Personal Code of Ethics

1. Make sure the things you say are worthwhile.
2. Don't be afraid to ask for help, but don't ask for too much.
3. Try to treat everyone as a valued individual.
4. Only respect people worthy of your respect, but be polite and pleasant to everyone.
5. Don't let your decisions be based on popularity.
6. Remember being exceptional fades away unless you continually strive to be exceptional.

How to live today as a Latter Day Saint

When religion is observed as it is intended it becomes part of everyday living. The challenge for all members of a religion is living with other of different values. True religion is lived through private observances, self discipline and action. Conduct at work is a reflection of how religion is lived. Living as a Latter Day Saint means performing small acts of worship and service in all times and all places.

Gaming addiction, more common than you think

I assume the general public lacks the discipline to know when enough is enough; constantly being trained to live for excess. Online games are engineered to provide euphoria, they are among the most potent narcotics. Addiction's tragedy is lost opportunity. It is imperative that public education addresses issues concerning gaming addiction. It's too late for my generation, but we need damage control for the future.

Pblic Educatoin and Gaming addiction (Video post)

Gaming is the opium of the masses?

The landscape of video gaming is astoundingly different to what is was five years ago. Video game publishers don't want you to buy games, instead they demand loyal devotion to them. The video game market is booming. Gaming is a billion dollar industry. Where there is money there is marketing. Video game marketing is brilliantly deceptive; keeping gamers paying for the pain. 

The recent phenomenon of free to play games is a worm; attacking smartphone bank accounts. Access to games has never been easier thanks to smartphones; spreading like cancer into ever wider markets. The key to the free to play money making machine is micro transactions. Consumers the world over are nickle and dimed when playing free games. Little by little free to play games bleed the bank dry.

Free to play games are addictive. Deliberate design keeps consumers playing and paying to reach aloof goals. The expertise of behavioral scientists make free to play games irresistible. Consumers satisfy the craving to play anytime and anywhere; the drug is in their pockets. 

 

Women in technical sciences

The extremely low number of women in Computer Science is not alarming. There is nothing holding women back from a successful career in technical sciences. Is it alarming that far less men graduate in nursing than women? Absolutely not. If stereotypes were holding women back from technical majors it is due to choice, not oppression.  

Real cathedrals are beautiful; software cathedrals are ugly

Cathedrals are mystic, perplexing, and ancient. When code is mystic, perplexing, and ancient; it's a train wreck. Flexibility is paramount when writing software. Obstinate code is costly and infuriating; wrestling with it is like getting blood from a stone. Adept programmers write software as sharp as themselves, when they keep code flexible. Software should be like a pencil, simple, intuitive and versatile.