Read the OReilly book: Ajax: The Definitive Guide. Learned quite a bit from it. I had tried to read it 8 weeks ago, but there were too many JavaScript language idioms I didn’t know yet. I enterered all the information from the first 120 pages which amounted to around 150 items into YoYoBrain. I then [...]

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The results of a study published Applied Cognitive Psychology showed doodling could lead to a whopping 29% memory improvement over not doodling Thanks to those teachers who let me doodle. Yahoo news report I am reminded to doodle more actively….and maybe we should encourage students to draw on their desks?

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Today I realized that I could radically increase my time spent learning by utilizing my time in the car. Until now I have been listening to history coursed while driving from the Teaching Company. They are fantastic but not contributing to my technical skills increasing. All of a sudden, it hit me, that there are [...]

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I am reminded that automation can be the best consolation after tackling some long mundane configuration task….or coding task…or business process in general.. In general, any repetitive task that takes 10 minutes gets scrutinized as something we should probably automate to make it a 5 second transaction. This week I was wrangling with configuring multiple [...]

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This post by Will originally appeared on our earlier blog “Nonlinear Growth” – SL As I was running my Internet business, one of our biggest issues is that the Internet is like a blank piece of paper you can draw anything on. So we would contantly have numerous ideas thrown our way. I would always [...]

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