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     <div class="reveal">
       <div class="slides">
-        <section id="title" data-markdown>
-          # git basics
+        <section>
+          <section id="title" data-markdown>
+            # git basics
+            ## for beginner-level git users
 
-          note:
-          - if you have questions ask them right away
-          - hand out cheat sheets
-        </section>
+            notes:
+            - if you have questions ask them right away
+            - hand out cheat sheets later, no need to write stuff down
+          </section>
 
-        <section>
-          <section id="intro" data-markdown>
-            # intro
+          <section id="intro-objectives" data-markdown>
+            ## objectives
+
+            - teach you to fish
+            - hands-on experience
+            - use version control!
+            - collaborate!
           </section>
 
+          <section id="intro-about-me" data-markdown>
+            ## about me
+
+            - scientific computing support @ idiv since 2014
+            - happy git user since 2010
+
+            > There will never be a better version control system than git.
+            >
+            > -- Christian Krause, Chemnitz 2017
+          </section>
+
+          <section id="intro-about-today" data-markdown>
+            ## about today
+
+            be able to ...
+
+            1.  use git in **ALL** your projects
+            2.  collaborate with each other
+
+            ... that is mission accomplished.
+
+            notes:
+            - there is time for fancy stuff later
+            - take a few weeks getting used to git
+            - delay is good to grow your own experience
+            - growing pain is how we learn
+          </section>
+
+          <section id="intro-you" data-markdown>
+            ## about you
+
+            ![people](img/people.jpg)
+
+            name, job, git experience, why git?
+          </section>
+
+          <section id="intro-about-git" data-markdown>
+            ## about git
+
+            1.  **records changes to a repository**
+
+                content, who, when, message
+            2.  **best tool for the job**
+
+                technical, usability, community
+
+            notes:
+            - the fact that content is organized in files and directories is
+              only incidental
+            - for git to be useful, content has to be text
+          </section>
+        </section>
+
+        <section>
           <section id="motivation" data-markdown>
-            ## motivation
+            # motivation
 
             > Why should I use git?
-
-            - boss
-            - project version history
-            - project management
-            - show scenarios
           </section>
 
-          <section id="intro-motivation-avoid-mess" data-markdown>
+          <section id="motivation-avoid-mess" data-markdown>
             ## motivation #1
             ### avoid mess
 
             ![blah](img/draft_mess.png)
           </section>
 
-          <section id="intro-motivation-want-structure" data-markdown>
+          <section id="motivation-want-structure" data-markdown>
             ## motivation #1
             ### want structure
 
             ![blah](img/gitk-pretty-history.png)
           </section>
 
-          <section id="intro-motivation-playground" data-markdown>
+          <section id="motivation-playground" data-markdown>
             ## motivation #2
             ### throw-away playgrounds
 
@@ -72,7 +127,7 @@
             - (done right) decision based on regression testing
           </section>
 
-          <section id="intro-motivation-collaboration" data-markdown>
+          <section id="motivation-collaboration" data-markdown>
             ## motivation #3
             ### collaboration made easy
 
@@ -82,7 +137,7 @@
             notes:
             - demo GitLab
               - [go to project](https://git.idiv.de/sc/edu/git-seminar)
-              - check if still in master
+              - check if typo still in master
               - edit
               - change **target branch** to create merge request
             - commit message:
@@ -93,7 +148,7 @@
                 ```
           </section>
 
-          <section id="intro-motivation-creative-use" data-markdown>
+          <section id="motivation-creative-use" data-markdown>
             ## motivation #4
             ### the creative use of git award
             #### goes to Michael Schilli
@@ -120,7 +175,7 @@
             ### use version control for
             # *everything*
 
-            | common       | less frequent   | esoteric        |
+            | common       | less frequent   | esoteric?       |
             | ------------ |:---------------:| ---------------:|
             | software     | presentation    | youtube         |
             | blog         | paper / thesis  | soundboard      |
@@ -134,34 +189,31 @@
             ## motivation #a
             ### automation
 
-            > see advanced seminar
-
             - software testing
             - build app and deploy to app store
             - put presentation on web server
-          </section>
-
-          <section id="audience" data-markdown>
-            ## audience
 
-            - beginner-level git users
+            *(see advanced seminar)*
           </section>
+        </section>
 
-          <section id="goals" data-markdown>
-            ## goals
+        <section>
+          <section id="start" data-markdown>
+            # let's get started
 
-            - get you started
+            notes:
+            - git is simple and complex
+            - git seems complex for 2 reasons:
+              - you're unfamiliar with command line
+              - there are a lot of choices
+            - only X (TODO) theory pages
+            - I'm gonna dumb it down for you
+              - aka we'll stick to the simple parts
           </section>
 
           <section id="cheatsheet" data-markdown>
             # [cheat sheet](https://idiv-biodiversity.github.io/git-cheat-sheet/)
           </section>
-        </section>
-
-        <section>
-          <section id="start" data-markdown>
-            # let's get started
-          </section>
 
           <section id="cli" data-markdown>
             ## command line
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