From c012d6c0864bf589a9b5871371c326d206ef2578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Volkan=20=C3=96z=C3=A7elik?= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 22:10:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Created an About page. --- Teams/WordBuddies/ABOUT.MD | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Teams/WordBuddies/ABOUT.MD diff --git a/Teams/WordBuddies/ABOUT.MD b/Teams/WordBuddies/ABOUT.MD new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2c90c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Teams/WordBuddies/ABOUT.MD @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Word Buddies +================ + +Here is a **real story**: + +> **Cihan** and **Aylin** are living together in beautiful Berkeley. +> +> Cihan works at a high-tech company in San Francisco; +> +> while Aylin goes to school at UC Berkeley for her Phd. degree in Law. +> +> Often times she comes across interesting English words at school which she wants to practice and learn. +> +> Since some of the words and terminology are used in both of their subjects, this would benefit them both. + +There was one little problem, though: + +> There wasn't an easy way of sharing words with each other throughout the day, +> +> other than sending whatsapp message or emails. Both of which, suck. + +Here, at **WordBuddies ™**, we will… + +* present lists of words in an intuitively **accessible** way; +* With **fun**; +* and with **competition**. + +**WordBuddies** is (*or, let us say, "will be"*) an addictive platform for all word-lovers. + +> You will learn vocabulary using the **BuddyEffect ™** and **gamification**, without even realizing that you do! + +… + +**ahem** \'nuf hints already, wait for the hackathon demo **;)**. + +About Us +=========================== + +### Begül Tunç + +Designista. + +Makes photoshop "sing". + +Crafts be-a-u-tiful interfaces so fast that, sometimes we suspect she freezes time or something. + +### Cihan Şahin + +The biz guy. + +He can wear many hats, including "usability expert", "coder", "designer associate", "marketing manager". + +His energy, and stamina, is what makes this group a "**team**"! + +### Volkan Özçelik + +Jack of all trades, master of JavaScript. + +If somehting can be done with JavaScript, Volkan has probably created a prototype of it as a "side-project" somewhere. + +He has been actively developing in the industry since "Netscape Navigator 4". + +He talks at conferences, writes books and articles, and plays Skyrim. + +See [volkan.io](http://volkan.io/) and [@linkibol](http://twitter.com/linkibol) for how he does what he does. + +Tecnhologies We Will Use +======= + +* Node.JS +* NGINX +* Redis +* MongoDB +* Sockets and Stream (and **PubNub**, of course!) +* Love, and passion, +* Redbull (*is that a sponsor?*) +