[nfbcs] introduction

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Hello Steve:
I think I recall seeing your name around on some lists, but I'm not sure 
which. I've been a bit out of touch with most of them this summer.

I'm not sure what I can do to help, or what issues are currently at the 
forefront. I tend to be more systems programming oriented, so my 
familiarity with Java applications and some web design topics is pretty 
basic, though I have a bit of a background in both.
Thanks,
On 8/5/2013 11:48 AM, Steve Jacobson wrote:
> Ty,
>
> Welcome to this list.  You may not remember but we have corresponded on other programming lists, and I have generally been
> impressed with your willingness and ability to learn computer languages and environments.
>
> As you may already know, our list name comes from the association this list has with the Computer Science division of the National
> Federation of the Blind.  In addition to discussing specifics regarding programming, we also get into challenges that face us as
> blind people in computer science careers.  One of the things that many of us are facing is how do we maintain and progress in our
> careers as the technology changes.  Your background is one that could be very useful to those of us who need to know how to
> modernize our knowledge to keep current.
>
> As a division of the NFB, we also try to influence events that have an impact upon us.  We have some challenges in taking
> standardized tests, the accessibility of JAVA applications, effectively dealing with CAPTCHAs, and dealing with accessibility of
> modern websites, for example.  Over the years, we have had significant dialogs with Microsoft, Google, Apple, Adobe, and others,
> including presentations at our annual meeting at the NFB convention in July.  We also try to help one another with specific
> problems that we encounter.
>
> I hope you find the time you spend here useful.  Again, welcome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson, vice-president
> National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science
>
> On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:14:20 -0400, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
>
>> hello:
>> My name is Ty; I heard about this list a while back, but hadn't joined it.
>> I got interested in cs when I was about 12--I had an old Braille Lite
>> 40, which was the replacement for my brailler back then. I picked up a
>> manual on basic from Dan Zingaro and pretty much got hooked on
>> programming from that point. About 24 hours later with lots of soda and
>> no sleep, I had a working two-player tic-tac-toe game.
>>  From there I've progressed to learning a few other languages; my
>> strongest being c++ and Python. After my first tic-tac-toe game, I tend
>> too spend a lot of time hacking on code. My current projects on the
>> workbench are a toy operating system I started to learn from, a mud
>> (based on an engine I started from scratch), and a multi-player
>> real-time stratagy space based game, as well as some other minor stuff.
>> I recently transferred from Colorado where I was going to a smaller
>> school with less opportunities for classes that were around my level to
>> Boston, Massachusetts, where I will be going to Wentworth in the fall.
>> -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net The aspen project: a barebones
>> light-weight mud engine: http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud He that will
>> not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares
>> not reason is a slave.
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-- 
Take care,
Ty
http://tds-solutions.net
The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine:
http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.