Garrett needs 3 things right now: a job (to give me something worthwhile to do and people to socialize with), coder friends (to give me motivation and to unlock my potential), and money (to live on) (but i don't need that as much as the first two).
Garrett wants everyone to take a few seconds to check the top right corner of their homepage and process any outstanding requests (such as group invitations, friend requests, application notifications, etc.). It is most likely that, with the exception of the application notifications, they were sent to you by someone who intended you to see it and...