Thursday, April 11, 2013
Whale Pillow
I made a plushy whale for Jane for her Birthday.
I got the pattern from a Finnish blog: http://valaanvillapaita.blogspot.com.br/2011/05/tee-se-itse-valas.html
Even after translating the page to English the instructions were not much help, I mainly had to go by the pictures.
It's made from an old pair of jeans and I sew by hand (Jane is teaching me to use the machine) so it came out kind of rough, but it was well received.
I got the pattern from a Finnish blog: http://valaanvillapaita.blogspot.com.br/2011/05/tee-se-itse-valas.html
Even after translating the page to English the instructions were not much help, I mainly had to go by the pictures.
It's made from an old pair of jeans and I sew by hand (Jane is teaching me to use the machine) so it came out kind of rough, but it was well received.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Final 300 Lecture posting
First of all I'd like to thank all of you that stuck with me on this ride.
CST 300 Pro Sem lecture has come to an end and we must all ruminate over what we covered.
I got through my technical presentation without any major snags, and i guess that was our last class meeting.
The last lecture i attended was an exciting one. We had an industry panel and pizza!
The panel consisted of four indivduals well placed in their companies. They came to talk to us about their fields of work.
Andres Ornelas is a Google Docs developer.
Erik Eldridge is a yahoo evangelist
Sridar Kandaswamy works at Csco on routers
Sue Higgins works at NPS and met grace Hopper!
Together they shared many great chestnuts of wisdom:
With a computer science education, the goal is not any particular skill, it is the ability to learn new things quickly. The only thing that stays the same is that everything changes constantly!
Skills build on core knowledge, build your core knowledge!
Work towards what interests you.
New products are constantly being introduced, but the technology moves slower.
Study a company you like and their job description to guide your choices.
The computer science market is shielded from the rest of the world, so no recession there.
Jobs with the federal government pay retirement, pension and health care.
New graduates are desireable because they are not set in their ways.
On the job training is not as good as a degree. A degree is a stepping stone to the real interesting stuff.
Tech companies need all positions, not just computer science. They require a blend. (Graphic designers?)
Have passion for what you do!
Most tech company employees work from anywhere, they all love working from home or abroad.
Research your field.
20% time at google is allowed to work on personal projects.
Tech work can be artwork that challenges you back
Advice for students: listen to your professor. Time management, do something different to you.
Homework, spend time on it, ask questions.
Passion! What are you drawn to?
proper email skills, labels and folders, are reccomended.
Start projects as early as possible.
NPS has a S.M.A.R.T. masters scholarship program.
learn something by yourself.
Internships - meet your future employers.
How do you get your foot in the door? It's who you know. Networking gets 80% of the jobs at Google - personal references from employees.
Favorite part of job?
Sue: people
Sridar: learning every day
Erik: people
Andres: getting code approved
That's it professor, thank you and I'll see you in the Spring!
CST 300 Pro Sem lecture has come to an end and we must all ruminate over what we covered.
I got through my technical presentation without any major snags, and i guess that was our last class meeting.
The last lecture i attended was an exciting one. We had an industry panel and pizza!
The panel consisted of four indivduals well placed in their companies. They came to talk to us about their fields of work.
Andres Ornelas is a Google Docs developer.
Erik Eldridge is a yahoo evangelist
Sridar Kandaswamy works at Csco on routers
Sue Higgins works at NPS and met grace Hopper!
Together they shared many great chestnuts of wisdom:
With a computer science education, the goal is not any particular skill, it is the ability to learn new things quickly. The only thing that stays the same is that everything changes constantly!
Skills build on core knowledge, build your core knowledge!
Work towards what interests you.
New products are constantly being introduced, but the technology moves slower.
Study a company you like and their job description to guide your choices.
The computer science market is shielded from the rest of the world, so no recession there.
Jobs with the federal government pay retirement, pension and health care.
New graduates are desireable because they are not set in their ways.
On the job training is not as good as a degree. A degree is a stepping stone to the real interesting stuff.
Tech companies need all positions, not just computer science. They require a blend. (Graphic designers?)
Have passion for what you do!
Most tech company employees work from anywhere, they all love working from home or abroad.
Research your field.
20% time at google is allowed to work on personal projects.
Tech work can be artwork that challenges you back
Advice for students: listen to your professor. Time management, do something different to you.
Homework, spend time on it, ask questions.
Passion! What are you drawn to?
proper email skills, labels and folders, are reccomended.
Start projects as early as possible.
NPS has a S.M.A.R.T. masters scholarship program.
learn something by yourself.
Internships - meet your future employers.
How do you get your foot in the door? It's who you know. Networking gets 80% of the jobs at Google - personal references from employees.
Favorite part of job?
Sue: people
Sridar: learning every day
Erik: people
Andres: getting code approved
That's it professor, thank you and I'll see you in the Spring!
Seven Habits of Highly Successful People
A Habit is knowledge, combined with Skill and Desire and Practice!
1000 repetitions make a habit 2nd nature, or by three years.
Seven habits of Highly Successful People:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win-win
5. Seek first to understand, then understand.
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
This all makes sense to me. Go at your task with a positive attitude and expecting to succeed and you improve your chances of doing so. make sure you work on things in the appropriate order, be ready to learn and change, allow others to contribute and "control" their parts, keep the skils and abilities sharp!
Be positive! Love yourself! Cherish what you have.
