Still Posting - quick update

June has been a busy month for Jeffrey. This being the first post and July is almost upon us. That said, I have completed my graduate certificate at Buffalo State (and was accepted into the Graduate program) in Creative Studies and Change Leadership.

Also, I have been in Cincinnati, Ohio. Buffalo, NY. Chatham, NY and then a long long trek back home via NYC, DC, Maryland, Delware, PA, GA, and across the state of FL (via I-95 and I am sure there are some other states in there).

I plan to never drive from that far north again in one day. Whew! Also, I learned I am impatient and to slow down after not 1, but 2 speeding tickets. Geesh!

More on what is to follow for my vision, missions, and strategic plan in another post.

Have a grand evening.

Jeffrey

Membership has its advantages

When I was working at big blue, I was told to join the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM.org). Well, since they were not paying for it, and it was $99 bucks, I was like nah. I wish I would have for just the publications. They are great.

Well, now I have been enrolled in school, the ACM student cost is $19 to $42 depending on your membership (I did the $42 so I get the electronic publications). Well by joining as a student I get access to Sun classes (which count for college credit in some cases - but not sure if I can get my masters program to accept them, but I will try) and to Microsoft software for free (full blown student version).

That said, see the below email:

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Association for Computing Machinery



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MSDNAA

ELMS for MSDNAA Software Center: This message has been generated automatically from your ELMS. Please do not reply to this message as you will not receive a response. Please click on the SUPPORT link in your MSDNAA Online Software System for support contact information on your campus.

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Hello,

Welcome! Thank you for signing up as a participant in the Microsoft Developers Academic Alliance (MSDN AA); your eligibility is made possible through an ACM/MSDNAA partnership. ACM is licensed under the MSDNAA Program which enables ACM Student Members to access any of the nearly 100 software packages available under the Program. e-Academy Inc., a partner of Microsoft is providing ELMS (the e-Academy Licensed Management System) for MSDNAA to you.

Below is your ACM username and a password assigned to you by e-Academy (naturally, you may change your password). Simply log into the system and start browsing/ordering the software (at no-charge). You will be asked to create a Profile on the MSDN AA site during the order process.

Your username is:
Your password is:

http://msdn01.e-academy.com/ACM

e-Academy Inc., the operator of the ACM/MSDN AA Partnership website, is fully committed to the online privacy of all MSDN AA users. Reports on traffic patterns are sometimes created by MSDN AA to monitor the effectiveness of this service but these reports are stripped of any individual or personal identification. By accessing the software through this website, you will be asked to accept the usage guidelines.

If you have any technical difficulties please contact ACMs Program Administrator via email at msdnadmin@acm.org


We hope you find your MSDNAA experience a rewarding one!


Sincerely,
e-Academy for MSDN AA

I highly recommend if you are a student of technology or know one, tell them about the ACM. I am a fan and convert!

~Jeffrey

Google's O3D - Browser based 3d

I got a tweet yesterday about Google's O3D, their new in the browser 3d engine.

All I can say is OMG! Finally, something that is 3d, that is not overly complicated or is a crazy 800 pound gorilla of a client. Not that Unity3d has not been the browser based 3d client, which has been around for a while, but the thing with Google's O3D, is it is FREE.

The O3D is actually a Javascript API to the plugin, making the learning curve much less than other proprietary scripting languages. You can check out a video here




If you want to check out O3D download the plug-in here.
More in-depth can be found here (for developers too).

After you get the plug-in, check the visualization of google trends.

I will be doing a follow post on this code, so look for it.

Enjoy and be well,

Jeffrey

Another Magic Monday

Another Magic Monday (not manic!). Looking at my plate of "ToDo" items, it is easy to get over whelmed. Where does one start? Which is next in priority? How do I handle something extra thrown in for good measure at the last minute?

It is easy to just go into analysis paralysis when dealing with the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD). That said, my friend Stavros gave me a way to overcome FUD.

Replace Fear with Focus
Replace Uncertainty with Collaboration
Replace Doubt with Doing

I think we all innately know the above, but sometimes it sits just beyond our vision to articulate. That articulation is the magical portion of an idea.

~Jeffrey

Perpetual Motion

After 36 years of perpetual motion,
He will smile and say,
Some of it is magic and some of it is tragic,
But I had good life all the way....