Learning Journal 2018

This post is where I'll keep track of the various learning projects I do. It's more of a public living document rather than an article. I currently plan to only list nonfiction books that I read, and to use "read" to include both deep reading and light skimming. Note: book links are affiliate links to Amazon

January 2018

• Finished reading The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik
• Continued reading The Truth-Seeker's Handbook by Gleb Tsipursky at a leisurely pace
• Re-read SCRUM by Jeffery Victor Sutherland
• Crammed lots of other project management resources while taking over a PM class at the college at the last minute.
• Planned curriculum for two lab science classes, a data science class, and a Latin class for middle- and high-school
• Practiced fruit fly breeding and moss cultivation
• Trained on Canvas, an online classroom software used by the college
• Watched first class on Harvard's online CS50 class (Intro to Computer Science)

February 2018

• Read The Truth-Seeker's Handbook by Gleb Tsipursky
• Read Being Logical by Daniel Q. McInerny
• Some self-study resources on deep learning
• Upgraded computer for easier data science work (not technically learning, but a tool to make learning easier)
• Research into what it takes to start and run a family foundation and/or small museum

March 2018

• Read Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
• Started reading Behave by Robert Sapolsky
• Refreshed knowledge of the history and impact of Myst, and my chess game, in preparation for one-time classes

April 2018

• Prep work to teach classes in lab science, logic, ecosystems (via terraria), and Latin
• Finished reading Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
• Re-reading McInerny's Being Logical along with class assignments (this time taking notes on each section)
• Chapter 7 of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana by Hans Ørberg and the associated chapter of A Companion to Familia Romana: Based on Hans Ørberg's Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar (Lingua Latina) by Jeanne Marie Neumann

May 2018

• Prep work to teach classes in lab science, logic, ecosystems (via terraria), and Latin
• Read Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
• Read Behave by Robert Sapolsky (sort of…it calls for a more focused read than I gave it)
• Chapter 8 of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana by Hans Ørberg and the associated chapter of A Companion to Familia Romana: Based on Hans Ørberg's Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar (Lingua Latina) by Jeanne Marie Neumann

June 2018

• Created online Latin community for current/former students
• Chapter 9 of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana by Hans Ørberg and the associated chapter of A Companion to Familia Romana: Based on Hans Ørberg's Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar (Lingua Latina) by Jeanne Marie Neumann
• Read Stand Out Networking by Dorie Clark
• Started reading Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
• Started compiling list of stupid Latin words starting with ‘Q': Qui, Quis, Quidam, Quidqid, Quisquam, Quisque, Quidem...

July 2018

• Read Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner
• Continued Latin study through the student community and using some of the Fluent Forever ideas
• Continued reading bits and pieces of Rationality: From AI to Zombies
• Teaching brand new course at Seattle Central College: BTM226 Small Business Startup (yes, teaching a course you've never taught before definitely counts as a learning project)