Unschooled - Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock (Archive)

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Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock's archived essays on programming, startups, learning, unschooling, culture, and personal life. Latest feed post: March 2012.

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Understanding the "this" keyword in JavaScript #JavaScript #Programming #Tech
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Mar 20, 2012
The Path to Hacker School #Programming #Startups #Learning
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Jan 6, 2012
The most beautiful ideas I've encountered #Ideas #Learning #Culture
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Nov 9, 2011
How to setup Emacs for Clojure on Mac OS X Lion #Programming #Emacs #Clojure
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Oct 22, 2011
Apple, Facebook and Emotional Engagement #Tech #Culture #Business
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Sep 30, 2011
Netflix and the future #Tech #Business #Culture
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Sep 18, 2011
The cofounder search fallacy #Startup #Business #Entrepreneurship
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Sep 13, 2011
An Independence Day Challenge #Culture #Personal #Life
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Jul 4, 2011
How I nap #LifeHacks #Productivity #Wellbeing
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May 30, 2011
The next peak #Learning #Culture #PersonalGrowth
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Apr 15, 2011
How to ask for things #LifeSkills #Communication #PersonalGrowth
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Mar 23, 2011
The value of symmetric social connections decays #SocialNetwork #Sociology #Community
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Mar 10, 2011
What Sam Altman taught me about risk #Risk #Startups #Learning
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Mar 4, 2011
Looking for a cofounder? Reverse the order of operations #Startups #Business #Entrepreneurship
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Mar 2, 2011
Live without regrets #Life #Philosophy #PersonalGrowth
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Feb 9, 2011
Another advantage of specialized apps #Tech #Software #Productivity
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Jan 21, 2011
What if something you're certain of is wrong? #Philosophy #Certainty #Doubt
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Jan 12, 2011
Thoughts on why writing is valuable and how to do it #Writing #Productivity #Learning
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Dec 29, 2010
Don't fool yourself #SelfImprovement #Mindset #Reflection
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Dec 29, 2010
Can interview puzzles help find startup ideas? #Startups #Business #Innovation
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Dec 7, 2010
First, know thyself #SelfImprovement #Philosophy #Learning
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Nov 12, 2010
Networking shouldn't be a dirty word #Networking #Career #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Nov 7, 2010
Carcassonne and when to pivot #Strategy #Gaming #BoardGames
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Nov 5, 2010
Starting a company is hard. So what? #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Business
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Aug 20, 2010
How to hack your motivation function and stay motivated #Motivation #Productivity #SelfImprovement
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Jul 25, 2010
An abridged timeline of the past 15 years of my life #Life #Personal #Archive
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Mar 29, 2010
Living in 80 square feet #Minimalism #Lifestyle #Housing
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Mar 13, 2010
An open letter to my future self #PersonalGrowth #Reflection #FutureSelf
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Mar 6, 2010
Trading with friends for fun and profit #Trading #Games #Economics
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Jan 25, 2010
Happy Birthday, Macintosh #Apple #History #RetroTech
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Jan 24, 2009
Life Optimization, Or, Brief Thoughts On What Has And Has Not Worked In Improving My Day-to-Day Life #LifeHacks #Productivity #SelfImprovement
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Jan 10, 2009
"I'd rather hang out with the liberals and argue about economics than hang out with the Republicans and argue about Darwin and stem cells." #Culture #Politics #Economics
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Nov 5, 2008
The atmosphere in New York City #Culture #CityLife #Personal
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Nov 5, 2008
This may be short lived... #Archive #Essays #Personal
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Sep 29, 2008
A triumphant return #Archive #Essays #Personal
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Sep 7, 2008
Wow. Just, wow. #Essays #Archive #Personal
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Feb 21, 2008
It's a Wonderful Machine #Programming #Culture #Personal
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Dec 24, 2007
Vindicated by DNA, but a Lost Man on the Outside #PersonalGrowth #Philosophy #LifeLessons
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Nov 24, 2007
What can be said? #Philosophy #Communication #Essays
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I hope he's right... #Culture #Personal #Essays
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