Proactive: start before you are made to.
The opposite of procrastination.
1000 repetitions make a habit 2nd nature, or by three years.
Seven habits of Highly Successful People:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win-win
5. Seek first to understand, then understand.
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
This all makes sense to me. Go at your task with a positive attitude and expecting to succeed and you improve your chances of doing so. make sure you work on things in the appropriate order, be ready to learn and change, allow others to contribute and "control" their parts, keep the skils and abilities sharp!
Be positive! Love yourself! Cherish what you have.
Proactive: start before you are made to.
The opposite of procrastination.
Jobs and Internships
Career Planning, there is a new position, Leslie works in room 142 and her job is securing jobs and internships for ITCD students.
Salary.com tells you salaries for any career.
Focus is the sit for careers on campus.
Amber works in the career center where Otterjobs is run from. make an appt with her to work on employment documents and tips.
A reason I haven't landed the right job yet may be that, despite my great need, I am picky and selective.
My discretion is mainly about location and hours. I want to work in the Monterey area, preferably downtown, and because I'm going to school I need the job to be part time.
I would rather not move away for the summer.
I use montereybayjobs, as well as several other services.
www.montereybayhelpwanted.net
www.helpwantedmonterey.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
https://jobs.co.monterey.ca.us
The herald directs me to the yahoo jobs site, and craigslist is still the best.
3 things to do now:
Study hard, prepare x 3! Improve your resume, get internships and jobs now!
Salary.com tells you salaries for any career.
Focus is the sit for careers on campus.
Amber works in the career center where Otterjobs is run from. make an appt with her to work on employment documents and tips.
A reason I haven't landed the right job yet may be that, despite my great need, I am picky and selective.
My discretion is mainly about location and hours. I want to work in the Monterey area, preferably downtown, and because I'm going to school I need the job to be part time.
I would rather not move away for the summer.
I use montereybayjobs, as well as several other services.
www.montereybayhelpwanted.net
www.helpwantedmonterey.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
www.montereycountyhelpwanted.com
https://jobs.co.monterey.ca.us
The herald directs me to the yahoo jobs site, and craigslist is still the best.
3 things to do now:
Study hard, prepare x 3! Improve your resume, get internships and jobs now!
Project Management
Our profession (design) has us mostly make new things, made up of Projects.
"Project mamagement is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives."
3 keys to success:
Bring Project, On Time and On Budget!
Cost, time or quality, pick 2!
Project mamagement comes from the military and construction field.
We are to cultivate ourselves to be team leaders, a motivating leader that people want to work with.
Work breakdown structure; Divide and Conquer!
S>M>A>R>T> Goals: does it meet these five criteria:
1. Specific?
2. Measurable?
3. Agreed Upon?
4. Realistic?
5. Timeframe?
A Gantt chart shows scheduling methods and a Pett chart shows sequence.
Start looking for your job Now!
50% get their job through networking, 30% through ads.
Remaining graduates get work through their capstone or internship.
"Project mamagement is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives."
3 keys to success:
Bring Project, On Time and On Budget!
Cost, time or quality, pick 2!
Project mamagement comes from the military and construction field.
We are to cultivate ourselves to be team leaders, a motivating leader that people want to work with.
Work breakdown structure; Divide and Conquer!
S>M>A>R>T> Goals: does it meet these five criteria:
1. Specific?
2. Measurable?
3. Agreed Upon?
4. Realistic?
5. Timeframe?
A Gantt chart shows scheduling methods and a Pett chart shows sequence.
Start looking for your job Now!
50% get their job through networking, 30% through ads.
Remaining graduates get work through their capstone or internship.
My ILP
I am an ITCD student so there is a prescribed structure for mmy schooling. it is all mapped out.
Great news: they are dropping the discrete math requirement for ITCD students.
My favored elective will be CST 428 Digital art workshop, scripting for Flash!
CST 236, computing for designers! sounds good also.
The ITCD core is 5 classes.
Your emphasis is not on your degree, your concentration is on your degree (?)
so whats my emphasis? I thought it was graphic design, or as they say here, 2d design "for print".
So if that's my emphasis, whats my degree?
Human Computer Interfaces:
Every student gets enrolled in 2 courses:
Ilearn CSIT BS, this is to get my ILP approved and made public.
All versions ofmy ILP get posted, most recent one is considered current. I don't see any reason to veer from my original ILP, it gets me out in the shortest amount of time as a graphic designer.
Make appt. with Eric to write up my ILP and make a listing in the ITCD class so my academic advisor can review and approve my ILP - Done!
Great news: they are dropping the discrete math requirement for ITCD students.
My favored elective will be CST 428 Digital art workshop, scripting for Flash!
CST 236, computing for designers! sounds good also.
The ITCD core is 5 classes.
Your emphasis is not on your degree, your concentration is on your degree (?)
so whats my emphasis? I thought it was graphic design, or as they say here, 2d design "for print".
So if that's my emphasis, whats my degree?
Human Computer Interfaces:
Every student gets enrolled in 2 courses:
Ilearn CSIT BS, this is to get my ILP approved and made public.
All versions ofmy ILP get posted, most recent one is considered current. I don't see any reason to veer from my original ILP, it gets me out in the shortest amount of time as a graphic designer.
Make appt. with Eric to write up my ILP and make a listing in the ITCD class so my academic advisor can review and approve my ILP - Done!
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