Computer Programming
Sarah Allen is in a minority being a woman computer programmer. Only 20% of the field is made up of woman. Sarah led a group of computer programmers in making the very popular site Youtube. Computer programming is a rapidly growing career field that more and more people are looking at. Allen talks about the sexism not just in computer programming but in all jobs. Sarah wants this to be changed because women are just as good at the jobs they do as men are. A link to the story can be found here.
Technology in Myanmar
Nay Aung is an internet entrepreneur who is using technology to make a travel website. Internet is not used very much in Myanmar. One of the problems he faced was trying to get people to actually use the internet and many times the internet is not stable. Only 20% of the population actually have access but his website is still doing pretty well. Nay may be slightly ahead of times but that may work out in his favor. Follow this link to hear the whole story. A map of Myanmar formerly known as Burma.
Video Game Scoring
The musical score in video games is becoming just as important as the story and the graphics. Jim Dooley helped with the scoring of Disney's Epic Mickey game and tells us more about that process. A game does not have a fixed timeline like a movie does, which makes it more difficult to use the music to match the feelings of the player. The music changes as well as the instruments matching what is going on in the game. It is very difficult for all the sounds to fit together and be different. Recently more composers want to do the music for video games, these composing jobs require the composer to work more more closely with the people in charge of the games than if it was a movie. Scoring has gotten more and more important as video games have evolved. The music makes the player feel more involved. Here is a link to this fascinating story.
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