A Little Off Topic

My Other Interest

So, this is a little off topic from the subject but it has definitely been something that has come to my mind.  A new film has recently hit the stage and has made a lot of buzz around the theaters.  This movie is "The Social Network".

I myself have seen this twice and I very much enjoy this movie.  It brings a lot of information to my mind especially when it comes to Computer Science.  For instance, when the student is sitting in class in his Operating Systems class, I sit there and really try to understand the information the teacher is giving.  Mainly because I am taking Operating Systems next year.  But it also really inspires me to work on a project.  I know that creating something like Facebook is a completely different subject, but everything is possible so why not?  I am not talking about creating Facebook or even something to "revolutionize" the way people do things.  Even though that is my potential goal in life anyways.  But I want to create something that I can tell everyone that I created it.

Something also fell into my lap that same time that really started to speak to me.  This something is Microsoft's Imagine Cup.

For those who may not know, I am a Student Partner with Microsoft.  I basically try to promote Microsoft to my local campus and show all the new stuff that is going on with Microsoft.  The imagine cup is a technical competition that is held yearly to showcase students hard work and effort.  There are different fields that you can enter in including Software Design, Game Development, Embedded Development, Digital Media Design, and IT challenges.  I have already entered the IT challenge because I want to test my knowledge in the growing works and challenges in the Computer Industry today.

But I also want to do something else.  I want to enter the Software Design with some people and come up with something that can really change the way we do things and even help further my career.  I want to really work at this and I do not want to just be lazy around it.  This is something that has really shot me and I am feeling very inspired.

The competition will give me a drive that I never really had before to create something new and different that I can call my own.  I am normally a person that enjoys Computer Animation and creating something as a work of art, but I also want to test my knowledge through problem solving and creating ideas to solve these problems.