Let's get this thing rolling

I'm trying course blogs this term experimentally. This one will serve several purposes. The most important is to provide you a space in which you can interact, ask questions, see if anyone is working on similar problems. The second is to serve as a link between what comes up in your inquiries over the week and the resources available on learn@uw or elsewhere. If you want suggestions of further reading, or to alert others to something you have found, this is the place to do it. The third reason that I can think of is to answer questions of general interest. Email will remain the best place for housekeeping chores or something you'd prefer to keep between us, but anything general I hope you will ask or post here.