Freenode is the place I go to once googling has failed but before raising a question on stackoverflow. Often you'll be able to speak directly to a dev or a kno

Freenode is the place I go to once googling has failed but before raising a question on stackoverflow. Often you'll be able to speak directly to a dev or a knowledgeable user of an opensource project. IRC/freenode - an important arrow in your problem solving quiver.