Missed appointment, new contract, new job!

Well, I was supposed to have a meeting with one of the heads of departments at UniSA yesterday, but it didn't eventuate. She was probably too busy. She is the head of department, afterall. At least I think she is. I had emailed her to ask about the possibility of doing external subjects at UniSA whilst I was doing the double degree of International Studies/Media Studies at Adelaide Uni. She replied back saying she was writing UniSA's curriculum of that double degree at that particular point, and it was best that I came saw her. I was thinking she was going to try to convince me to come study there, rather than Adelaide Uni. Adelaide is closer, like about 10 minutes walk, and UniSA is like a bus away. But still, the reason I wanted to do subjects there still exists; they have practical courses in film/television, whereas Adelaide only has theory, it's practicals are in radio and multimedia. Zzzzzzzzz.

So yeah, I guess she was busy. I'll keep you updated when I do eventually get to speak to her. She's seems prettty interesting, she has a doctorate, and she's pretty interested in youth and media. She's currently researching a book on Madonna. How cool is that.. :) So yeah, I'm looking forward to meeting her.. :)

New contract? Yeah - the booking system we've had the proposal in for *ages* has finally come through. Looks good - initially providing a booking system to 3 in a franchise, up to a possible 13 at a later date. Pretty big stuff. The actual system should be fairly simple, but overall it's going to be a big learning experience.

We have to worry about maintaining current versions across multiple sites, providing support, updates, patches, training, all that. Should be good, and a good start to my business, too. If we're successful in presenting this application to 13 in a franchise, then it could spread elsewhere. That's our goal, I suppose, as well as branching the software out to meet other needs as they arise, too.

So that's all good. It's the income that will allow me to be a fulltime student, so I'm really looking forward to it.. :)

New job? Well, it's still a contract, but I'm a contractor, rather than the business providing the software. I've previously been contracting at Hudson, working on their learner management system, which is really fascinating, actually. Online learning, it's a big thing. But that contract is due to expire at the end of April and I needed something else part-time whilst I got the majority of the work for the franchises out of the way, so I've just taken a new contract at NRG Flinders, who supply electricity to South Australia. Sounds boring, but the job will be good - Senior Analyst/Programmer, working with a bunch of VB developers and Oracle DBAs. I *think* I'll be the only web developer, but I'm not sure. That starts next month, so I'll let you know how it goes. :)