While waiting to get your account, a serious experimenter will start getting used to the GENI terminology. Best place for that would be a GENI summer school or a GENI engineering conference. But one may not have time or money to go to these events. Therefore, we awaken the self-learner within ourselves and decide to learn by staring at a computer screen. If you are going to take this route, then spend a good 2 hours staring at these sites: http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GeniNewcomersWelcome  ,   http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIConcepts and take notes because there is a lot to read and remember……