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+###Welcome to darapti!
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+
+###About me
+P. Coleman.
+* College student
+* Philosophy major
+* Formal logic geek
+* Solo novice developer
+
+
+###What in the world's a darapti?
+<p>Darapti is one of the valid categorical syllogisms in formal logic, as constructed by Aristotle.</p>
+<p>A syllogism is an argument consisting of two or more premises and a conclusion. It uses deductive reasoning to arrive at the conclusion from the premises.</p>
+<p>There are 256 possible syllogisms, but only ~20 valid forms.
+However, Aristotle's system proved hard to memorize alone (too many darn vowels), so the medievals created mnemonics for the valid forms.
+Darapti is one of them.</p>
+(paraphrased from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism))
+
+
+###Darapti as a syllogism: 
+```
+Premise: All hackathons are fun events.
+Premise: All hackathons are strenuous events.
+Conclusion: So, some strenuous events are fun events.
+```
+
+###Why darapti?
+1. Darapti is a weakened form. For the conclusion to be true, it must assume that the terms in the premises are.</p>
+2. It's a reminder for me to check all parts of my program and make sure they function. Otherwise, just like an argument, it'll fall apart.</p>
+3. Logic is how I gained the confidence to code.
+4. Darapti also rolls off the tongue well (dah-rahp-tee).</p>
+
+###Why hackathon?
+1. Why not?
+2. I've been sitting on my butt with some ideas, but haven't been inspired to build them yet.
+3. I like the opportunity to try to build something in a limited time frame.
+
+
+###Skillset and Ambitions
+* a cup of PHP/MySQL
+* a pinch of JavaScript
+* a dash of HTML/CSS
+* I'll create either an educational game or something to help with the fine print.
+* Not sure of specific APIs at the moment.
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+{
+  "teamName": "darapti",
+  "members": [
+    {
+      "name": "P. Coleman",
+      "twitter": "umemi",
+      "koding": "pc15",
+      "location": "San Francisco, US"
+    }
+  ]
+}