less than 10 updates in a year.
Man. I don't know who, if anyone, is reading this, but I guess it's time to get back to updating it.
I feel bad that I haven't maintained it. Sorry to any followers who miss my stuff.
Where have I been?
I moved, and I'm looking for work down here in Alien country. Roswell, New Mexico.
Should be interesting.
I wrote this, though I take no credit for any of the trademarked phrases in here, nor the opening song from Fresh Prince of Bel Air:
Facebook is where I spend most of my days,
It's the social network on which I was raised.
My buddies all chill here, and people from school,
I have so many friends, people somehow think that I'm cool.
Then along came Google, after time watching us,
Trying to entice us with a service called "Plus"
I clicked a link in my email from someone I know,
And found myself from my gmail- ready to go.
I uploaded a Photo, I needed just one,
and Google+ told me, "yeah, you're not done."
Now I'm trying to make circles, figuring this thing out,
I think I understand it, I see what it's about.
I asked some friends about it, but a few got scared,
And told me to come back to Facebook, since I belong there.
I'm still not sure whether Plus is for me,
But right now, all of you can rest easy,
I haven't made a decision, but I did take a look,
I think I'll stay (for now) with my comfortable Facebook.
E-mail me if you want a Google+ invite.
Technology being used to care for the elderly.
This is particularly interesting to me, because, as some of you know, I am currently planning to start living with and caring for my elderly grandfather. Honestly, most of the older people I know are not particularly tech-savvy, so it's interesting to think that the tech could really become a useful tool in their care and aid.
While I'm unsure about "Aging in place" as the article puts it, I can see the potential here to use technology to improve the lives of these same people who have little-to-no experience or desire to use it. How many grandparents would quickly jump at the chance to use video-calling like Skype to talk to their grandkids. How many of them would welcome (if they felt it was safe) the concept of online banking, and being able to monitor and check their spending habits easily from the home.
Overall, as the Baby Boomers start to move into the retirement homes and care facilities, maybe it will become easier to adapt the technology. I'm interested to see what will happen.
Career day!
Career day was awesome! It's great that those kids have their whole lives ahead of them still, and that they're actually interested in my career.
Also, WINDOWS 8!!!
CLICK HERE!
I just thought that might be interesting to some of you. Windows is looking more like a phone now. I wonder how expensive touchscreens of that size will be.
Thoughts?
So, the Android is as vulnerable as a Mac, at least.
I still don't understand why people create malware. I mean, are trolls really so discontent with forum wars that they have to try to piss off normal people too?
Also, I just read that the Mac virus from the last month or so, MacDefender, is still undefeated. Scary stuff out there.
On a side note, anybody notice the new wire graphics on the sides here? More stuff coming. I'm also doing Career Day at an elementary school on Friday. Hope I can keep the kids interested.
6 Months… what happened?
Seriously. I don't know why I have this blog anymore. Once in a while, I get the idea that I should update it. It never happens. The site sits, stagnant, probably not getting visitors. The only signups anymore are spambots.
It's time for a change and a revision. It's time to make updating this site a mandatory part of my day, the same as brushing my teeth or eating lunch! I could use some encouragement though, so please, if you read this, feel free to post or email me with any encouragement you might have.
New Year, New Skills!
Happy new year!
Now that we got that out of the way, I thought I'd just detail my development goals for 2011. As always, your comments are welcome.
ASP with VB. Got through another chapter in the O'Reilly book this morning. I should be able to get examples up by the end of January.
Java
SOAP and PEAR (basically, I want to become a PHP expert, and that means knowing my way around it much more comfortably and competently than now).
I think those things and the little things that might come up would put my skillset down nicely. I guess my biggest goal is going to be to update this site more often, and of course, to get some examples up of all things. I can't believe none of them are site-worthy yet. Soon.
Gotta learn something new
Ok, so I keep seeing job listings using languages and skills I don't have. I have to learn something new, here are my choices:
-ASP.net (I have a book for ASP with VB, but I think I need the C# one).
-Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Or something similar to that)
-IIS (I've seen this in a few places and need to go figure out what it is).
-Joomla (I know what it is, but I never really use it)
-Java (I've barely figured out the basics, it might be good to actually get a grasp of it)
-Something Else (Post a comment).
What do you think? I'm thinking that more Java, followed by C# would be best.
