No I'm only heading there for 2 weeks. I've been asked to go to Oxford as part of an event, called Connectathon.
Basically Connectathon is an event where all these different vendors meet up, and they see which software "connects" with the most external systems. Or so I'm told. That's basically all I know about it at the moment. I fly up in April, so that leaves me a month to find out more about the in's and out's of Connectathon
I'm pretty happy to have been chosen. I haven't been to Oxford before, let alone any country in Europe, and it will be a chance to see how it is before I go there for the long term. Too bad I don't have much time up there for sightseeing and travel. It's purely business.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Now a Competent Leader
Happy Chinese New Year, and hope the year of the Rat will bring you good health, wealth and fortune.
Now that's out of the way, I've been quiet on the blogging lately. I shall provide an update on all fronts.
Firstly, I have now earned my Competent Leader award. This was possible under the old rules which are now on the out by June 2008. All I needed to do were 2 educational speeches, as I've already earned my Competent Communicator award, served as president of the club, been to officer training and prepared a club success plan. No need to go through an entirely different manual, which could take longer to complete. So, now I've earned another Toastmasters award in quick time. Woo hoo.
Secondly, I'm now working on my Sun Certified Java Developer assignment, and it's like opening up a can of worms. Sooooo many design decisions, assumptions and questions as the specification is so vague. Kind of like a work situation I suppose. Hopefully plan to finish the whole thing by April. Watch this space!
Thirdly, I've received a new toy, a Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 digital camera, to replace my Nikon Coolpix S3. Now I'm not much of a camera expert, but it's seems the Sony Cybershot is probably better than the Nikon Coolpix after I read some reviews and ratings of the product. The Sony Cybershot has a touch screen to interact with the camera functions, kind of like how the iPhone/iPod Touch works. I'm not a big fan of using a touch screen (I hate to leave fingermarks on a nice camera), so I'm using the supplied touch pen/pointer thingy that came with the camera as a way to avoid staining the nice screen.
Ciao!
Now that's out of the way, I've been quiet on the blogging lately. I shall provide an update on all fronts.
Firstly, I have now earned my Competent Leader award. This was possible under the old rules which are now on the out by June 2008. All I needed to do were 2 educational speeches, as I've already earned my Competent Communicator award, served as president of the club, been to officer training and prepared a club success plan. No need to go through an entirely different manual, which could take longer to complete. So, now I've earned another Toastmasters award in quick time. Woo hoo.
Secondly, I'm now working on my Sun Certified Java Developer assignment, and it's like opening up a can of worms. Sooooo many design decisions, assumptions and questions as the specification is so vague. Kind of like a work situation I suppose. Hopefully plan to finish the whole thing by April. Watch this space!
Thirdly, I've received a new toy, a Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 digital camera, to replace my Nikon Coolpix S3. Now I'm not much of a camera expert, but it's seems the Sony Cybershot is probably better than the Nikon Coolpix after I read some reviews and ratings of the product. The Sony Cybershot has a touch screen to interact with the camera functions, kind of like how the iPhone/iPod Touch works. I'm not a big fan of using a touch screen (I hate to leave fingermarks on a nice camera), so I'm using the supplied touch pen/pointer thingy that came with the camera as a way to avoid staining the nice screen.
Ciao!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)