Article on supporting really old computer programs (opens in a new window) Really interesting story about supporting a 60 yr old “computer application”…and not being able to find people that know the older programming languages [they mention Fortran, Assembly, even ALGOL.] I know that some of the code (programs) I wrote in the early to […]
Software Dev.
Part 2: Year long software development project finally goes “Live”
[It’s really too bad I didn’t really do any of the design nor programming on this project – I would have tried, at least, to make it a bit less complex than it currently is]. Anyway, after working on a particular software development project at <current employer> since January, 2013, it finally went live this […]
Class #4 at Saint Thomas: Software Process Management
Tomorrow is 4th class session of seven sessions (alternating Saturdays, started mid Feb.), so it’s mid term exam tomorrow, just not ready for it. Course is Software Process Mgmt, which, I know most of you would find it to be a snore, but, this semester, I have a great instructor, and he really knows how […]
Part 1: Year long software development project finally goes “Live” (NOT!)
In at work, at OMG, 4am, watching over the shoulder (logically, not physically) as my production support person installs my software release that I’ve been working on for past 12 months. Longest software development effort ever (for me). Not used to ‘s red tape of software development process. My effort was completed in early sept, […]
U/ST class: Software Analysis and Design Tools – OVER!
Last night of class (System Analysis and Design Tools) was last night, submitted my video presentation on time (via YouTube, will share the link – haha – later), had a cold so my voice was pretty raw and didn’t follow my script as much as I should’ve, but overall, I think I did a pretty […]
Class #3 at Saint Thomas: Systems Analysis & Design Tools
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 […]
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 […]