Be More Careful

We might have to read carefully any contract we sign. I'm currently working as a software engineering intern for a software company in Draper and writing code for their product. I remember that I signed some employment contract I did not carefully read when I started the internship. After reading the assigned articles, I thought about one question. Would the comapany I work for would own everything I write? I get paid to sit and write code, so they probably would. I actually do not care whether they would or not because I am not that talented yet. I, however, do care the fact that I have never thought about it. If I was a more talented and experienced engineer who provides excellent ideas that could directly contributes to the company's growth, the fact could have been more serious.

Desire Matters

An iceberg floating in water looks magnificent because the underwater portion is much bigger than the portion you can see from the surface. We write because we have something to express, but we cannot be a good writer if we do not have strong feeling to express in our mind. In the writing process, cutting unnecessary parts and seeking more simple and direct ways to express makes the writer think about the topic at a deeper level. The writer needs to figure out the core idea and describe it as short as possible. If he has strong desire to express the idea to the audience, the idea tends to be more clear, and the way he describes it becomes more effective.

Uneatable Apple

Today, more than ever before, it may seem like people want to have electronic mobile devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Interbrand's yearly Best Global Brands list of this year explains that well. Apple and Google leapfrogged Coca-Cola. When people see the Coca-Cola's logo, they want to drink Coca-Cola beverages. Now when they see the Apple logo, they want to have Apple products. Electronic mobile devices might have strong influence as much as foods and drinks we have daily. 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/tech/innovation/apple-coke-top-brands/index.html

Simpleness

Approximately 2100 years ago, Alma, the Book of Mormon prophet says, "Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass." Software engineering which originally come from only 0 and 1 is really good example that explains this principle. Familysearch is one of the greatest achievements. I also think it is very important in software develpoment process in a team. As a software engineer, I always try to write clean and simple code so that other engineers can build on it easily. If it is not simple enough, they might be confused and discard it or use it wrongly. Great things are usually done by a team. Keeping things simple helps communications and is the key to teamwork.

Get To Know The People

It is really easy to insult people you have never met on the Internet, and hard to know who they really are from the Internet. I grew up in Japan and heard disputes between Japan and South Korea because of a complex history of war and politics. The news about South Korea from media, especially the Internet made me think that most people from that country are rude and immature. I was silently agreed with people saying bad things about them. After getting to know some friends from South Korea since I came to BYU, I realized I was wrong and overcame my prejudice. Likewise, people being cruel and unkind to people on the Internet without knowing them are likely to be very ashamed of their attitude when they actually meet them. 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/tech/social-media/twitter-anger/index.html