[Thoughts on life]Build my own databse

Information. After industrial revolution, now it is so-called information revolution.
I haven't had time to contemplate about what exactly information is about. As computer science studying is going on, firstly it is interestingly clear the difference between raw data and information.
I need to internalize of the raw data that is all surrounding me in order to make information. Data is anything, anywhere - it can be a list of restaurants, a bunch of random numbers from the car plate, the titles of books and so on. Whereas information is needed to have efforts. Information is something that I process myself using my own energy to activate my brain.

When a person is young, data and information usually don't have a specific boundary. As the person grows up, the person is getting formed with all data that have been collected consciously or uncounsciously.
I think that is pretty critical to be aware of that what kind of data is being processed as an information in one's mind.
Without monitoring of this processing, it is quite easy to get lost in this complicated and complex so called 'life'.
Though I don't think that to have a solid awareness of this process is easy, it is certainly not a rocket science. It just all the time start with a simple question 'why' and trying to answer on one's own.

I guess so far I've collected so much data, yet I did not know how to use them properly. But now I feel like I'm processing all the data that I've got, and adding new data each day to process for making the most useful information for myself.
I'm pretty sure one day all this data whether it is processed or not will come in handy. :)

[Thoughts on life]Self learning and independent thinking

It's been almost 2 month since I started to study my 1st term. One of the things that I learned in my bottom heart is not only mere knowledge in mathematics or circuits, but also a great change of the way of thinking.

Since it is a self education, it is inevitable that it all depends on me to find any resources, to set up the time frame and how much I learned and how well I understand. Then one day I realized that it is the best way to practice to think more indepently and act independently.
I'm a teacher, a student at the same time. Just like a teacher, I'm thinking how I can give an easier and practical way to teach myself for any difficult subject or contents. Also as a student, I'm trying to absorb what I prepared myself for me.

This way of thinking led me to percieve the world in a quite different way in which I used to do. If there is no question, then there is no action for finding an answer.
Though it seems there are abundunt data, it doesn't seem like not many people ask a very fundumental question about 'why'. It coudl be a pain in the nect if one is trying to ask about almost everything that looks just obvious.
However, as far as I discovered there is no such thing that is "fixed".
All the rules, any objects or even the way we are thinking is just made through out the time, and somehow people claims that something is right because it has this long history or just because so.
Numbers - invented, letters - invented, cars - invented, computer - invented.
It is quite amazing how many things we tend to forget how we are using such a system and take for granted.

On the other side of indepedent thinking, it is possible to make some conflicts with a majority of society. I guess that's because in order to form a civilzed society, it is required to have a system which we live in now, and it somehow nees a conformity. Maybe it is an unavoidable feature of a modern civlized society.
Would it be possible to have a parrell line between independent thinking and conformity? 

[Thoughts on life]Curiosity

I'm not sure since when I got into science and technology. But I do remember that whenever I looked up the dark night sky, I couldn't help asking myself why that shinny thingy is up there? Also, that was a place for me to expand my imagination. There was nothing to stop me from thinking like a crazy about universe, moon, and everything. I ended up studying science and math in my high school, and studying physics in my freshman year in college.

Funny thing though, when computer was introduced me for the first time I got totally hooked up. I decided to be a computer programmer. After a while, middle school, high school and passing college, now I'm back. I mean I'm not a programmer 'yet', but instantly again fell in love with the whole process of programming, coding and being creative.

Anyway, what has held me in this field of science and technology would be definitely curiosity.
'Why'. I can't live without this word and never will. It is just so interesting to see people, mostly grown up to get used to not asking 'why'. It's not the most practical thing to ask every time, but I believe that we would not have been using computer without it.

Now I'm working, and studying 'independently' as a "grownup" in this society. I'm still curious why the world is the way it is, and if there is any other way that I can change or make an impact on. It's easy to think by myself, but whenever I talk with people, I found that it sounds a quite silly question. For example, I ask myself sometimes why we have to use hands for cell phone? or can I make a light trash collector? Ok, the last one sounds a bit more scientific nuance.
Well, I guess I would rather be stupid dumb to ask such a question than 'No question whatsover, just accept it' sort of person. And.... it's quite interesting to see any question and curiosity are dragged down from the imagination world into "real world"