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In 2015, I began using mobile apps to learn Spanish. I've tried a lot of them. Some are better than others. A few people recently asked for my feedback on the topic, so I am putting this post...
Read more →Today, I was organizing all my Google Drive files and I found a blog post outline from 2013 that I never published. That summer I read the excellent book The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . ....
Read more →In the post Learning to Hate Driving Less, I raved about the Waze application. By giving me points for driving, assigning me a ranking, and letting me compete with friends, Waze has totally changed...
Read more →Shortly after arriving in Seattle in 2007, I broke down and bought a good coffee grinder. After years of thinking my old grinder was good enough to grind fine and consistent for espresso, I spent the...
Read more →I read two more books on my Kindle app. One was good, one wasn't. The Mindful Way to Study The Mindful Way to Study is a book I wish I would have had when I was a student. It tailors the message of...
Read more →Three of my favorite authors are publishing brand new books this month. Good times. !Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb...
Read more →My streak of outstanding books continues. !Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming...
Read more →I stumbled upon an interesting audiobook recently. !The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. by Daniel Coyle is...
Read more →In 2006, I did two nutritional posts titled Cleaning Up My Diet 1 and Cleaning Up My Diet 2. Boy did I get some things wrong. Not quite a nutritional mullet, but close. Usually I attack others, such...
Read more →I almost stopped reading this book after the first 30 pages. !The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance is by Josh...
Read more →Not sure how this book ended up on my reading list, but I'm glad it did. !The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution...
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