I am so excited! I was recently notified that one of my projects has made it to the final round of the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Medial & Learning Competition.

There were several times during the initial construction of KIDVIEW that I wished I could simply drive to the nearest ‘electronics’ store to get the piece I needed instead of ordering online, paying shipping costs, and waiting for that one much needed part. My frustration led to disappointment and I suggested that the US needed to make DIY (do-it-yourself) electronics and fabrication material a bit more accessible…

With great excitement and appreciation, I have been playing with my Android Dev Phone for the past several hours. It arrived today and I must say I am excited about the learning curve that came with it. lol

Special thanks to Hilary, Raquel, Meghan, and Prasenjit @ Google for finding a device for me.

I’m so excited. As a result of my visit to Googleplex, I’m getting an Android device to explore. I’m potentially using the Android Stack & SDK for a project (more details of which are coming soon). So, along with iPhone development, I’m working on Java and creating apps for the Android as well.

So, I’m just beginning my tutorials and self explorations into the land of iPhone/iPod Touch development. I have an awesome idea for an iphone app and hope to finish it before school starts this coming fall! I also want to develop it for the Android, but will settle for completion of it on the iPhone this summer.