I was casually going through the mark sheets of my postgraduate degree in computer science. I scored good marks in all subjects including CPTS (Computer Peripherals and Troubleshooting). Had someone came to me right after the CPTS exam and asked me to troubleshoot a computer I wouldn’t have had a clue. The funny thing is…
I am a big believer in exposing teenagers to different kinds of learnings outside of their school curriculum. This would let them learn new things, develop unique perspectives, and acquire worldly wisdom. Click here to read the rest.
I was waiting in line to meet the doctor. It was a long wait. To kill time, I let my mind wander on learning and thinking. I captured my thoughts on my iPhone. This is what came out of my wanderings. Click here to read the rest.
The three distinct stages that every science has gone through are: classification, correlation and Effect-Cause-Effect. Let us go through some examples to understand each stage in great detail. Click here to read the rest.
In a few months my elder son will be graduating from 9th grade and entering 10th grade. He is a voracious reader. He has read 100’s of fiction books. I am amazed by his ability to focus intensely, and complete a fiction book in one day. I read a lot of nonfiction books. My son…
A wise man showed the image below to me and a few others. He told us the following. To be successful in any pursuit one needs to work hard and keep improving a tiny bit every day. What matters the most is not the magnitude of daily progress. But tiny progress over long periods of…
Cliff Devries has lived half his life with total paralysis on his right side. 20 years ago, doctors found a 6-inch tumor near his brain. Surgery left him paralyzed from the neck down. After months of hard work, he regained use of his left side. Click here to read the rest.
