colors ↓

:: blog

posts published in February 2008

The Materials and Plan

by rz

Materials

These are the learning materials I have and will be using. Since I've been studying this stuff for a little bit I know a little about them. In no particular order:

Aitchison and Hey, Gauge Theories in Particle Physics

For some reason I was intimidated by the title, but this is an excellent book to get your feet wet with. Focuses on the conceptual parts more than the math and therefore it often leaves you hanging as far as believing what you are writing. I'd say start any topic here and don't get hang up on ...

Read the full post.

Time Management

by rz

I've been struggling with personal productivity as of late. I seem to not be able to get too much done. However, the situation has been improving slowly and I thought I'd share the things that have been working.

I started by reading Aaron Swartz's personal productivity guide. It is full of good advice, so I won't try extracting any of it here. It is worth the read.

Optimization

People often don't understand my obsession with having, knowing and using keyboard shortcuts instead of my mouse. Said obsession kicks in specially when I am writing web-related ...

Read the full post.