The use of github for non-programmers is coming (time to learn git)

O’Reilly media is doing something I haven’t seen before: using github as a repository for a book. Github is a famous code repository, and I have seen it extended to include government data. But this sees like a new way to use it. Expect more non-traditional uses of github. In the meantime see: http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/01/open-government-files-released.html