Post #2 - March 1

Sick and tired (midnight scholarship deadlines) but I'm doing it anyways!

I have zero progress on internship contacts. It really is time for me to start sorting that out before it is too late. I mean, I did a quick read through (emphasis on quick) of the list on the Senior Project site but I didn't find a particularly attractive or relevant contact- yet. This will require some more diligence on my end.

I have made some progress regarding programming fundamentals. Mr. Green lent me one of his books on the language Processing, the one we have had limited experience with in Intro to Engineering. While I originally borrowed it to help me re-make the classic game Pong, I think I want to work through as much as the book as I can. After all, I never really got to learn about Object Oriented Programming (an essential topic) yet, so I have decided to continue with this programming done in Mr. Green's Intro to Engineering class so I could understand the essentials with a language I am somewhat comfortable with already (specifically Processing). However, it is essential that I complete this quickly so I have time to to familiarize myself with lathe languages I will actually use for the PRE-FaB game Tom and I plan to produce. Tom and I have a great track record of working on projects together, but I can't be bringing anything less than my "a-game" to this project since the programming (that I am responsible for) and the physical design an research (that he is responsible for) will require lots of time during Senior Project.

By the way, everything I try to do this week will be further complicated by scholarships I am trying to complete (and I guess being sick too).

List all possible conflicts during the weeks of Senior Project. How do you plan to work around them?
I got to juggle Badminton, AP Physics, and AP Calculus over the weeks of Senior Project. I already had the foresight of quitting my job at the Exploratorium since I knew I wouldn't be able to handle that too. In terms of working around "possible conflicts," I literally plan on working around them. I mean, I will still go into school for the AP classes and I show up for Badminton practices but Tom and I have the tendency to stay up late- really late. I think we'll probably just end up working late into the night instead of doing homework or, er, playing video games late into the night. This isn't entirely unfeasible. For an A-Block Entrepreneurship project, him and I once spent a week working on a different game app. Specifically, we worked til midnights on app development and collaborated over VoIP (voice over IP) utilities, such as Skype. Back then, he was doing the programming and I was doing the front-end design elements (pictures, graphics, icons, and more icons) but based off the dynamic we had, I think it can work (even if I'm the one doing the programming this time). If worst comes to worst, I'll drop out from some Badminton practices to make time for the project.

I realize now that I haven't taken my internship into consideration yet... That is something I'll have to do.