Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Learning C++ on Mac OS X

Friday, April 21st, 2006

Just a quick tip, but the book C++ How to Program, 5th Ed. by Deitel & Deitel thoroughly covers beginnning C++, and each example works just as well on Windows using a compiler such as Microsoft Visual C++ as well as on Linux using GCC. GCC ships installed with ...

Learning Mandarin via Podcasts

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

This is a great idea, beautifully implemented: ChinesePod I like the fact that they've broken down the podcasts into newbie, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I especially like their business model: Distribute the podcasts for free, and charge for the additional learning materials. They have chosen the blog format to present the material, and ...

Back to School

Monday, March 13th, 2006

This week I took the first steps towards enrolling myself for another masters degree, in computer information systems. My first class starts at the end of this month. I've been eyeing school programs now for years, so this has definitley been a long time coming. Considering my masters is in music ...