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Making a Living Collecting Cans
Why is San Francisco, one of the most liberal, environmentally conscious cities in the country, systematically shutting down recycling centers that have been so important to reducing litter and offering low income individuals a safety net?
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You Must Try, and then You Must Ask
Stay ahead with the latest cloud computing, content delivery, and cybersecurity trends, expert analyses, and tech insights from the official Akamai blog.
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Melatonin
Melatonin improves sleep, & sleep is valuable
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Dual N-Back Meta-analysis
Does DNB increase IQ? What factors affect the studies? Probably not: gains are driven by studies with weakest methodology like apathetic control groups.
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Procrastination should be solved by lighting fires, not filling buckets
2019 update: Wow, people are still reading this! I wrote this 6 years ago. I’m going to leave it unedited + add some new thoughts. With the benefit of hindsight, I think… thinking about productivity apps is a sort of proxy approach to thinking about productivity itself. I never did…
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Spaced repetition for study and learning
Efficient memorization using the spacing effect: literature review of widespread applicability, tips on use & what it’s good for.
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Thoreau 2.0
This is a written version of a talk I gave on September 21, 2013 , at the XOXO conference in Portland.
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Nicotine as a useful stimulant
On the benefits and lack of demerits of nicotine (research up to 2015)
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Hyphens and dashes
Butterick’s Practical Typography
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How IPython Notebook and Github have changed the way I teach Python
I teach in a small high school in southeast Alaska, and each year I teach an Introduction to Programming class. I recently learned how to use IPython Notebook, and it has completely changed the way…
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Open Letter to My Students: No, You Cannot be a Professor (2011)
[Note: In response to the interest generated by this post I have also posted No, You Cannot be a Professor--the Reactions and For New Rea...
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Today I Deleted My LinkedIn Account; You Probably Should Too
(Please note corrections after the post) Today I will delete my LinkedIn account. I say I will instead of I have because I do not know how LinkedIn’s account settings work; deleting my accou…
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Go Pro on a soaring eagle [video]
What does it feel like to soar majestically like an bird? Maybe something like this video, shot with a camera strapped to the back of an eagle flying near Chamo
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How To Take Exceptional Notes and Be Productive with Paper
Learn how a former Google PM transformed his productivity with an analog note-taking system. A practical guide to effective paper-based organization for startup leaders.
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My Friends and I Bought an Island
As long as I've remembered, I've wanted to buy a private island. Having a random patch of land somewhere holds almost no appeal, but an island is totally different. An island is li...