code academy
Halfway
15th Nov 2011Posted in: Blog, code academy 0

So it has been a little while since I wrote my last post. It seems like something that keeps gets put on the back burner. Anyway… update time; Code Academy is rocking! We have started into week 7, Code Academy just had its first Startup weekend, and the new Code Academy site just launched. I [...]

motivation
24th Oct 2011Posted in: Blog, code academy, video 3

They say if you are going to build an application, building something that you want is the best way to start.  I began building my app this weekend and it really got me motivated. I was able to use pretty much all of what I had learned so far in my first 3 weeks at Code [...]

first week
11th Oct 2011Posted in: Blog, code academy 0

After one week of Code Academy my mind is off and running.  We have barely lifted off and I have already started to get all sorts of ideas in my head. We started to dig into the Ruby programing language, create the basic structor for a rails app, and I have a stack of great [...]

new horizons and why I decided to learn code
15th Sep 2011Posted in: Blog, code academy, geek stuff, video 0

At the beginning this next month (October) I will start an awesome program called Code Academy. It is a new program here in Chicago that teaches Ruby on Rails web application development. Why would I want to learn how to program if I’m so heavily into video creation and motion design? Simple… video and the [...]