Social Innovation Camp is even nearer now and I’m still thinking about ideas.
One of the themes this year is “distance”. I spend 90 percent of the year communicating with my family via email, Skype and phone, so I can relate to distance as a social problem. On the family level, distance is a tangible barrier to overcome. Some technologies help shrink this distance, but there is a lot of room for development.
I have already mentioned one distance-shrinking technology: Skype. The service is a revolution. Previously, the main alternative was expensive long distance calls. Skype cuts the cost of communicating with my family to almost nothing (I still occasionally have to make calls on my cell phone). It is much easier to stay in touch. continue reading »
Every time exams roll around, I start debating exam strategies. Is it better to revise a single subject at a time, or to revise them all at once? Should I focus on a few key concepts and examples, or get a broad overview of the whole course? Should I memorise all the derivations, or just the fundamental results?
Ideally, I would enter every exam knowing everything. That is always my aim, anyway. But the pressure of finite time always brings these strategies to the fore. How can I optimise my time spent studying? What is the most useful information, and how can I get it quickly into my brain? continue reading »
I wish that being a brand new website didn’t have to be so ugly.
Once I have finished my exams and learned how to use all these tools, I am going to make something more attractive. Until then, I am going to try my best to stay away. The surest way for me to get a Bachelors is to fail my final exams to get onto the Masters programme.
Aim for the stars!
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