Category Archives: personal development

Deliberately Improving Teaching Ability

By Simon | Published: February 16, 2010
An article over at Study Hacks about the traits and practises of good teachers entitled “On Great Teachers and the Remarkable Life: A Deliberate Practise Case Study“. Reporting on the Teach for America program and an associated article in the Atlantic called  “What Makes a Great Teacher“, there are a couple of things that I [...]
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Rituals & Habits

By Simon | Published: May 19, 2009
Given that my last post talked about habits, their refinement, and occasional replacement I ran across an article that talks about the rituals and habits of effective coders. Of particular interest was this: “To me, programming is really the ‘last mile’ to getting something done. When I do the planning and specifications, I go on lots [...]
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Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

By simon | Published: October 3, 2008
Found via a post on Permaculture and Regenerative Design News and originating from Bruce Mau. I like these lists of maxims and rules that help you to be more creative, productive, and effective. Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. [...]
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Immaculate Heart College Art Dept. Rules

By simon | Published: October 3, 2008
Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students. General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students. Consider everything an experiment. Be self-disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow [...]
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On Personal Development & Research Blogs

By simon | Published: February 6, 2008
I have been thinking about, and planning a post regarding, the idea of research blogs. I read some posts before christmas on the subject and thought that they were a good idea. Simply stated, a research blog is merely the online equivalent of the lab book that many of us who have a background in [...]
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