Category: Study Journal

Mar 31

• Be sure to surround yourself with good.
• You must decide what is important to you. Set goals and reach them.
• When you hit your limit choose to improve.

Continue reading Study Journal 7

Mar 17

• I can be respectful of others and listen to them even if I don’t agree with them.
• Always strive to improve your communication skills.
• Welcome diversity and encourage others to be the best that they can be.

Continue reading Study Journal 6

Mar 05

• Don’t fall into a trap where you think that the rules don’t apply.
• Examine the motivations of those around you. Some people appear that they are there for the public good, but in reality have other motivations or are being influenced.
• Be responsible.

Mar 10 Continue reading Study Journal 5

Feb 19

• It is better follow your code of ethics than to break them, even when the stakes are high.
• Don’t forget that we are all human, and the human element permeates all we do.
• Be prepared for change.

Feb 24 Continue reading Study Journal 4 – Cybersecurity & Espionage

Feb 10 – IP:  Patents, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, & NDAs

• Intellectual property rights can help promote research by allowing companies to know that they can monetize the results and recuperate their losses. At the same time the lack of sharing can hamper other researchers.
• It seems the more you dig into a topic the more problems you discover that have no clear answer.
• Interesting that reverse engineering is allowed and illegal.
• Intellectual property is a part of life, therefore I should keep learning about it.

Jan 22 – Early Hardware and Software

• All to often those with the knowledge are not in a position to make the decisions.
• The definition of success is up to you. I like to think of success as being able to accomplish that which you set out to do.
• Collaboration can lead to great success.

Continue reading Study Journal 2

Jan 13 – Definition of Ethics – Reason, Logic, & Logical Fallacies

• Let your learning increase your testimony instead of damage it.
• I find my self often using the logical fallacy of “Appeal to Authority” and should attempt to avoid this.
• If ethics has a clearly defined line, then why is there so much debate about what is ethical an unethical or who is the authority on ethics?

Jan 15 – Critical Observation & the Orders of Ignorance Continue reading Study Journal 1