I'm back for another update. Sorry it's been a while. The last couple weeks have been pretty interesting. I started training on the assistive technology computer at the library. I did a couple of overviews to the library staff on the technology that's available and what it can do. I hope to start actual training on how to use the hardware and software next week.

I'm also starting to get some materials together for some outreach. The aim is to get many people interested in using the technology, and if successful, implament this in other libraries around the area.

Last weekend, I also went to my first real civic engagement. I attended the viewing of the Wal-Mart movie at the Mapps Cafe. The movie was called Wal-Mart, The High Cost of Low Price. It was actually a really interesting film about how Wal-Mart is involved in a lot of shady business practices, and a host of other things you wouldn't think they'd be involved in. It covered topics like poor to really no benifits, pretty much slave labor, environmental polution, and more. I won't say much more about the movie, but I will say it's definitely worth a watch. If even half of the information is true, it's pretty disturbing how one of the biggest and most successful companies today is involved in so much shady activity.

After the movie ended, we stayed a while longer and took part in some discussion about the movie. We had to leave a little early, but we continued the discussion on the way home. I have a friend who's dad works at Wal-Mart. He mentioned a lot of the benifits issues in the movie, but I never thought it was quite that bad. I'm definitely going to tell my friend to watch this movie.

That's all for now, but I'll post again soon.