Posts Tagged ‘advice’

In the Summer Time, as the Clouds Passed By…

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Last week on the BackBlog, we discussed how I’m back (go figure). This week, we’ll be ushering in the new blog season with more blogging (well, what did you expect, a plan for world domination?). Specifically, I’ll be writing about summer, and how it is upon us.

All year you’ve heard me harp on about how important breaks are, and near the end of my last blogging term you watched as I counted down the virtues of relaxation. Well, I’m here to do that again – sort of.

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How to Internet Comment – ICOM 101

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Last week on the TaskBlog, we discussed various methods I’ve grown fond of for keeping you doing that essay you should really be working on right now. This week, I’d intended to do a follow-up to my “best iDevice apps” post, but got very angry when I was sifting through the comments sections of the various apps I loved so dearly. With that in mind, I’ll be doing an article on how to appropriately comment on the internet.

The reason I elected to do this is because the internet is already a very important place in society, and it’s only going to become more so as time goes on. This is something nobody formally teaches you. So let me share with you a few very annoying ways to comment on the internet (do not repeat), so you may learn from them (again, do not repeat). (more…)

Advice For Those Times You Really Ought to Be Doing Something Else

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Last week on the LearnerBlog, we discussed how, in an ideal world, everyone would go beyond classroom-provided material, at the very least in subjects they’re interested in. This week, I’ll be discussing a few ways to keep yourself on-task; or, at the very least, things that are moderately effective at keeping me on-task when there’s an essay I absolutely need done.

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