Give the README some tough love.

README.md

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 # Diaspora
 
-The privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social
+Welcome to the Diaspora project, the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social
 network. [Diaspora Project](http://diasporaproject.org)
 
 ************************
 Diaspora is currently going through a huge refactoring push, the code is changing fast!
 If you want to do something big, reach out on IRC or the mailing list first, so you can contribute effectively <3333
 ************************
 
+**THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE AND SHOULD BE TREATED ACCORDINGLY.**
+**IT IS FUN TO GET RUNNING, BUT EXPECT THINGS TO BE BROKEN.**
+
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora.png)](http://travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora)
 [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/diaspora/diaspora.png?travis)](https://gemnasium.com/diaspora/diaspora)
 
 **TL;DR**
 
 ## Are you a user?
-You can get an account on any Diaspora pod(http://podupti.me or http://dspr.tk/a for a list of pods), or sign up for an invite
+You can get an account on [many Diaspora pods](http://podupti.me), or sign up for an invite
 at the pod run by the original development team at https://joindiaspora.com
 
 ## Are you a developer?
 
 Read on for how to get started.
 
-**THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE AND SHOULD BE TREATED ACCORDINGLY.**
-**IT IS FUN TO GET RUNNING, BUT EXPECT THINGS TO BE BROKEN.**
-
-## Want an invite?
-
-Diaspora is decentralized. You don't need an invite to joindiaspora.com to fully participate. Just choose your pod for example at http://podupti.me or http://dspr.tk/a If you still want one have a look at https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Invitations Or setup your own pod 
-
-Even if you're not a programmer, we'd love for you to give Diaspora a spin; all suggestions and comments welcome!
+We need you to fill out a
+[contributor agreement form](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ)
+before we can accept your patches.  This dual license agreement allows
+us to release limited pieces of Diaspora under the MIT license.  You can find it
+[here](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ).
 
 
-## Installation instructions
+## Installation Guides
 
-Installation instructions are [here](http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installing-and-Running-Diaspora).
+We have guides for pod admins (called podmins) [here](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installation-Guides).
 
-Thanks for helping battle test Diaspora.
-Please report any bugs you see at [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues).
 
 ## Contributing to Diaspora
 
-###[An introduction to the source code](http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/An-Introduction-to-the-Diaspora-Source)
-###[Issue tracker (bugs)](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues) - Currently going through major cleanup
-###[How to use git](http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Git-Workflow)
+Information on contributing to the Diaspora project can be found on the wiki. You can check our [Issue tracker (bugs)](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues), learn how we [work with git](http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Git-Workflow), and [become more familiar with our system](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Developers)
 
-Here are a few good places to start:
 
-- Run "rake spec" to run our [Rspec](http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2007/05/14/an-introduction-to-rspec-part-i/) 
-unit test suite.
 
-- Run "rake cucumber" to run our [Cucumber](http://rubylearning.com/blog/2010/10/05/outside-in-development/)
-integration test suite.
+Here are a few good places to start:
 
 - Take a look at the [issue tracker](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues) and pick a bug.
 Write a spec for it, so it's easy for another developer to fix it.
 
 Catches must be tested, and all your tests should be green, 
 unless you're marking an existing bug, before a pull request is sent.
-Unit tests should be in Rspec, and integration tests should be in Cucumber.
+Unit tests should be in Rspec, Javascript tests should be in Jasmine, and integration tests should be in Cucumber.
 
 Please make your changes in a branch to ensure that new commits to your master are 
 not included in the pull request, and to make it easier for us to merge your commits.
@@ -66,11 +58,6 @@ Please do not rebase our tree into yours.
 See [here](http://www.mail-archive.com/dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg39091.html)
 for when to rebase.
 
-We need you to fill out a
-[contributor agreement form](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ)
-before we can accept your patches.  This dual license agreement allows
-us to release limited pieces of Diaspora under the MIT license.  You can find it
-[here](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ).
 
 ## Resources
 
@@ -88,10 +75,11 @@ Ongoing discussion:
 - [#diaspora-dev IRC channel](irc://irc.freenode.net/#diaspora-dev)
   ([join via the web client](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=diaspora-dev))
 
-More general info and updates about the project can be found on
+General info and updates about the project can be found on
 [our blog](http://blog.joindiaspora.com),
+[our devblog](http://devblog.joindiaspora.com),
 [and on Twitter](http://twitter.com/joindiaspora).
-Also, be sure to join the official [mailing list](http://eepurl.com/Vebk).
+Also, be sure to join the official [mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/diaspora-dev).
 
 If you wish to contact us privately about any exploits in Diaspora you may
 find, you can email