simple saturday links 2/6/2010
It’s been a fairly uneventful week as I’ve gotten back into my routine of hockey practice, writing, and the occasional day at school. I’ve been taking advantage of my shiny new YMCA membership and have felt much better getting some good workouts in. Mostly, however, I’ve been feeling unsettled as to what my future holds. Grad school? A full-time teaching job? Something else? I’m not really sure at this point and am just trying to take it a day at a time.
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businessinsider.com: we have seen the amazing future of apple’s ipad and this is it- The big tech announcement from two weeks ago is obviously the Apple iPad. I’ve been reading up on it quite a bit because I’m not really sure what to make of this product. Neither does the blogosphere by the looks of it. I’ve seen articles ripping it, articles praising it, and everything in between. Personally, I think it is the first step in completely changing the way people use computers and I think this article does a good job summing up my thoughts.
thesimplerdollar.com: getting good- Trent tackles a question about deliberate practice in this excellent article. Deliberate practice and self-discipline are too ideas that go hand in hand and I think are largely ignored by many people. For some reason people seem to think that those who are world-class at something were somehow born that way. False. To become an expert you have to practice practice practice practice.
brettkelly.org: how simplicity is screwing you- This is a very good article about how simplicity is making people expect everything to be easy. I know it’s hard to believe that the author of a blog called thesimplerlife.net agrees with an article titled “how simplicity is screwing you,” but I do. The point of difference is that I think Brett and I are talking about two different kinds of simplicity which I address (and he replies to) in the first comment on the article.
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