I have decided to attempt Book Fragment 61 Classes 2. I put in quite a late bid and found that many of the fragments that caught my eye had already gone. I have not even read the chapter on advanced object oreientation which relates to my fragment so do not know what is in store. Professor Ince has said it will be quite tricky but will support some good graphics. I'm glad as I would rather be challenged than bored.

I am currently on Chapter 3 of the Greenberg book so have some way to go before I start work on my fragment. I'm usually too busy to read it at work and the only peace I get at home is when Tommy and Mollie are asleep by which time I am normally knackered myself. I get a fair amount of reading done in the loo and have upped my intake of bran flakes to assist with this.

I emailed the project email to see if anyone had thought of a title for the book as yet. No one has as yet...

I got the Greenberg book today and have had a quick read of the introduction, it looks pretty interesting and is easy to read. Processing is completely new to me and none of my previous experience has involved much graphic work apart from Ball World in the Budd Java book of M301. The examples in the book look very sophisticated compared to this and I can't wait to download the IDE. In fact I think I'll do it now...

Hello World,

This blog will chart my progress in the Open University Mass Writing Project as I and about 80 others collaborate in writing a book about Processing, a Java based programming environment developed primarily for developing computer graphics and computer art.

After 6 years of continuous Open University study I thought I would enjoy some time off, but strangely have found there to be a hole in my life and am very excited to be given an opportunity to contribute to a project like this.

Having read the blogs from a few other contributors I am a little concerned that I seem to be so far behind everyone else already. This is a little reminiscent of my degree where I usually started assignments the day before they were due and revised the morning of the exams but hopefully it will all come right in the end...