Autodidactic /ˌɑː.t̬oʊ.daɪˈdæk.tɪk/ adjective relating to someone learning by himself or herself, rather than being taught by a teacher. — Cambridge Dictionary Are you an autodidact? Picture this: you hear people at work discussing data mining algorithms. You are curious and …
Burned out employee – how to lower cortisol levels to beat stress
We live in a world where we are bombarded by stressors every day. Whether its overwhelming workloads, hounding emails that never cease or toxic work practices, more and more people are burning out. The burned out employee If you are …
I want to have time to learn. How do I organize my time?
What does your world look like if you have time to learn? Picture it in your mind. There’s a gap between where you are today and where you’d like to be tomorrow. What’s contributing to the gap?The gap exists for …
I don’t have enough time to learn everything I want. What should I do?
Good news! Those things you want to learn… you can absolutely find the time to learn them. And the bad news? The bad news is you must convince yourself of 3 brutal truths about finding time to learn: You choose …
How to scan a book in 3 steps
Today, I’m going to show you how to scan your very own eBook in 3 steps. Step 1: Capture the book contentYou will need 6 basic materials to capture the book content: camera, camera tripod, glass, shoebox, light and the …
Tickler file system alternative
A tickler file system is an old but innovative way to schedule a physical reminder on a specific date.However, checking it everyday, ensuring it’s up-to-date, and rotating the reminders to each new month seems like an added hassle (especially if …
What is a-GPS?
Assisted GPS is used by most mobile phone devices. It can help improve GPS in poor signal conditions. But what is it? How does it work? What is a-GPS? The acronym stands for assisted global positioning system. How does it …
Book Scanning: Step 3, Use ABBYY for OCR to produce an eBook
In a previous post, I walked through how to pre-process the captured content to maximize successful optical character recognition (OCR) . In this post, we’ll use ABBYY FineReader for optical character recognition (OCR) to produce an eBook. Getting a physical …
Book Scanning: Step 2, Pre-process the captured content using Scan Tailor
In a previous post, I broke down how to capture the physical book content using a camera. We’ll go over how to pre-process the captured content to maximize successful optical character recognition (OCR). Getting a physical book onto your Kindle …
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