So one of the projects we have to do for the prework is to replicate the screenshot of a website from scratch. It's so interesting how much more you actually learn when you have no step-to-step guidance. This was the midpoint progress, I actually got it to look like the screenshot! Now the final stretch is to finish up some jQuery and Javascript :D
Also, I recently get super excited talking to people if they mention start-ups and coding stuff. One person told me about a weekly ruby meet-up in Boston where people from the ruby community come together and either help each other out or just talk about entrepreneurship and how awesome ruby is. How cool is that! Another kid invited me to a hackathon this upcoming week and was telling me about how fun they are. He also showed me his blog which basically teaches you how to become a developer on your own (he's actually in finance and taught himself everything!) which seemed pretty helpful