Board games are awesome. If you have not played games with people around a table lately, you really should.

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Last night I started the pre-work that I need to complete before class begins. I won’t bore you with all of the details, but I was amazed by what modern browsers can do. The real-time feedback that websites like dash.generalassemb.ly, codecademy.com, and codeschool.com are able to provide is fantastic! I love typing in one part of the screen, and seeing my changes immediately reflected in the side panel. It really helps you see the differences between the different tags and values. If you ever want to start picking up some basic web skills these resources are a great place to start.

It has been a couple of years since I first learned some basic HTML. Since then, not only have browsers improved, so has the HTML language itself. I remember how creating images with rounded corners was a complete pain. Now, all you have to do is provide a border-radius attribute, and it’s done for you. Now all we need is for everyone to upgrade from IE6.

As if I wasn’t already excited for class to begin, today a link to this blog was posted in an article on the Omaha World Herald’s website. It’s titled New at Midtown Crossing: Omaha Code School. You should read it so you know the latest and greatest. This totally caught me off-guard and is awesome. I would like to thank Paige Yowell(@PaigeYowell) for helping get the word out about the Omaha Code School. I’m excited for things to come!

Thank you. The last couple of days have been amazing. I started this blog as a way to document my personal transition. I guessed maybe 10 people might read it. Yesterday I had 76! The number of positive comments and new connections have caught me completely off guard.

I also want to thank those of you that have reached out to your friends and family about potential laptop options. I greatly appreciate it. I am still looking for the right one, so let me know if something comes up.

I can’t think of a better beginning to this adventure than what I have experienced so far. Just think, I still have 33 days before class begins!

When I tell people I’m attending Omaha Code School, I get a lot of questions. So this post will attempt to answer some of the more common ones. If you have others, leave a comment and I’ll try to answer it for you. Read more

I am officially enrolled in the inaugural class of the Omaha Code School.  The goal being to become a hireable web developer after 12 intense weeks of instruction. The class requires lots of changes in our lives. Mostly, the requirement that I quit my job. I don’t exactly know what I’m getting myself into. It’s a huge change and a big risk, but I’m ready. People think I’m crazy that I am quitting my good paying job and signing up for the unknown. I think it will be a good thing.

I got signed up for all the pre-work and gave it an overview. They suggested that we blog about our new adventure, which is why I’m doing this. Hopefully this creates a record of my adventure, and might just be a little entertaining.

Here we go…