Hi, Jim I reread my post just now and see how what I wrote could be interpreted that way. I meant I would be spending those hours listening to the lectures. I figured if someone wanted to do it too, they would do it on their own time and we'd exchange notes/observations via e-mail whenever time permitted. Very sorry about the lack of clarity there. Alex M On 11/17/10, Homme, James <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Alex, > I'm interested, but I don't have the time to schedule sitting down for hours > at a time. If you'd like to exchange notes here and there and sort of go > through something at the same time, I welcome that. It's good to think about > having a partner to bounce thoughts around with. Maybe we could create a > plan to go through some of the material and sit down for maybe a half hour a > week to encourage one another. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > Jim Homme, > Usability Services, > Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme > Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility > here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Midence > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:55 AM > To: programmingblind > Subject: Good resource for beginning programmers > > Hi, folks, > > Thought I'd share this. I don't know how many of you may know this > but MIT puts a bunch of their courses on a site that they make > available to everyone called OCW which is short for Open Courseware. > I've found a nice link in this site to their Introduction to Computer > Science and Programming course which was taught in fall 2008. It's a > whole semester's worth of lectures, assignments, readings and so > forth. Most of us probably can't afford to take time off our jobs and > attend MIT but, we can still get the benefit of some of their excelent > curriculum this way. I think it beats just reading a book and > learning that way. Posting the link below. The language they use for > this course is Python. I'm actually planning to put c++ on pause for > a while while I take this course as time allows since Python appears > to be a much quicker way to learn programming. If anyone wants to > join me for the occasional study session, e-mail me privately and we > can help each other out from time to time. Probably watch two hours > worth of lectures on a weekend night or something like that. And yes, > if anyone's curious, they do have a c++ introductory course there but > it's all lecture notes and pdf's. The lecture notes look like they > don't do squat for you if you didn't attend class as really good > lecture notes written by any self-respecting instructor should in > order to motivate you to show up for class. The cs course with Python > has all the bells and whistles short of truly being able to enroll and > have the instructor available. > > Here is the link: > > http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/ > > Regards, > Alex M > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended > solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately > and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not > keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's > prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not > necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or > affiliates. > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind