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Archives for 1987

Read – Learning C: Programming Graphics on the Amiga and Atari ST

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Today I finished reading “Learning C: Programming Graphics on the Amiga and Atari ST” by Compute! Publications Staff

I do not need to learn to program in C.

I do need to learn the graphics systems of my brand new Atari ST and the Amiga that will be on my desk by the end of this year.

Consumption of data

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Thirty years ago, in the first wave of computing, hardware was king.

Thirty years ago it was computer hardware and computing machinery that took over the world.

In the second wave of computing, software is king.

This is where we are now. “Software maketh the machine.”

And as I’ve said previously, “It’s the software, stupid.”

Software will change the world in ways we cannot yet imagine.

Thirty years from now, in the third wave of computing, data will be king.

There will be more value in the data and how we connect all of that data and manipulate the data than we can possibly imagine.

It is data that will change the world so dramatically that by the end of the 20th century there will be entire vistas of algorithms we will make use of that we cannot even contemplate at this time.

Today, in 1987, we have not yet created the software tools that will make the next generation of software tools that will come after that will then let us manipulate these vast sets of data.

Studying – International business law

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This month I am studying “International business law” and “Tang-Soo Do karate”

Both at part-time, in-person classes. 3rd month of law (of a 6 month course) and 6th month of karate

Studying – International business law

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This month I am studying “International business law”

Still have no interest in pursuing a career in law (I’m certainly not smart enough for that), but I do think an understanding of the law is relevant if I want to own and run my own business.

This is the second month of my part-time international business law class and my 5th month of karate.

Update: I logged 27 hours this month bring my total time up to 60 hours of study.

 

Get it done

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It doesn’t take much to get hired around here.

You need to be smart.

And you need to get shit done.

Which makes me wonder how I got a job here.

Oh wait, I own the company.

 

Blaming the wrong thing

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Don’t blame the student for cheating on your exam.

Blame yourself for demanding and valuing good grades from your students rather than demanding and valuing good learning from them instead.

P.S. I wasn’t talking about me. 🙂

Intentional Failure

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I’m not afraid of a computer program that can successfully pass the Turing Test.

I’m afraid of the computer program that will intentionally fail it.

Studying – International business law

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This month I am studying “International business law”

If I am going to run companies, and the UK is entering the EU, I should probably understand better how business law works, and especially international business law. I am not stopping my karate classes, those are entering the fourth month and I fully intend to continue my studies.

So this is a six month part-time course, 3 hours a day, twice a week.

Update: I logged 33 hours in studies, reading and homework this month.

 

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