update readme to be slightly more clear about prereqs

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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Welcome to the Diaspora Project!
+Diaspora*
 
 Diaspora is a privacy-aware, personally-controlled, do-it-all open source social network. Check out our [project site](http://diasporaproject.org).
 
@@ -12,19 +12,15 @@ If you want to do something big, reach out on IRC or the mailing list first, so
 
 With Diaspora you can:
 
-- Run and host your own pod and have control over your own social experience.
-- Own your own data.
-- Make friends across other pods seamlessly.
+- Make cool stuff
+- Share it across the web
+- Own your own data
 
-Documentation is available on our [wiki](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki)
-
-[Pull Request Guidelines](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Pull-Request-Guidelines)
-
-Before submitting code, feel free to sign our [Contributor License Agreement](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/New-CLA--12-13-10) [Sign Here](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ)
 
 ## Quick Start:
 
-Here's how you can get a development environment up and running. You can check out system-specific guides [here](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installation-Guides).
+Here's how you can get a **[development](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html)** environment up and running.  This is where any new pod runner should start, as well as people
+looking to contribute to D*.  This script assumes you have [a basic Rails setup installed](http://railsapps.github.com/installing-rails-3-1.html).
 
 ### Step 1: Download the script
 ```
@@ -46,7 +42,18 @@ then visit 'http://localhost:3000' in your browser.
   rake
 ```
 
-## Resources:
+## Want a production setup? Having trouble with install script? Want to install D* the slow way?
+  Look to more specific install guides [here](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installation-Guides).
+
+## Contributing
+
+Documentation is available on our [wiki](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki)
+
+[Pull Request Guidelines](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Pull-Request-Guidelines)
+
+Before submitting code, please sign our [Contributor License Agreement](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/New-CLA--12-13-10) [Sign Here](https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/joindiaspora.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdRTnY0TGtfaklKQXZNUndsMlJ2eGc6MQ)
+
+## More Resources:
 
 - [Wiki](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki)
 - [Podmin Resources](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Podmin-Resources)