Favorite Quotes
"It takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number, add it to this number, put the result there, perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of, let's say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic. "Steve Jobs - on computersCategories
grad school Archive
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Pragmatic Development
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsI got a good lesson this week in why it’s necessary to think out the code, before you start coding. I’ve been working on learning Python as my general scripting... -
Dev Diary – TS5356 – Adv App Dev
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsI recently completed a development course for my Master’s program. The course was about creating a website for a fictional company using a combination of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, and... -
Adventures in consumer electronics
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsWhen I started back to college in 04, I had to build myself a new desktop. Now, normally it’s not a cause for celebration but it was also built to... -
Enterprise Database Systems
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsFor the Enterprise Database Systems course, the class focused heavily on organizations having multiple databases on the network without communication between the databases. The course project used a regional hospital... -
SE Dev & Theory : Assignment 4 – ERD and Process Modeling
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsAssignment 4 for the SE class was focused on ERD (Entity Relationship Diagrams) and process modeling. We were suppiled with a fictious organization as basis for our ERD. I believe... -
Intro to Enterprise Application Architecture: Strategic Plan
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsIntroduction to Enterprise Application Architecture was broken up into two parts. The first part was to spend the quarter developing a strategic IT plan for a fictional cabinet hardware company,... -
SE Dev & Theory : Assignment 8 – Training and Documentation
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe last paper I wrote for this course was on training and documentation. Once again, I based on the paper on an example from work. I used the training plan... -
SE Dev & Theory : Assignment 7 – Testing
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe testing paper was focused on earlier work for an ATM implementation at a Bank. The paper covers unit testing, functional and nonfunctional testing, and Quality Assurance. The previous... -
SE Dev & Theory : Assignment 6 – Design Review Process
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe sixth paper for the SE class was written on the Design Review Process. I choose to use a Position Control modification we are having developed at work as an... -
SE Dev & Theory : Assignment 5 – Requirements Gathering
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsAssignment 5 for the SE class was a requirements gathering exercise. We were given the scenario of a Bank installing a new ATM machine (if I recall correctly, it was...









