Here are some interesting links for the week!
Monday
Ok, like many people Monday is a frantically-paced rush to get back into the swing of the weekly routine after a weekend of mayhem, err…rest. Like many people I get my coffee on in the morning. I tell you now that I like coffee. I often seek out the best coffee houses in whatever areas I frequent so know where to get it. I may drink it a little too much though and, apparently, get less effect because I’ve habituated my body to the caffeine. Well, here’s aninteresting article from Alex Holcombe’s blog on how to optimize your coffee consumption. Happy sipping!
Tuesday
It’s TED talk Tuesday again. This time it’s a little more of the other side of the brain. Here’s Imogen Heap singing at TED. Sweetness.
Wednesday
It is HUMP-DAY! Right smack in the middle of the week. It’s a good time to talk about balance. This Study Hacks article Freestyle Productivity: Balancing Systems and Simplicity When Organizing Your Life talks about using the right tools for the job. In this author’s recommendation, high-tech tools that that are highly structured are best for capturing information and low-tech, freestyle tools are best for planning.
Personally, I like high-tech, freestyle tools that allow you to make your own structures as you need them, such as Wordpress, Google Calendar (Docs, etc.), Microsoft Onenote – especially those that use tags.
Thursday
Another video for you to watch. This one, from Make is Heather Knight of JPL talking about sociable robots. It’s about six minutes and simply talks about her background and some about why sociable robots might be helpful to astronauts on long-haul missions.
Friday
The Quantum Lobe Chronicles provides our Light Reading for the weekend with this article Bye bye modular, hello cognit. It’s about a paradigm shift in thinking about how the brain is organized. It talks about postulates of J.M. Fuster who, in 2006, coined the term cognit as a basic unit of memory or knowledge.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!