After so much “slacking” (just posting book summaries) I’m trying to go back to regular blogging. Remember my summary of Pragmatic Thinking & Learning? There are many exercises and pieces of advice in that book that I have been trying to practice. One of the things I decided to go for was having a personal [...]
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My short experience with GNOME 3
After not having blogged about anything but book summaries lately, I thought it was about time to write something else :-) EDIT: Added the last point, the most important one! I had been thinking of trying out GNOME 3 since it was released. For a number of reasons, I only managed to give it a try [...]
Book summary: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning (III)
This is the third and last part of my summary of Pragmatic Thinking & Learning, by Andy Hunt. See parts one and two on this same blog. This part will cover chapters “Gain experience”, “Manage Focus” and “Beyond Expertise”. Gain experience Your brain is made to learn by exploring and building mental models on your [...]
Book summary: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning (II)
This is the second part of my summary of Andy Hunt’s “Pragmatic Thinking & Learning”. See the first part on this blog. This part will cover chapters ”Get in Your Right Mind”, “Debug Your Mind” and ”Learn Deliberately”. Get in Your Right Mind A good way to involve your brain more is to use more [...]
Book summary: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning
This is the first part of my summary of “Pragmatic Thinking & Learning“, by Andy Hunt. It’s a book about how the brain works and how to take more advantage of it. It explores many interesting topics, like learning, focusing, the brain modes of operation, etc. Do note that I’ll skip many techniques/lessons in the [...]
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