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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt

rsz's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.5

pablojimeno's review against another edition

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3.0

It starts great, but it is based on outdated or obsolete theories, like R-brained / L-brained modes. In my opinion it relies too much on the Dreifus model to explain things.

lolindrath's review against another edition

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This is a great book, he suggests lots of techniques for learning and furthering yourself. It isn't a collection of "102 tips to make your life awesome!" they are techniques backed with real studies and empirical evidence that they work.

xii_emisario's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

2.75

Funciona muy bien como un índice biográfico sobre estudios más profundos acerca de la mente y el aprendizaje, pero por si solo, este libro no es suficiente para abordar todo lo que promete.

Los últimos capitulos envejecieron mal por las herramientas que recomienda para gestionar ideas y demás, sin embargo esos mismos conceptos pueden aplicarse a aplicaciones nuevas. Hoy se sienten como páginas desperdiciadas.

narvaesbi's review against another edition

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5.0

Super excelente insights en básicamente como recalibrar nuestros cerebros. Me gustó mucho que aunque es un libro dirigido a un público mayoritariamente envuelto en el mundo de la informática, es increíblemente accesible para todo público. Los tips de auto ayuda y auto crecimiento son descritos y aplicados de una manera bastante única, la cual le hará incluso más sentido a aquellos envueltos en la informática debido a las comparaciones y ejemplos que usa.
Ya encuentro vario tips, como el hecho de manejar mi concentración, detectar mi nivel de expertiz en mis habilidades, crear mapas mentales para usar más sentidos en mi aprendizaje, el permitirme equivocarme de forma más deliberada, entre otros tips, bastante útiles. Es como si comprendo el funcionamiento de mi cerebro aun mejor, y lo pudiese reprogramar con un script de mejora.

sgtsgt's review against another edition

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2.0

an okay, albeit superficial, overview of a variety of useful brain tricks. unfortunately, the book is heavily peppered with shameless plugs for the auhor's previous book, which is super annoying. not recommended, there are much better and deeper books on he subject.

craigtreptow's review against another edition

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If you poke around the internet, there probably isn't much new in this book for you. However, I'm very happy it is all in one place. There are good tidbits in there, and I will give the whole thing another quick skim. It is sort of dated in places, like focusing on a personal Wiki, since there are no doubt lots of other choices (maybe Evernote, for example?).

In any case, I'm happy I bought and read this. It has encouraged and guided me into what actions I need to take on my future goals and learning explorations.

jamison_dance's review against another edition

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3.0

A few interesting ideas, and a lot of pseudoscience and blatantly wrong things. Interesting, and valuable in that it forced me to do some introspection about my learning habits.

vera_cologne's review against another edition

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5.0

Full of theory and practical tips to improve your learning experience.

praharshita's review against another edition

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4.0

Worth a read. But it's nothing that hasn't already been said elsewhere.
It's about managing the mind using programming metaphors/principles.