Start to flesh out READMEs

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 cookiecutter-data-science
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+
+To start a new project:
+
+    cookiecutter [email protected]:drivendata/cookiecutter-data-science.git

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-## {{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}
+{{cookiecutter.project_name}}
+==============================
+
+{{cookiecutter.description}}
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+Organization
+------------
+
+    ├── data
+    │   ├── external       <- Data from third party sources.
+    │   ├── interim        <- Intermediate data that has been transformed goes.
+    │   ├── processed      <- The final, canonical data sets for modeling.
+    │   └── raw            <- The original, immutable data dump.
+    │
+    ├── notebooks          <- Jupyter or Beaker notebooks. Naming convention is a number (for ordering),
+    │                         the creator's initials, and a short `-` delimited description, e.g.
+    │                         `1.0-jqp-initial-data-exploration`.
+    ├── references         <- Reports, data dictionaries, manuals, and all other explanatory materials.
+    └── src                <- Source code. Possible subdirectories might be `scripts` or `API` for
+                              projects with larger codebases.
+
+Basic Commands
+--------------
+
+### Syncing data to S3
+
+* `make sync_data_to_s3` will use `s3cmd` to recursively sync files in `data/` up to `s3://{{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}/data/`.
+* `make sync_data_from_s3` will use `s3cmd` to recursively sync files from `s3://{{ cookiecutter.s3_bucket }}/data/` to `data/`.