Well, I started my third Masters course at U/Saint Thomas last night: SEIS620 – Systems Analysis and Design Tools – 14 evening sessions, a bit more than 3 hours per session. So far, the instructor is a hoot and based on the first night, he should make this topic quite interesting. There are almost twenty […]
Interests
Camera Technology: Rapid pace of change – last 20 years
I first became interested in Photography sometime in high school. This led me to ask for a specific 35 mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera as a High School graduation present. One of the parental units apparently felt they should “consult” with a colleague who they apparently perceived as a “Photography Expert”. The colleague’s recommendation: […]
Final Grade: SEIS 610 Software Engineering Spring 2013
So, I went onto the Saint Thomas website today, looking for my final grade – I did this last week but apparently may have been looking in the wrong place, since Dr. Lai doesn’t use the “Black Board” tool where grades were posted in our Technical communications class last Fall. Anyway, I found my grade […]
Teaching kids computer science (AKA programming) [Pioneer Press article]
Front page article from last Sunday’s (4/27) Pioneer Press by Christopher Magan: Headline: Computer-coding classes teach students skills they’re not getting in school. Obi Abulu loves computers. “He learned to click a mouse before he learned to write,” says Attracta Abulu, the Woodbury seventh-grader’s mother. But when it came to learning more about how the […]
MM Orchestra lockout fiasco
Ok, I seldom read the star tribune these days, but I saw the recent article that the music director/conductor of the MN Orchestra has sent a letter to the Orchestra mgmt board threatening to resign, unless the lockout ends “soon”. Good for him, and I wish he had written it sooner. However, I was VERY […]
