Mid October 2012

School

In two weeks I need to have a presentation ready that will convince others to choose Computer Science  as a major at FLCC.  Because my group for this assignment is a group of  three, while the Gaming majors were split into two groups of 5, and the IT majors have a group of 5 (I think); and also because our professor has expressed that Computer Science majors are his favorite, I feel a certain amount of pressure to do well.

My thought was that it would be beneficial to our purpose if we could each find job offerings locally which would fit our career goals and that would be available to a new graduate.  It really became somewhat frustrating when I was unable to find jobs in mobile development in the Rochester area, I realized that perhaps I should start talking to the local recruiting agencies that most companies in the area use.  I haven't yet, but on Monday I hope to have gotten things going, and while perhaps there will be no success in finding positions with my criteria for my personal goals, maybe there will be helpful information gleaned for my teammates.  If nothing else; I will have made one or more connections with the people who will potentially be helping me find employment when the time comes.

Kids

My kids continue to amaze me.  My daughter brought her guitar home after a guitar unit in her music class, and I am more convinced than ever that her talents lie in music.  Music and band have been her highest grades in school since she got to middle school.  I'm not sure if this is more to do with her interest level, or her seeming to have been labelled as a problem child.  She's been waiting to show us how well she can play This song; and I can't wait to hear it.  My oldest boy, who just started 5th grade has always had a unique way of solving problems.  He offers solutions that many might not have thought of; and I am thankful that our middle school has a Lego Robotics Club, allowing him to actually use his way of thinking to help find possible solutions to real world problems.  In Elementary school, the two younger boys are thriving also.  At the end of last school year, our now 3rd grader was reading at a 4th grade level.  This year, the 1st grade boy is actually doing his homework without being forced and considering how hard it was to get him to do it last year, I am impressed with him.

Technology

At some point in the near future I will be heading to Staples to buy my new Kindle Fire HD 7 inch.  Having debated internally over which tablet would be best for me, and deciding that given both timing and personal preferences that the 10.1 Galaxy Note would not suit my usage.
In case anyone was curious; our house is "home" to a large number of devices.  Presently we are the owners of:

• 2 HP Touchpads
• 2 Nexus 7 tablets
• 2 Galaxy Nexus phones (I refer to mine as Nexxy)
• 1 Raspberry Pi
• 1 Dell Inspiron 15R laptop (My new "school" computer)
• 1 2009 Macbook (My old "school" computer, now my husbands)
• 1 desktop which dual boots Windows or Ubuntu
• 1 HTC Incredible (not activated presently)
• 1 iPhone 5
• 3 iPods (I no longer use mine, but it's here somewhere)
• 2 different versions of the iPod nano
• 1 iPod touch

I keep thinking that today is Saturday, because everyone is home, but it's not, and I need to get some more things done.