Rosalie Bartlett @rosalieinc

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“The day we started Apple Computer, IBM was far more powerful in the computer industry than Microsoft and Intel are today.

The day we started Apple.

And, so, we should of just given up.

I should of just nudged Woz – “hey, forget it. We don’t have a chance.”

But we were too stupid to know that. 

We hadn’t gone to business school.

We didn’t read the – we didn’t know what the Wall Street Journal was!

I’d never seen a Wall Street Journal!

And that served us well.

So, what can I say? 

I think every good product that I’ve ever seen in this industry and pretty much anywhere is because a group of people cared deeply, about making something wonderful that they and their friends wanted. You know? They wanted to use it themselves.

And that’s how almost everything I know that’s good has come about.

It didn’t come about because people were trembling in the corner, worried about some big company stomping on them.”

- Steve Jobs

reecepacheco:

Last night I got to see Bon Iver perform at the Prospect Park Band Shell. It was an awesome show.

Bon Iver - Wolves Act I & II (Live) by reecepacheco

I recorded this SoundCloud file on my phone of “Wolves Act I & II” during the encore last night. Still have…

For my two newest projects, I’ve combined my love of travel and interest in people.

If you haven’t checked them out yet [Whaaattt…C’mon now : )], here they are:

@Travelwiggle: Interviews with travelers.

@itravelbecause: A collection of reasons & pictures by travelers on why they travel.

Let me know what ya think! I’m @rosalieinc

Happy Travels, 

Rosalie

Tubby and Mr. Frog.

Forgot how much fun singing & dancing in a room filled with hundreds of people is. Thanks @christomlin & @rendcollective.

One of the first things I noticed about my Introduction to PHP and MySQL class is the amount of people that are enrolled. My Ruby on Rails class has 12 students enrolled, whereas, this PHP and MySQL class has 60 students enrolled. Not sure what the reason for the noticeable difference in class size is. 

Just like in my Ruby on Rails class, we were also asked in my PHP and MySQL class to introduce ourselves to the class this week.

Here are some of the reasons my classmates gave for taking this class:

• Really into affiliate marketing and want to develop dynamic sites.
• Starting a web-based company and want to be able to make changes.
• Need to add databases to the site I maintain for an organization.
• Maintain racing site and WordPress doesn’t entirely suit needs.
• Using the Joomla platform got me interested in PHP and SQL.
• Want to create custom themes in WordPress, as well as, build CMS.
• Experience with XHTML, CSS, Javascript & Flash.
• Took 10 years off from corporate life and am wanting to go back.
• Need to automate web testing at work.
• Laid off (programmer) and want to learn a more marketable language.
• Frustrated with 3rd party vendors who overcharge me & don’t deliver.
• Goal is to one day sit on a beach and develop websites.
• Unemployed (Network Tech) so thought why not learn a new language.
• Did Computer Graphics, out for a few years, updating skills.
• Recently got out of the Navy and switched career paths.
• Unemployed (SQA Analyst - 10yrs), possibly changing career.
• Position eliminated (worked all my life in System Test/Black box testing).
• Software Engineer. Studio closed. Now starting my own company.
• Want to help my husband’s business by maintaining the website.
• Want to give captains of local sports club the ability to log game results.
• Employer is paying for on the job training classes.

Here are some of the job titles my classmates mentioned in their introductions:

• Real Estate Broker 
• Mailman
• Software Engineer
• SQA Engineer
• Audio & Video Production
• Computer Information Systems
• HTML Programmer
• System Analyst
• Customer Support Representative
• Musician
• IT Administrator
• Software Quality Assurance Analyst
• SQL Database Administrator
• Packaging Engineer
• Executive (Home Furnishings)
• IT/Security Student

This is your life.

The Ruby on Rails course that I’m enrolled in started yesterday.

In addition to reading up on the differences between static/dynamic and client-side/server-side, we were instructed to download and install Instantrails, as well as, to introduce ourselves to the class.

Introductions were to include our name and why we’re taking the class.

Here are some of the reasons my classmates gave for taking the class:

• Want to pursue web development as a career.
• Beginner website designer, seeing if I want to pursue RoR.
• Want to re-implement company website.
• Have business ideas that are web-based.
• Cost of outsourcing development.
• Ruby running on webpages on the servers at work & don’t understand it.
• Son getting an iPhone got me interested. Want to design a web app.
• Programmer laid off due to downsizing wanting to learn new job skills.
• Mostly do front end work. Interested in Ruby, ROR, MVC and OO basics.
• JSE programmer (Android&Blackberry) wanting scripting/web experience.

Some of my classmates mentioned their job titles in their introductions:

• Web Producer
• Business Analyst
• IT System Administrator
• Computer Programmer (Pascal programming - Unix/Linux)
• IT Auditor
• Computer Engineer & Technical Consultant
• GUI Developer

We start Lesson 2 tomorrow which means I have no homework this evening and get to play iPad Monopoly against my sister. Yay! :)

Rosalie

The internet is one of the coolest places to create something on. Once you’re done creating something or even while you’re still working on it, it’s really easy to share your project, get feedback or maybe even…users! :)

Up until today, I’ve been able to contribute to every part of my web projects except for…the coding part! That’s because I dont know how to code.

I can type up a very detailed description of exactly how a site should function, wireframe layouts, setup domains, upload code - need images? Sure, no problem! Want me to code that new feature for the site? Sure, let me just, Ummm…go learn how to do that! Ha. :)

Not being able to be 100% part of my projects isn’t fun. So…today I’m really excited to be starting a 6 week Ruby on Rails class!

That being said, I’m really glad that helpful sites like Stack Overflow exist. Will definitely be frequenting it and looking into answers found here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55574/learning-ruby-on-rails.

I’ll be posting updates here for the next 6 weeks about what I’m learning, enjoying, having difficulty with and hopefully, what I’m coding!

If you ever have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to drop me a note here or @Rosalieinc me on twitter.

With much excitement,

Rosalie

http://twitter.com/rosalieinc/status/37241492447690752

No Vocals. 10 minutes & 52 seconds.

Really want to make a music video for it one day. 

Every time I hear this song, I picture two people who are meant to be together but are always seperated by life, distance, relationships, etc.

Over a period of 10 years, they come in and out of each other’s lives.

Clips of their lives flash throughout the song.

At 8:31, all the “obstacles” that have been keeping them apart will flood/flash the screen.

Finally, at 10:10 - 10:14, they get together.

Happy ending. :)

True Love. Beautiful.

Warning: You will cry.

My favorite cover of Skinny Love by Bon Iver.

Cover done by Lauren (In Current Standing).

“Be a traveler, not a tourist. Get off the bus. Seek out what’s different. Approach the cow.” - Jeff Schumlin

Just signed up for Startup Weekend Boulder (#swboulder)! I’ve never been to a Startup Weekend and this will be my first time visiting Boulder. Really excited!

If you’re not familiar with Startup Weekend - here’s a link to their site: http://boulder.startupweekend.org/