Just sitting here on the couch with my lovely wife, iPod in hand, blogging on my website while the storm of the season falls outside. Apple was absolutely correct about this being a great pocket computer. Speaking of, how many of my readers remember the Apple Newton? There’s another cool piece of technology that was just way ahead of it’s time.
Archive for October, 2009
Rainy Night Blogging With the iPod
Sunday, October 25th, 2009More iPod Touch Sweetness
Saturday, October 24th, 2009So I just finished hooking up my iPod Touch to my personally hosted WordPress blog – yep the very one you’re reading now. How sweet is that?!
iTunesU Rocks!
Saturday, October 24th, 2009I was browsing through the iTunesU content on Thursday night and I came across a lecture series by Professor Jeremy Wolfe from MIT on the brain and cognitive science. Now, I don’t know anything about Professor Wolfe, never heard of the guys before, but the idea of getting to listen in on the a presentation on cognition from one of the top universities in the country — FREE OF CHARGE! — I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Obviously, iTunesU isn’t designed to replace classic education, but it does give us common folk access to some of the greatest minds of our time that we likely never would have otherwise. So, while I’m not a huge Apple fan, I’m loving the iPod, iTunes, and iTunesU. You should check it out! http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning
Passed The CIW Foundations Test
Thursday, October 1st, 2009So I somehow got it in my head that I was taking the CIW exam on the 28th of September, I had it on my calendar at home, I told my Mentor at school, my wife, my friends… everybody! So imagine my surprise when I logged in to my computer at work on the 25th, and a message popped up saying “CIW Foundations Exam: 9:30 AM”.
What!? Today? Oh crap! So I’m sitting at work, 30 minutes away from the test center and the task is due in the next 15 minutes! So I start calling: the testing center, Prometric, my wife, etc. At first I was thinking I would try to reschedule, but something inside me said “Dude, you’ll be fine, just go take the test”.
So I hopped in my car and drove to the testing center. It took them about 10 minutes to get everything prepared and get the test loaded on the computer. I sat down and clicked start.
The next thing I know, I’m through 85 questions in about 30 minutes. I clicked submit and I see that wonderful message I never get tired of seeing “Congratulations!…”
So I passed with an 85%, it’s not a perfect score, but it’s then I blew the curve out of the water! You only need 54% to pass, glad I didn’t go that low though.
The parts I missed were mostly concerning the web development stuff, but I’m not a web developer, so it doesn’t really affect me, my study program, or my career, so I’m good.
Now I’m getting ready to take the 2 part CompTIA A+ IT Technician Exam in the next couple of weeks. Then I’m adding the CompTIA Project+ exam to my to my program for the semester. Once that’s done I will have knocked out 18 credit towards my degree program in one semester. moving my projected graduation date up to January 2011, a short 16 months away! If I can knock out a Bachelors in what will then be 19 months, that would be VERY cool. I could be in graduate school before my 42nd birthday and probably have my MBA in Information Technology Management before I’m 45. That’s what I’m talking about!