Category: Education
-
ASP.NET MVC
Teaching myself a little ASP.NET over the weekend. Surprisingly vanilla ASP.NET seems to lack a lot of modern features found in other web frameworks. I ended up running into the ASP.NET MVC preview and installed that. So far I’m liking it. There are a few rough edges I need to sort out. I think I’m…
-
Nearly A Month… Really? (Random Update Post)
So it’s been pretty close to a month since I updated. Pretty poor effort on my part I suppose. I haven’t been playing much Gears of War… which as my wife will tell you, is a pretty clear indicator as to how much free time I have. There’s a lot of random stuff I want…
-
Learning JavaScript
I spent most of Sunday picking up the basics of JavaScript. Overall it went pretty well, I even started writing a little Ajax application. Syntax is very C-like, but the overall philosophy of the language reminds me a lot of Perl (a million ways to do one thing). I found the following sites extremely helpful. Starting…
-
Book Reviews
Database Modeling Made Simple I read this book as a primer to some more in depth titles. I was looking for a quick overview of the entity relationship model and this book served that purpose. I wanted something I could read and comprehend quickly over a weekend. The book is 144 pages and includes some…
-
Career, Interviews, School
Been a busy couple of weeks. I attended a career fair at my school. I was able to scout the participants early on and narrowed my focus to just one company. Most of the companies there were looking for helpdesk or software support staff. Been there, done that. Anything other than an internship in software…
-
Mad Dash to read as much as I can before I graduate
I enjoy school in a lot of regards, it has been and continues to be a life altering experience. However, I feel like the academic world just doesn’t understand what businesses are looking for these days. Last spring I read Code Complete and How To Win Friends & Influence People. Where are the courses on…
-
Google Tech Talks
Google hosts all sorts of presentations, ranging from wilderness survival to nuclear power proposals. Fortunately they record and post the videos on Google Video. The presenters are for the most part really good. Even if the topic isn’t particularly interesting to me, the presentation techniques usually are. One thing I’ve learned is that humor is…
typeof NaN === 'number' 