* Added initial note on the overview of the Carpentries as an

organization, its mission, its offerings, etc.

carpentries/20231204.Overview-of-Carpentries.md

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+Overview of the Carpentries (Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, ...)
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+"Software Carpentry September 2012 Introduction"
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIGweDdrZ20&ab_channel=softwarecarpentry
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+* Greg Wilson's intro on the essentiality of computing skills for researchers.
+* How effective learning works for novice programmers
+  (short- and long-term memory, chunking, ...).
+
+This seems to be part of a series of videos in this playlist:
+
+"Live Lecture September 2012"
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIGweDdrZ20&list=PLhFTuW7KWApwoo2DHzpWLhA19zenWF1LF&ab_channel=softwarecarpentry
+(28 video snippets)
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