What Should I learn this summer?

[bobby123]

Guys I am now free and bascially have a summer to look forward. However I would like to learn something related to pcs for enjoyment and knowledge. I dont know what to learn though, I have about 4 months off lol. Any suggestions?. I was randomly thinking programming but what do you lot think?

 

[tifc8lraz]

You should learn whatever your heart desires; if you want to learn about programming, go for it :grinthumb !

 

[chance1138]

You should learn telekinesis! That's all the rage.

 

[SNGX1275]

Learn how to hack a ball mouse. I need one hacked for a project at work so that you can move it (doesn't even have to be a mouse at this point) say 5 feet on the ground, yet only 6" or so on the monitor.

 

[kitty500cat]

Learn how to program in binary.

 

[chance1138]

Haha! I think that my be harder than telekinesis!

 

[bobby123]

lol are these serious sugesstions?

 

[SNGX1275]

Well I didn't expect you to tear into a ball mouse. But product hacking can be a pretty fun and rewarding. Check out www.hackaday.com lots of smart dudes over there.

 

[Alex.A]

Do you know to work in PhotoShop? It's a nice, complex program where you can do whatever you want with images and graphics. Its fun, and I think 4 months will be enough :haha:

 

[tifc8lraz]

Lol ! Whatever you do, don't get PhotoShop CS3 Beta! I have it and it is ridden with bugs !

 

[Cinders]

Ha! I learned telekinsis thirteen summers ago. When your mouse pointer crawls around your screen without you touching your mouse, that's me enjoying my free time

 

[bobby123]

I cant seem to have a mouse pointer, it shows up with some magnification glass. Btw I do use photoshop.

 

[ITGuy702]

You should learn telekinesis! That's all the rage.

Good suggestions. LOL! If you want a serious suggestion here you go:

You said you want to learn something related to pc's for enjoyment and knowledge. That's still not a very specific statement. With that said, I'd suggest starting with an A+ course. That will at least give you the knowledge. It's a lot of dry reading and all but it's a starting point and you'd at least gain knowledge.

For enjoyment, programming is very enjoyable once you learn your preferred programming language. Then you can create applications/web pages from scratch. It all depends on what you'd like to do with what you learn.

 

[mailpup]

How about taking a game like Half Life 2 and creating a mod for it or creating a map for Counter Strike: Source?

 

[retexan599]

If you want to prepare yourself for your future working life, buy a copy of Word or Excel for Dummies and go through it page by page in front of your computer and try everything it teaches. At a more basic level, how good a typist are you? Everyone who plans a technical career needs to learn how to type quickly and accurately. This is just me being a grandfather....

 

[bobby123]

I can touch type and I am pretty fast too. Is there any good websites on learning java? I have decided that I will do this.

 

[tifc8lraz]

The best way to try and find a site; Google .

 

[bobby123]

lol I already have took me to wikipedia in the end, got bored lol

 

[ravisunny2]

Try Karate or Yoga.

Or start learning some musical instrument (if you aren't already into it)

 

[bobby123]

yer I mean computer releated ravigaru

 

[ravisunny2]

Oh well..

I think you meant 'guru'.

 

[ITGuy702]

You can try these sites

http://javalessons.com/
http://www.freejavaguide.com/corejava.htm

The above sites will at least give you an understanding of the Java language. But if you're really serious about learning, try taking actual classes.

 

[thebaronjocelin]

From what most programmers I know say, C++ is a good language to launch you into programming for games and other interactive media, if that's what you're into. Once you're through with Java, of course.

Javawise... I don't know if you can find local classes for it, but they offer basic and pro ones online, the former for free, the latter for a little dough.