Author: MrWalker
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A List of Things You Are Allowed To DO
I really appreciate lists. I like to read them to learn. I still follow my favorite guideline and choose one item on the list to complete and then come back to the list from time to time and select something else that resonates. https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/#appendix-sources-of-experts If nothing else, find a new word. I did.
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Why do we hate the sound of our own voices?
I was reading this article from Neel Bhatt, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, UW Medicine, University of Washington and it covered the expected two ways we hear our voice and why we find it “cringeworthy”. I was familiar with this from previous work I have done with audio in both broadcasting, filmmaking, animation, and game design.…
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Google Search Trick
A trick appeared in the Recommendo weekly newsletter on using Google Search. I have read about this, and recognize the reminders when I used Google Search and I still don’t use it regularly if at all: An under-appreciated Google search trick is to focus your search by excluding all unwanted alternative meanings — you append…
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If you could be part of any world record, what would it be?
This is from Rob Walker, TAoN. I think I will use this in class, especially with the 2nd big summer heat wave upon us. The back story: Mallory says she was talking to friends about the recent record-breaking temperatures in Canada — presumably a record most of us would prefer not to be part of.…