I had my thesis defense on 28 June, Friday and I am happy to announce it was successful!

01 July - Monday

• I will make a simple app containing cybersecurity news.
• Yet to decide on the design scheme but have a general idea.
• If I take a course from Udemy, should be enough to get me started towards what I want.
• Should have no ads, no data collection, signup on a single website using QR code.
• Simple design, easy to read single page, minimum obstruction to reading.
• Advertisers can sponsor if the text is relevant.
• Option to change text size.

02 July - Tuesday

• Made a small list of resources like websites and blogs where I can see news.
• Will be using RSS reader to fetch latest posts.
• Created Google alerts for keywords related to cybersecurity.
• Need to start learning development in Flutter.
• And also plan to do some courses on the ‘LinkedIn Learning’ platform.

I have a good collection of resources to start at the moment. Maybe I can start posting content on LinkedIn. Need to create a habit of creating content.

03 July - Wednesday

• I have started the course Flutter & Dart - The Complete Guide
• I had started this course even before but that was the time when I was busy with the admission process as well.
• This time, I will finish it for sure.

04 July - Thursday

• I was able to run the test application for Flutter with Visual Studio as the IDE.
• It was also important to apply some settings for the editor UI and it was successful (though it took some time)
• Now I can continue following the course
• Made a long list of things I have to do - maybe I should write more, everyday.
• Make use of LinkedIn Learning.

05 July - Friday

• A really productive day.
• Figured out my short term goal and a way to align it with my long-term goal.
• More coming soon …

Long-term goals

• Create a web app. Invite only
• People can choose their favorite story. Win a chance to get vouchers in cybersecurity.
• Keep low barriers to trying your app.
• Gamifying can help.

This way I will make something for real. And will keep learning about cybersecurity too. Let’s go.

Let’s make something useful for people.