Thesis. Bachelor. A.

What do I do with my spare time? I write. Something like this.

I write essays, notes, posts, lists, code and … my thesis. However, it takes some time to get the material. So you either need a very colourful – nude – life or you have to keep yourself updated to mash some stuff up.

My tutor says, I have to make notes. Everything that sticks to the eye, lights up the mind or is of the slightest interest, has to be written down before it’s forgotten.

For my bachelor thesis I took it literally. Writing it all in LaTeX, I first realized bibliographic entries, abstracts and quotes for every article, book or webpage findable. At least till the point I recognised the effort and decided to plot down links instead of full bibliographic information whenever possible. Now there are more then 100 pages of data and still researching to be done. For my thesis I still can’t cover all necessary fields with high quality material.

You might think: Is this guy mad?! Hundred pages of material is enough for three thesis! Get done with it already!

Actually I would have done it anyway. The choice for the subject Safety and Security in the Information Age wasn’t just for my addiction for proper puzzles. For me this is fun! It is a subject rarely anyone has written anything scientifically relevant about it. To find and connect sources of the analogue and digital ages gives me a certain kind of pleasure. It literally brought me from a state I wrote more than I read, to a productive academic workflow.

So, what do I do with my study time? I read. Something like this.