Scribd is a document sharing site. Sort of like a YouTube for documents. In other words, a book-lover’s paradise. Comments Dhar 7 Mar 2007 3:52 am: Anand, I found “The God Delusion” on Scribd. What were the interesting titles you found? S Anand 7 Mar 2007 7:01 am: On Lisp by Paul Graham, Excel Time-Saving Techniques for Dummies and Patterns of Software. prakash ayer 25 Mar 2007 11:54 am: Thanks Anand. Pretty good site.
An excellent talk about the myths we hold on the developing world, supported by the most amazing graphics I’ve seen in a while. Among other things, the speaker (Hans Rosling) proves that chimpanzees are much smarter than the top Swedish students, and are slightly better than Swedish professors when it comes to knowing the developing world. The first one of the series that I heard was the TEDTalk by Sir Ken Robinson. May be worth hearing all the TEDTalks. ...
Paul Graham pens another brilliant essay on Is it worth being wise? It’s mostly about the difference between being wise (right most of the time) versus being smart (being right where few others are). If you’re picking between options, being wise is useful. There is a best option, and you’ll pick it most of the time. If you’re doing something creative, there’s no finite set of options. Then it’s worth being smart. Increasingly, tasks are asking for more creativity, so it may be better to be smart.
Peter Norvig’s brilliant talk on Managing the Data Deluge. Among other things, he talks about how having lots of data is sometimes better than having a carefully designed algorithm.
Periodic table of visualization methods. 100 visualizations (graphs, diagrams, etc.) organised into 6 groups (data, information, concept, strategy, metaphor, compound), and arranged exactly like the periodic table. (This, in itself, is a lovely visualization.) It includes diverse visuals from the Metro Map (e.g. London Underground Map) and cartoons to scatterplots and treemaps. Just browse it. It’s wonderful. Comments Rajlaxmi 16 Feb 2007 6:37 pm: gr8 link n well explained. wonder how u get these links
The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher, by John Taylor Gatto, New York State Teacher of the Year, 1991. (The first part of it is sarcastic. This man is speaking passionately of things he despises in the education system.) The first lesson I teach is: “Stay in the class where you belong.” I don’t know who decides that my kids belong there but that’s not my business. The second lesson I teach kids is to turn on and off like a light switch. I demand that they become totally involved in my lessons, jumping up and down in their seats with anticipation, competing vigorously with each other for my favor. ...
Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk on education is brilliant and funny. Some quotes that struck me: If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring in 2065. Nobody has a clue, despite all the expertise that has been on parade the last four days, what the world will look like in five years’ time. And yet we’re meant to be educating them for it. So the unpredictability, I think, is extraordinary. ...
Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better. Normally, I don’t like 77 tips (as opposed to just 7). But these are very good. Comments Sheila Topstone 5 Dec 2006 7:28 am: Top Consolidators is a new group of student loan experts dedicated to getting you the best rate, or the plan that best fits your financial goals. We are the most aggresive Student Loan Consolidation Company on the web. ILMA 12 Dec 2006 4:37 pm: Hi! My name is ILMA. I study in class 7. I have a problem. Previously I was able to learn everything faster, but now it became difficult for me to learn faster and better. Please tell me any trick/tip for this problem.I will be very thankful to you.
Running for beginners.
Krugle is a code search engine. Comments sheikh 14 Dec 2006 3:08 pm: Thank you anand, It was very useful
What do you find when you search Google searches? Comments Sheikh 14 Dec 2006 3:09 pm: Thank You Anand. It was very useful
Taglines. A timeline of Flickr tags. I can’t describe this one. Just see it.
Top 10 Windows XP tips of all time. Comments Ashwin 3 Sep 2006 10:43 pm: hey….nice set of links u have here…btw…the xp link is down i think…and i’m gonna try the torrents thing… the calvin search is awesome except for the fact that u can’t read the stip immediately….but its real good….thanks… S Anand 4 Sep 2006 6:59 am: Thanks, Ashwin! I’ve fixed the Windows XP tips link.
Speed up your torrents. Particularly, get rid of the Event ID 4226 problem.
Martijn’s Calvin and Hobbes Extensive Strip Search is back. It doesn’t let you search the quotes themselves, but a (pretty detailed) description of each cartoon instead. (Mine searches Calvin and Hobbes quotes). Comments Anonymous 21 Oct 2006 8:55 am: if you know calvin and hobbes u know how many are there. I have been looking for March 24, 1994 for an ages and this helped me to find it in a minute. great site I do recomend
Videos of talks at Google. Long, but informative. Includes talks by John Batelle, Seth Godin, and Guido von Rossum.
Malcolm Gladwell on how homelessness obeys the power law distribution, and its implications. Comments bharani 10 Feb 2006 12:39 am: u got a new look! cool!
Keep headphone wires from getting tangled. Comments sLaSh 8 Feb 2006 4:37 pm: the old layout was classic,,,,, this looks likka kids work RT 8 Feb 2006 4:52 pm: Agreed.. This looks like one of the millions out there.. older one was signature!
How to make XP run faster. Advice ranges from the very practical to the very advanced. Comments Sai 4 Feb 2006 6:29 pm: First impressions, i like the old look better. Maybe it’s just because i’m used to it! Anonymous 4 Feb 2006 11:46 pm: looks cool!; feels like a windows next version…looks like a win 98 –> win xp makeover Chitra 6 Feb 2006 4:19 am: Hey Anand…good post. Jagjit 31 Oct 2006 10:46 am: good post Chitra :)
Google web authoring statistics. An analysis of over a billion pages to see how people use HTML markup.