I wanted to write about how my experiences and learning from the classroom are helping me in my internship. I really wanted to. I’ve thought about it for days. I cannot. Day one of this internship: Sat down. Read email. Registered Twilio Application. Wrote PHP script with GET and POST requests. Made a looping MySQL…
I’m going on my second week working at a Punchmark, a small web development company. It’s clear that this team knows how to get s*** done. Here are four ways to keep your team on track. Communication This is key. Communication with the entire team should always be a click away. Punchmark uses Skype for…
It’s easy to say that the most important thing that Punchmark does is build websites, but I’m not convinced. Punchmark sells website packages and services to jewelers. They engineered a framework in PHP, MySQL, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript that allows them to build custom, modular, dynamic websites for their clients. Punchmark also has many tools and…
description: Earlier this week, I identified my learning objectives and goals for this summer internship. After a few days of work with these objectives and goals in mind, I’ve identified potential road-blocks to my success. Frustration I’m used to straightforward code, in a language I am familiar with, written completely by me. I likely will…
Something to Show Preferably, I’d like to be able to point to something specific at the end of each day and be able to say, “You see that? I made that.” I’m a creative person. I feel most alive when I make something from nothing. Aside from satiating my need to make, this goal will…
Full-Stack Development I want to have some experience working on every part of the software/web production cycle. Currently, I know front-end the best. I go in with very little experience working with databases, server-side programming, and GET/POST requests. Some of these seemingly basic concepts I have yet to understand at all. In 10 weeks not…
I used to be known as the guy who always has everything he needs. That hasn’t changed, I just “need” way, way less. I grew up in a home where the kitchen table overflowed with shoe boxes of old photos. The living room was packed with suitcases, hunting rifles, taxidermy deer, zebra, bear, fish, etc.…
Minimalism turns a lot of heads and inspires instant judgment. I’ve always been thoughtful with my purchases. But I’ve not been so conservative with the things that I choose to keep around. Life can easily turn into an endless pursuit of buying the next pair of shoes, gadget, video game… thing. It’s what we are…
The buzzing of Lego NXTs servos. Dozens of nervously excited kids hovering around the robot arena with their robot creation moving Lego models, flipping intricate switches, and sometimes just ramming through everything. This Saturday, I volunteered as a judge for the a state robotics competition for K-12 hosted in Farristown Middle School in Berea, Ky.…
I have never considered communication to be my strong suit. In fact, it’s been quite the opposite. I grew up as an only child in rural/backwoods North Carolina. I didn’t speak much with my parents about day to day things. I attended a small private school after 2 years of homeschooling. I had only three…