diff --git a/gobyexample/channel-buffering.go b/gobyexample/channel-buffering.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c409e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/channel-buffering.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	messages := make(chan string, 2)
+	messages <- "buffered"
+	messages <- "channel"
+
+	fmt.Println(<-messages)
+	fmt.Println(<-messages)
+}
diff --git a/gobyexample/channel-directions.go b/gobyexample/channel-directions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7006fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/channel-directions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func ping(pings chan<- string, msg string) {
+	pings <- msg
+}
+
+func pong(pings <-chan string, pongs chan<- string) {
+	msg := <-pings
+	pongs <- msg
+}
+
+func main() {
+	pings := make(chan string, 1)
+	pongs := make(chan string, 1)
+	ping(pings, "passed message")
+	pong(pings, pongs)
+	fmt.Println(<-pongs)
+}
diff --git a/gobyexample/channel-synchronization.go b/gobyexample/channel-synchronization.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dfd7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/channel-synchronization.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func worker(done chan bool) {
+	fmt.Print("working...")
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	fmt.Println("done")
+
+	done <- true
+}
+
+func main() {
+	done := make(chan bool, 1)
+	go worker(done)
+
+	<-done
+}
diff --git a/gobyexample/channels.go b/gobyexample/channels.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b8703f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/channels.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	messages := make(chan string)
+
+	go func() { messages <- "ping" }()
+
+	msg := <-messages
+	fmt.Println(msg)
+}
diff --git a/gobyexample/goroutines.go b/gobyexample/goroutines.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cce6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/goroutines.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func f(from string) {
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		fmt.Println(from, ":", i)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	f("direct")
+
+	go f("goroutine")
+
+	go func(msg string) {
+		fmt.Println(msg)
+	}("going")
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	fmt.Println("done")
+}
diff --git a/gobyexample/select.go b/gobyexample/select.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95150f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/select.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	c1 := make(chan string)
+	c2 := make(chan string)
+
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		c1 <- "one"
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+		c1 <- "two"
+	}()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		select {
+			case msg1 := <-c1:
+				fmt.Println("received", msg1)
+			case msg2 := <-c2:
+				fmt.Println("received", msg2)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gobyexample/waitgroups.go b/gobyexample/waitgroups.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a810442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobyexample/waitgroups.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func worker(id int) {
+	fmt.Printf("Worker %d starting\n", id)
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	fmt.Printf("Worker %d done\n", id)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	for i:= 1; i<=5; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+
+		i := i
+
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			worker(i)
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}