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18 November 2021 Hello World. This is the classic phrase you enter into pretty much any tool or programming language to test that your new “skills” are beginning. As a student of computer science, whether self taught or formally educated, you will see this phrase a lot throughout countless courses and topics. Udemy provides a… Continue reading Udemy Courses That Have Helped Me as a CS Student

November 12, 2021 I like talking about software and its applications for accessibility. Last week I blogged about the virtual reality based metaverse. Today, I happened to discover a cross between the two in the form of VR applications that are designed for an elderly target audience. Here are some excerpts from one use case… Continue reading VR Applications to Help the Elderly

Nov 4 2021 I always find it interesting seeing Science Fiction and reality collide. Whenever I watch science fiction movies or read science fiction books, I think about the strange technologies presented in fiction and how they might ever be relevant in our non-fiction reality. For example, the Hologram from Star Wars always felt excessive… Continue reading How Close Are We in 2021 to the Hologram Technology in Star Wars

Josh Fiedler, 10/14/2021 I recently went back to play Minecraft after several years of hiatus, and fell into a rabbit hole exploring the many mods that have evolved around this game. ‘Mod’ = modification, meaning players and fans of the game create their own features or assets and implement them into the game. Modding has… Continue reading “Learning to Code” with Game Mods

Josh Fiedler, 10/7/2021 Today I thought about the ways in which software is made more accessible, and decided to write my blog post about a few ways that I take advantage of accessibility features. I then compare two dark mode extensions to see which one delivers the desired outcome better. Video games are one of… Continue reading Accessibility in Software

I discuss how personal experience drives ideas. I am a career-changer into computer science. Starting as a student in geography, I found computer programming when I had to take a Python class late into my degree. I have loved learning computer science ever since. During the few computer science classes I’ve taken, the concept of… Continue reading Experience and Ideas