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Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Preparing for an Exam

NYTimes:

The Imperiled Promise of College

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/bruni-the-imperiled-promise-of-college.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Half of recent college grads underemployed or jobless, analysis says

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/half_of_recent_college_grads_u.html

Posted on: Saved by the Gong: Preparing for an Exam

Universities (to Americans - colleges) in the US have been taken a beating in the reputation department lately.

Grade inflation. ROI (return on investment). Dumbed down courses. High cost - 50K a year USD. While it's hard to dumb down something like physics, organic chemistry or computer science, the trend is that people are questioning the model/paradigm.

Of course, despite that, no one is going to turn down an acceptance to a top tier school if they can help it, but the cost is just crazy out of this world.

Posted on: Focus and Specialization

I agree with both points John made above on the transcripts being good and bad and learning systematically.

I also thought that it would be nice to have transcripts along with all the lessons, but I found that through listening to the dialog again and again and transcribing the lessons, I retained and understood what I learned much better than reading an available transcript. It sticks with you longer.

What I found is that there are a handful words that escape me, that I can't figure out. It would be nice to have figured out what they are, but then, like the real world, things are imperfect. I learned to let it go and eventually, I'll figure out what they are, either by serendipity or by listening and reviewing again.

And I'm glad that the speakers in the lessons speak as fast as they do though it can be frustrating at times. It makes the transition to real world dialogue less of a shock.

Posted on: Organizing a Marketing Event

So can you get the same basic taste by taking two bits of a Hershey's bar and putting some kim chi between them?

Posted on: Preparing for the Ironman Race

Whenever I think of the Ironman, I think of the US sargent who does it with his son, Team Hoyt.

He pulls him swimming, has him in front of the bike and pushes him running. Pretty inspirational.

Posted on: Motivating a Team

The last expansion sentence it sounds like 黄皮肤 was used in lieu of 亚洲 in the audio. Which is it supposed to be? 

Posted on: Copy and Paste

With iOS and Android, touch interfaces are more prevalent now and has its own terms. What about:

swipe - 2, 3, 4 finger swipe

tap - 2, 3, 4 finger tap

pinch to zoom in/out

tap away

Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 1: A New Manager

If anyone is interested, I transcribed this podcast. It's here.

Posted on: Dogs and Wealth

Well, Audrey Hepburn called the cat, cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Posted on: Salaries and Income

Oh and how can I forget - work from home/telecommute option. This is huge for some people. Usually this means you're issued a laptop - which can be good or bad depending on how good your IT department is, although BYOD is getting popular.