In June 2023 I finally managed to finish my four-year degree in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity from University of Maryland Global Campus. This was a massive milestone for me in life, and has been a personal goal for decades.<\/p>\n
I sometimes like to joke about the ten years it took for me to finish my two year degree, and now I can joke about the twenty years it took for my four year degree. I can now also joke that I am on my way to being a PhD by the time I am in my eighties.<\/p>\n
While I do enjoy a great deal of humor in my daily life, something that I took a break from during the last decade has been writing. I believe this time for respite from writing has come to an end. Over the last several months I have been endeavoring to find my way back to writing, but have failed; until recently that is, to identify\u00a0How<\/em> I want to write. The\u00a0what\u00a0<\/em>I choose to write about isn’t going to change much, but I am going to adopt a different method of conveying the message. I will seek to engage in a topic more in-depth than I usually do, and can expect I may write about three to four topics per year.<\/p>\n I’ve always been excellent at writing notes or journals for myself, and this isn’t going to change anytime soon. I’ve also been commended on my capacity to write business-related materials, as well as my detail-oriented nature when writing documentation for my customers. The people closest to me, that have read my writing also have received a fair bit of insight, and I’ve received my fair share of compliments. Each topic I explore in real life, and potentially write about here will now be looked at from each of the following three perspectives:<\/p>\n I find this topic the easiest to write about, and the most difficult to share. I have dozens of private blog posts, and decades worth of journals that I probably should delete or burn before I die. However, anything related to technology that I am doing, reading, or concerned about rarely has content of concern. I’m eager to write about my decision points for how I thread the needle of whether something should or shouldn’t be posted to the Internet. This perspective will of course be my own, with my future-self being my target audience.<\/p>\n I am setting the goal for this section to be most relevant to the regular people in my life that haven’t the time or experience I do with technology that I have. The famous quote most frequently attributed to William Gibson<\/a> helps drive my belief that this perspective has relevance:<\/p>\n “The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” — William Gibson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHow this affects me.<\/h2>\n
How this affects you as an individual.<\/h2>\n
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