Before I set off on any new adventure, I have an insatiable need to grasp in my mind what said adventure will entail, and how best to go about it. In the not-so-distant past I imagine this process being more difficult than it is today. In order to find out what making a movie entailed, for example, one might have to step outside their front door and look through the public library for books on film. In 10th century Europe, trades could be learned only through an experienced tradesman. A carpenter, for instance, would learn his skills at a young age from a more experienced carpenter. There were few or no books to read and no internet to browse, only practical experience directed by a knowledgeable mentor.
Among the myriad differences between learning through books/mentors and learning through the internet is that books and especially mentors work as filters - passing on only the knowledge thought useful to the student. In the world of mass individual research today, there are very few filters. It is instead up to the researcher to learn how to filter things themselves - often a difficult task when you still know nothing about the subject matter you are studying! A second problem is that there is a massive amount of repetition of the same content. You may view 30 different web pages about a particular topic, and find 25 of them taught virtually the same thing.
Knowing this, I intend to create this blog about my adventures in life, and in particular Seneca and OOP344 (Object-Oriented Programming) with a good filter system, so that any interested reader might easily find what they are searching for. I will categorize each post - anectodes, OOP344 updates, useful tricks etc. - so that the viewer in the mood for learning tricks might not need to read through anectodes and potentially monotonous updates. Further, each post, where appropriate, will be broken down into sections of content - ex. introduction, body, summary, links - so that the post's message might be more quickly internalized by the reader.
I realize that I'm breaking my own rule on this entry, but I assure you it won't happen again!
Realizing that my blog is merely a grain of sand in the vast content of the internet, I aspire merely to do something of service to someone ... anyone!
