF, all that just after the first day. We will be obviously moving this content around, improving it, adding more stuff bit this looks like a really good start. Can't wait until tomorrow! :-) EDIT: Tony is also blogging from the sprint on Dharmatech blog, make sure to check it out. :-)