Taking notes during class?Studying one topic at a time? Having the same place to study each day? As it turns out, alll are exactly the opposite of the best strategies for learning.This time last year we looked at basic learning strategies (test erly test often) and the strategy known as Mindburning – controlled unforgeting. http://whatilearnttoday.com.au/how-to-learn-new-stuff [...]
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200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 minutesJanuary 31, 2012
Can you compress two hundred years of social and economic history into a 4 minute youtube video? Yes, if you are Hans Rosling, The Jedi Master of Data Visualization, (and the Professor of International Health at the Karlinska Institute.) Prof Rosling is also director of the Gapminder Foundation - ’Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics for a Fact Based [...] |
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23 and a half hoursJanuary 31, 2012
What is the single best thing we can do for our health? Stop smoking? Lower our cholesterol? Take Aspirin? Lose weight? Take vitamins? There is one treatment that has been demonstrated in multiple studies to improve life expectancy (23%), decrease cardiovascular disease, prevent progression to diabetes (58%), prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s (50%), improve the pain [...] |
Number Needed to Treat – Quick Summaries of Evidence Based MedicineJanuary 27, 2012
 The website theNNT is an excellent resource for primary care |
Bringing “the Egypt” to Indigenous Youth HealthJanuary 25, 2012
via youtube.com A ‘rethink’ of the approach for health communication to indigenous youth. The role of Social Media. Krishan Kariippanon From TEDx Darwin 2011. |
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Does Your Nodogoshi need Elaborating?January 24, 2012
Alex took this photo on the Tokyo metro. You wouldn’t want this dude’s Nodogoshi to be any more elaborated. Biiru kudasai. |
TUAW Best of 2011 AwardsJanuary 9, 2012
via tuaw.com January 6th marks the closing of the 2012 The Unofficial Apple Weblog awards. And the winners are….. http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/06/tuaw-best-of-201–wrap-up-and-editors-picks PS All WILT posts will be in Japanese for he next two weeks. Sayonara. |
Happy New Years Resolutions – Part Three – There’s an App for ThatJanuary 4, 2012
Its more fun to buy running shoes than it is to go running. Merlin Mann TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) today has a list of the top apps to kickstart your New Years Eve Resolutions. How’s your 2Do list? Scanning? Note syncing? Diet? Fitness? How about keeping track of your resolutions? There’s an app for [...] |
Happy New Years Resolutions – Part TwoJanuary 2, 2012
New Year’s Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Mark Twain “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” W.C. Fields Professor Richard Wiseman has [...] |
