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How to understand difficult subjects:<\/strong>
\nThis four-step method for learning difficult subjects<\/a> was developed by physicist Richard Feynman when he was a student at Princeton University. All the steps are important, but the most important step is the one where you have to teach what you\u2019ve learned in a simple way so a new student can understand it. If you can\u2019t do that, you don\u2019t really understand it yourself. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Save text for later:<\/strong>
\nMy current favorite Chrome extension is memomize<\/a>, which lets you save text for later. Just highlight some text, right click >\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Add to memomize<\/i>, and the next time you open a new tab, what ever you save will be there along with links to its original source. I save subject lines and text from emails and use it as my inbox to-do list. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Nifty email:<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m old school: email is my chief communication mode, and I primarily work on a laptop or desktop. While there are many things to recommend about Gmail on the web, it\u2019s interface is not one of them. I use Postbox<\/a> as my mail client to reach my Gmail (it runs on Mac or Windows). I\u2019ve tried other clients now and then but keep coming back to Postbox for its intuitive (to me) design and interface. And I\u2019m still uncovering new capabilities I didn\u2019t know it had. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Wrist relief:<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been using the 18\u201d version of this gel-filled wrist pad<\/a> for five years (I\u2019m on my second one \u2014 they last a few years). It goes behind my keyboard, giving me a soft-but-firm place to rest my wrists. This is essential equipment for me. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Mute individual tabs:<\/strong>
\nI like to read celebrity gossip for fun, but most of the websites I visit are bloated with ads and videos that automatically start themselves. I recently discovered right click > mute tab on Chrome and Firefox, which makes reading my junk news a little more peaceful, and a lot less annoying. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

The camera I use:<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been a very serious photographer for 45 years (!!!). Even though I\u2019ve had one book of my photos<\/a> published by Taschen, I have never used a state-of-the art professional camera. I have always relied on good-enough amateur level cameras. For the past 10 years, I\u2019ve used Panasonic Lumix superzooms. They suit my cultural photography perfectly. They are silent. They are featherweight (I carry them all day, weeks on end.) They have flip out screens so I can shoot stealthily, with subjects unaware. They are cheap. They super zoom from wide angle to telephoto, very fast. The model I\u2019ve used for the past 3 years, the FZ 300<\/a>, has a super zoom (600mm equivalent) with a constant 2.8 lens. It\u2019s been great. For my subject \u2014 recording the vanishing cultures and peoples of Asia \u2014 this camera is perfect. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

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