--- layout: default title: Be Social description: Follow a friend. Watch a project. categories: bootcamp main_category: bootcamp --- If you’ve found yourself on this page, we’re assuming you’re brand new to Git and GitHub. Being social is one of the key features of GitHub. Open source projects become even more awesome when people come together to collaborate and we are happy to help that happen! ##First: Follow A Friend 1. Pick a friend. Why not follow one of these cool people?

Tom Preston-Werner

mojombo

Chris Wanstrath

defunkt

PJ Hyett

pjhyett

Scott Chacon

schacon

Who are these fine fellows? Why the founders of GitHub, of course! 2. Follow a friend Once you are on one of their pages, click the “follow” button. Click “Follow

Congratulations! You are now following a friend. You will be notified about their activity on GitHub. ##Next: Watch A Project At some point you may want to stay up-to-date with a specific project. We’ve made this easy to do. 1. Watch a project Our friend the Octocat has a project called Hello World that we’d like to watch. Once you are in the project page, you will notice there is a “watch” button at the top of the page. Click on it. Click “Watch

Congratulations! You are now watching the the Hello World project. If the Octocat updates it, you will be notified. ##Lastly: Celebrate Congratulations! You are quite the socialite. What do you want to do next?