I love languages. It is my goal to learn Spanish and Italian this summer, improve my Tamil in the fall, continue on to Hindi, then at some point, learn German and Telegu. My desire to be more than just tri-lingual is so great that I will do anything to learn these languages, including learn more than once language at the same time. I’m determined to make it work, but sometimes its confusing to learn two new languages at once! (more…)
A few days ago, I received an email from Jessica Lawrence, Managing Director of New York Tech Meetup, confirming my admission into the “Made in NYC” club. I couldn’t help but chuckle at this list’s existence. There is something about New York startup pride that you just can’t seem to find anywhere else.
Indeed, nowhere is this more evident than at a New York Tech Meetup itself. Whenever a startup founder mentions in his/her demo that all of the product has been built here in the city, rather than outsourced across the country or abroad, s/he will literally receive an ovation. As I wrote about here a few months ago, New York’s energy, diversity, efficiency, convenience, and renewed focus on entrepreneurship has created what I still feel is the best startup environment the world has ever seen. Silicon Valley eat your heart out (while you’re stuck in traffic on the freeway).
Last week TED posted their top 20 most watched TED talks so far. There are some great talks on the list that I’ve had the pleasure of watching myself, each with millions of views. But the one with the most views (8.6 million) is Sir Ken Robinson’s on how “schools kill creativity.”
I’ve pasted it below the cut, it’s likely you’ve seen it posted dozens of other places, but I wanted to give the video a home on the Brainscape blog. Enjoy! (more…)
No Pain, No Gain is a proverb that is true when it comes to working out, and is also true when we take a look at how we learn. Dr. Bill recently wrote an article discussing why, “easy material may not elicit enough attention and engagement to produce lasting learning.” I found Dr. Bill’s Learning: No Pain, No Gain article very informative and would like to share a few key sections with you. (more…)
The sing-a-long learn-a-thon: For the language enthusiast.
If you’re learning a foreign language, no matter what your level of mastery of the language is, try listening to a song in that language! It’s a great way (and fun way) to work on your speaking, listening and pronunciation. (more…)
