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Re: Ask HN: How do you decide what to learn next?

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Post by literatechie »

visakanv wrote: post #46
tedmiston wrote: post #31

Something I've always wanted is "a Netflix queue for tech I want to learn" Ideal features would include: - a regular review of the things you've listed to see if they're still relevant and to help you prioritize - a way to see what's trending amongst everything you've listed (ex. I have three front end web frameworks on my list but React is collectively popular, so perhaps I should start there) - it could notify you…

I want this for everything. Music to listen to, books to read, guitar skills to learn next, etc

Have been making an app that vaguely does this, integrating with a lot of media APIs to let you save whatever to check out later. Refocusing it around making it a "read it later queue" for these things sounds like it would be a good idea.

Re: Ask HN: How do you decide what to learn next?

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Post by bawigga »

abustamam wrote: post #95
hoodwink wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this is an issue on the Kindle device, but reading textbooks in the Kindle app on the iPad is gamechanging. The speed with which you make highlights, leave notes, and bookmark is great for learning. I can then access the book from my computer for quick reference and/or convert my booknotes to Anki flashcards. This being said, I also own a Kindle Paperwhite and use it at least an hour a day for reading non-techni…

Would you recommend people who already own a tablet (iPad, Galaxy, Fire, etc) to get a dedicated device to reading?

I have both a tablet and a kindle paperwhite. I like using the tablet for technical references which are commonly in PDF format. For everything else I use the Paperwhite. The backlight is much easier on the eyes, especially when reading in bed.

Re: Ask HN: How do you decide what to learn next?

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Post by StevenForth »

Fascinating question. Every year I develop a learning plan covering major themes (some of these have been going on for more than a decade), specifics inside the theme, how I think I will learn, whose help I will need (person or community), how I will pay back this help or pay it forward, what evidence I will have of the learning ... I also try to make sure that there are at least a few things each year that cross two or three themes. I have a long-term theme on pricing and this year I am spending a lot of time studying platform business models, so I have a set of specific actions that combine the two: organize a one-day event on platform business models, lead the pricing session at this event; advise at least one client on a platform pricing model (I still do some consulting as it help me to learn and share what I am learning); write some blog posts on pricing in platform business models; stretch goal - build some tools to help design platform pricing models and share them.
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