The Keyboard is Mightier than the Sword!
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For once, I am writing a more personal post, which in some respects flows easier for me, but in this instance is quite difficult. I’d like to provide some background as to why I write this blog.
Starting way back, when I was about three or four, my mother brought me and my sister to the Windsor Public Library, and signed the both of us up for a children’s computer class. Because I was so young, I remember very little, but what I do remember was playing the Jeopardy computer game on a Mac and completely loving the experience.
As I grew older, both my father and grandfather at one point owned the IBM Wang monochrome desktops. Whenever my father was not home, I would try to “hack” into it by guessing at passwords: shamefully I never succeeded in “cracking the code” but my father did divulge the correct password after he got a new computer.
When I got my first computer I was so happy, a Macintosh LC all for myself! I did loads of schoolwork on that, and attempted at programming simple games which resulted in my mother removing of the mouse and keyboard from the computer because I wanted to stay up all night. I succeeded in making a Tetris game and a Pong-like game.
That is how it all started, but my priorities changed when I reached middle school and high school. Because of my drawing skills, I was drafted into the fine arts program at NFA, and thought about becoming an architect. At the last minute when enrolling for college, I went decided to go for a dual-degree; Information Technology and Architectural Science
Now that we’ve dived into my personal history of being a geek, surely you can begin to see why I write this. One thing that was always hard for me was writing about things I either knew little about or where I did not find any interest in the subject. Obviously, I love SupraSphere.
Honestly, I write this blog because I truly believe in the project, in all the people working to make David’s dream a reality, in “uniting the internet” by creating something way more intuitive and logical than ever thought of before. It is an incredible opportunity for me to be able to have a part in this amazing undertaking, one that I’m sure many would like to take part in.
So, in essence, this is almost a “call to arms” to help make the internet revolve around us individually. How can you help? With the release of the web-version just around the corner, I petition you to submit either here in comments or at suprablog@gmail.com ideas you have for SupraSphere. Also, we have made the project Open Source for developers! If you are a developer and want in, please do join us!
~Andria
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Andria LeBaron
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