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+The git-annex assistant makes git-annex easy to use by providing a
+automatic management and syncing of your files, and a friendly web frontend
+for configuration.
+
+The git-annex assistant is being
+[crowd funded on
+Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistant-like-dropbox-but-with-your-own/).
+[[/assistant/Thanks]] to all my backers.
+
+I blog about my work on the git-annex assistant on a daily basis
+in [[this_blog|design/assistant/blog]] Follow along!
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-The git-annex assistant is being
-[crowd funded on Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistant-like-dropbox-but-with-your-own/).
-[[Thanks]] to all my backers.
+This is the design site for the git-annex [[/assistant]].
 
-This is my design and plan for developing it.
-Still being fleshed out, still many ideas and use cases to add.
-Feel free to chip in with comments! --[[Joey]]
+Parts of the design is still being fleshed out, still many ideas
+and use cases to add. Feel free to chip in with comments! --[[Joey]]
 
 ## roadmap
 
@@ -23,5 +20,5 @@ Feel free to chip in with comments! --[[Joey]]
 
 ## blog
 
-I'll be blogging about my progress in the [[blog]] on a semi-daily basis.
+I'm blogging about my progress in the [[blog]] on a semi-daily basis.
 Follow along!