Name: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
Rating: 4.277777777777778 (18 reviews)
ISBN: 9781934356050

Andrew Hunt

Provides information on ways to "refactor" one's brain to develop better cognitive skills.

Refactor Your Wetware

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

Greg Talbot

Having recently started a new IT role, I wanted to throw my brain into some exercising, and think about thinking. It's a subject i'm always found of, and one where I never feel like i'm optimizing as much as I can. PTT is a fun, playful book that does away with our presumptions on the leadership of our "left brain".<br /><br />PTT succeeds in being very well organized, delivering thoughtful approaches toward learning with good humor and exampes. I think there are enough strategies here that really could boost your learning. For me it was the tactile/visual learning strategies like mindmapping, kinesthetic experiences, streams of images and mind dumping onto paper, that really challenged me to think about learning in new ways. Letting my fingers practice, and my mind observe has always been a challenge, but with computer skills it's a necessicity.<br /><br />A pleasent read, thought provoking and worth coming back to.

Lance Willett

Must-read for all thinkers and learners. Acts well as both inspiration and reference. View my full review here: https://simpledream.net/2016/04/19/pr...

Hat tip: Nikolay Bachiyski.

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Andy Hunt

Printed in full color. Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or designtool. You're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware--our own brains? Learning new skills and new technology is critical to your career, and it's all in your head. In this book by Andy Hunt, you'll learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brain's architecture. You'll learn new tricks and tipsto learn more, faster, and retain more of what you learn. You need a pragmatic approach to thinking and learning. You need to Refactor Your Wetware. Programmers have to learn constantly; not just the stereotypical new technologies, but also the problem domain of the application, the whims of the user community, the quirks of your teammates, the shifting sands of the industry, and the evolving characteristics of the project itself as it is built. We'll journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. You'll see some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and how you can take advantage of the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills. In this book you'll learn how to: Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes Avoid common "known bugs" in your mind Learn more deliberately and more effectively Manage knowledge more efficiently

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