First Post.

This is my first post in a blog about my experiences in Glenn Downing's CS373 class during the Spring of 2009 at the University of Texas in Austin.

My original intention was to use the Windows 7 beta on my school computer (Lenovo x200) this entire semester. It was my intention to throw my experiences with this into the blog, but it looks like it fell through... seeing as how I am writing this post in Ubuntu 8.10. I ended up needing linux for a different class, and I had some really annoying issues trying to set up a dual boot. However I am still using Windows 7 on my gaming desktop (dual booting with XP), so maybe I can glean some useful experiences from there.

This class is going to be really valuable for anyone planning on pursuing a career in software developement. I had an internship last summer and it looks like we will be learning a lot of things that I picked up on while I worked there, such as refactoring, version control and working with a team on a project.