Do something to Improve Yourself

Tips:

• Podcasts
• http://www.timewellspent.io
• How to think really good
• Kent Beck's:
  • glasses comparison
  • habits
  • a tri
  • meditations on programming
• study some number theory
• Algebredic Geometry
• security
• Math sites, complexity theory
• http://www.quora.com/The-Internet-2/What-are-the-most-productive-ways-to-spend-time-on-the-Internet
  • http://www.khanacademy.org/ vs https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree, or https://analyticsacademy.withgoogle.com/explorer
  • http://codecondo.com/coding-challenges/
• research Tor
• Books on reading people w/ Siedler (Mad Glad Sad Scared)
• Google Power of Search
• try Lynda.com using my library card - Google App Engine
• automation
  • If This Then That
  • Zapier
• Look into IRC http://webchat.freenode.net / mibbit.com
• East facing code
• RosabethKanter: 6 success secrets: Show up. Speak up. Look up. Team up. Don't give up. Lift others up. 7th secret: Repeat the first 6
• Look into hive, hbase, or Hadoop; also a data visualization group
• test drive some programming langs
• emotional intelligence
• computer science
  • CS Math
  • Newspeak and a blog post
  • Type theory
  • Data Mining
    • http://www.wolfram.com/events/virtual-conference-2014/
• in the library
  • books around 612-613
  • Audio-books - Antifragile (similar to black swawn) and how to meditate
• read this and emulate the page links
• From LIAM:
  • Create a List of enjoyable things to do
  • Create a Victory Log and a Gratitude Log
• make a screencast - look up screen flow
• Mantras:
  • No, Right, Now
  • improv - what can I offer?
  • What do you want to have happen? Actionable books
  • Tale of 2 wolves - the one you feed (also prominent in the movie TomorrowLand)
  • I am in the shifting/sorting business, not in the begging/pleading business
• improv games
  • 2 minute story and repeat it back
• Learn better using the Feynman tech
• Read to change your view:
  • GPS and Dr Gladys West
  • the search pioneer KarenJones
  • Check Your Biases: ie African talking drums
  • look into my opinions
• Study another language - Why learn another language
• Get smarter about education - read textbooks
• Learn hard things
• AI textbooks- Patrick Wilson (MIT):
  • https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.034f/ai3/rest.pdf
  • http://www.atarimania.com/documents/LISP.pdf