Sketchnotes: Dave Ley, Jen Nolan, Leo Marland and me at the University of...
(Click on the image for a larger version) Kelly Lyons and Isidora Petrovic invited Dave Ley (CIBC), Jen Nolan (IBM), Leo Marland (IBM), and me (… figuring things out! also, formerly IBM…) for the...
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Take better notes, and the world will beat a path to your door. Or something like that. =) As it turns out, sketchnotes are an excellent way to capture ideas from presentations and meetups. Eric asked...
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The growing popularity of Google Helpouts mean that I often respond to requests from people who want to learn more about taking notes and learning more effectively. I want to make sure that people who...
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I’ve been drawing a lot more on paper lately, so I should update my Sketching Tools page. It is nice as a way to quickly get my thoughts down without the tiring brightness of the computer screen or the...
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Have you identified any role models for the skills you want to learn or improve? When people tell me they want to learn more about something, I often ask them who they look up to as role models for the...
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Books are great, but they’re not for everyone. If you find it hard to get through a book, figure out what your personal learning style is, and adapt to that instead. Do you prefer listening to audio or...
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This entry is part 8 of 19 in the series A No-Excuses Guide to Blogging2014-01-24: Added text from images Don’t wait to feel like an expert before you share what you’ve learned. The world needs more...
View ArticleCanadian winter tips
Coming back to cold weather was not particularly fun, but I’m learning to deal with it. I’ve got the thermals, the sweaters, the jackets, the scarves… There’s no reason why I shouldn’t be able to...
View ArticleHow to read blogs efficiently with a feed reader
Books tend to be better-organized and more in-depth, but these days, I get more current information and insights from blogs. Reading lots of blogs can take time, though. Worse, it’s easy to get...
View ArticleA no-excuses guide to blogging
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View ArticleHow to develop your ideas into blog posts
This entry is part 13 of 19 in the series A No-Excuses Guide to BloggingDo you find it easy to come up with lots of ideas for blog posts, but then find it difficult to sit down and actually write...
View ArticleMore tips for self-directed learning: deliberate practice
Learning on your own can be really hard. Once you get past the basics, there aren’t that many books or courses about what you’re interested in. It makes sense. It takes effort to make a book or...
View ArticleEmacs tweaks: Export Org checkboxes using UTF-8 symbols
UPDATE 2014-03-28: Newer versions of org have the org-html-checkbox-type variable, which you can set to unicode. Use M-x customize-variable org-html-checkbox-type to see if you have it. This snippet...
View ArticleTips for new parents near High Park, Toronto
Getting through the first few weeks: Telehealth +18667970000 – 24-hour access to nurses so you can ask questions and find out if you need to go to the emergency room or the doctor, or if it’s perfectly...
View ArticleCanadian winter tips
Coming back to cold weather was not particularly fun, but I'm learning to deal with it. I've got the thermals, the sweaters, the jackets, the scarves… There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to...
View ArticleHow to read blogs efficiently with a feed reader
Books tend to be better-organized and more in-depth, but these days, I get more current information and insights from blogs. Reading lots of blogs can take time, though. Worse, it's easy to get...
View ArticleA no-excuses guide to blogging
UPDATE 2014-02-05: Download the PDF/EPUB/MOBI: A No-Excuses Guide to Blogging (free, pay what you want) What's getting in your way when it comes to writing? 2014-01-31 Getting good ideas out of your...
View ArticleHow to develop your ideas into blog posts
Do you find it easy to come up with lots of ideas for blog posts, but then find it difficult to sit down and actually write them–or spend hours drafting, only to decide that it's not quite ready for...
View ArticleMore tips for self-directed learning: deliberate practice
Learning on your own can be really hard. Once you get past the basics, there aren't that many books or courses about what you're interested in. It makes sense. It takes effort to make a book or...
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