I’ve found that having a good note-taking system helps me in many ways. The interesting thing is that, despite quite a bit of time spent in the school system, I was never actually taught how to take notes—it’s a process that I’ve learned on my own and evolved over time. Since taking notes is such a …

I’ve just completed the first week in my Coursera course Introduction to Music Production, taught by Loudon Stearns from the Berklee College of Music. My goal is to learn more about music engineering so I can increase the quality of my podcasts and other audio and video efforts.

A few weeks ago I posted the article “Kids and the new literacy: reading, writing, AND programming”, where I talked about the importance of children learning to program computers as a critical skill going forward. So I’m really excited to see this idea echoed in the following video from the folks …