Computin'

I might just be the biggest dork on the planet, but I wanted to share a discovery I made with my co-dorks. I figure if you're reading some stranger's (or friend's/sister's/etc.'s) weblog, then you're probably a dork, too. Sorry if I offended anyone out there. But it's better to just accept your dorkdom now, and move on...

Anyway, so for anybody who is ok with their dorkdom and wants to revel in it, I just signed up with the GREATEST web site ever. It's called Lynda.com - for $25/month (or $250/yr, but no thanks) you can have unlimited access to TONS of computer software courses. Ok, ok, so they're not interactive. But I have to learn FileMaker Pro for my future job, and honestly, it's not exactly the most intuitive tool ever. But I've done a few hours of a 7.5-hr series, and already I am totally rocking the database, yo.

Next up, I am going to do Flash - I've always wanted to learn Flash, but outside of my one three-hour course I took five years ago, I have never found a program that I could afford. If I finish the FileMaker Pro learning soon enough, I'll be able to smoosh in the Flash learning, and the whole deal will only have put me out $25.

Hell, I could extend that to two months ($50) and I'd still be saving about $750. Those courses - in "real" life (not online) - are not cheap.

Anyway, if you're into computers, or have some specific software you've always wanted to learn (they have them ALL, I swear), check out lynda.com. I've been super-impressed.