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[book] How We Learn
View on Amazon Who doesn’t want to be better at learning? Learn faster, more efficiently, with better recall…that’s this book, by Benedict Carey, a journalist who has long…
How I use Evernote
I keep everything in Evernote. Well, not everything — my files and photos are kept mostly on OneDrive — but everything else, anything I might need in a…
How to be mean (or nice)
I don’t believe there are very many truly mean people in the world, certainly not in professional situations where long-term reputations matter. But just because somebody doesn’t have…
[book] Manage Your Day-to-Day
View on Amazon This is a short, easy-to-read, summary of tips for how to be more productive and more creative. The bottom line: focus. Here are some of…
Doug Lemov’s Tips for Teachers
A few notes from Econtalk’s interview with Doug Lemov , founder of Uncommon Schools, who gives several practical tips on how to be a better teacher.Since we all…
[book] Adam Grant’s Give and Take
View on Amazon Seth Roberts blogged that this book is “the best in psychology in many years” and I think I agree. It’s similar to books by Malcolm…
Calibre for books
A mazon Kindle has become my main way to buy books, which of course is incredibly liberating because nowwith the Kindle app I can put every book on…
I like trucks
Steve Jobs is right : When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks, because that’s what you needed on the farm. But as vehicles started to…
How to use an iPhone over Ethernet
Okay, you're not really doing iPhone directly over Ethernet, and you'll need a Mac close by to do it, but this is a trick I find handy in…
The Cloakbox Catch
The verdict is in: I’m pretty happy with my Cloakbox VPN router . I love being able to surf as though I’m on a computer in San Francisco…
Fix your windshield for cheap
Several months ago I found myself behind a gravel truck on the freeway, and before I could maneuver out of the way a tiny pebble flipped onto my…
Sharpen your lawnmower blade
You’re supposed to do it once a season, but Consumer Reports says that 25% of owners never sharpen their lawnmower blades. I’m happy to report that I no…