User:AlC

Background

 * 30 y/old London male
 * AS-level German
 * A-levels in English, Biology and Chemistry
 * S-level Chemistry
 * BA Experimental Psychology
 * Working in intellectual property law

Law

 * IP law (initial UK & soft IP focus)
 * Develop study materials to support
 * IP101: Background to and rationalisation of IP rights
 * IP102: Types of Rights
 * IP103: Jurisdictions, protocols and agreements
 * IP104: Introduction to Trade Marks
 * IP105: Introduction to Designs
 * IP106: Introduction to Copyright
 * IP107: Introduction to Patents
 * IP201: Trade Marks (UK)
 * IP202: Trade Marks (EU)
 * IP203: Trade Marks (Foreign)
 * IP301: Designs (UK)
 * IP302: Designs (EU)
 * IP303: Designs (Foreign)
 * IP401: Copyright (UK)
 * IP402: Copyright (EU & Overseas)
 * IP503: Patents (Overview only)
 * IP601: Review, state of play and consideration of oddities
 * Finals essays (to be written up at the end of the course)
 * IP701: Overview of current IP debates
 * IP702: IP and pharmaceuticals
 * IP703: IP, technology and software
 * IP704: IP, Internet publishing and user created content
 * IP705: IP and the entertainment industry
 * IP706: Comparing and contrasting IP in North America and Europe
 * IP707: Free IP: systems and players
 * IP708: Future directions and policymakers
 * Possibly, additional essays/articles on specific subjects written for marketing at work and released here subsequently after publication in press

Languages

 * Japanese
 * basic phonetics
 * basic reading vocabulary

Computer Science

 * Computer hardware, construction and maintenance
 * Project to build a working PC
 * Introduction to operating systems
 * Podcast lecture course
 * UNIX/Linux installation and administration
 * Choose, install and maintain a Linux distro on the built hardware
 * Choose, install and maintain appropriate FOSS applications software
 * Programming
 * Key concepts in computer programming
 * Essential programming languages
 * Python
 * PHP
 * Notes to show understanding of concepts
 * Basic project work to test knowledge and use of languages
 * Wired and wireless networking
 * LAMP/WAMP development
 * Test project
 * Information security
 * Key concepts and issues in information security
 * Emerging trends in information security
 * Applications of content management systems
 * Further studies
 * Advanced Linux system administration
 * Further programming languages
 * An assault on LISP
 * Further study of information security
 * Forms of attack
 * Case studies of exploits and code examples
 * Personalities within the field

General Studies

 * Maintain external wiki site for notes (Jot Spot?)
 * Develop list of books and audiobooks to work through
 * Keep notes as appropriate
 * Write short wikified summary at end of each text
 * Try to link ideas from text to text
 * Great Books/Columbia Core reading lists
 * Develop and maintain supplemental lists of additional works of interest
 * Short lists by topic
 * Include links
 * Keep notes as appropriate
 * Write short summary at end of each text

Literature

 * Keep half an eye on the development of these pages to take up once the general reading is done

Fine Arts

 * Keep an eye out for pages like this which may form the basis of studies
 * Collect texts and other resources which may be useful in forming the basis of a course if none emerges

Linguistics

 * Especially
 * Nuts & bolts basics
 * Evolution of language
 * Semiotics
 * Information theory approaches
 * AI, speech recognition and speech production
 * Artificial languages