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MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the Second)

I’m Bach. I crack myself up. But anyway, yeah. I’m back with more notes on the aforementioned MOOC, Methods for Solving Problems, hosted on Coursera. So let’s go. First reading assignment: “Recognizing, Defining, and Representing Problems” by Pretz, Naples, and Sternberg (Yes, I’m still on the first reading assignment. Let’s not get judgy.) Notes: The problem-solving processContinue reading “MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the Second)”

Don’t Quote Me, But…

I want to talk about quotation marks. Why? Because we need them. You can’t accomplish everything with italics (though I definitely make italics work overtime with /sarcasm font and the like). So, from what I’ve noticed while doing edits and proofreads, the trickiest thing about quotation marks for most people seems to be how youContinue reading “Don’t Quote Me, But…”

MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the First)

I’ve signed up for a class in Coursera called Methods for Solving Problems (I’m not sure if that will resolve to the course page or not, since I’m “enrolled” and you may not be. But that’s the course name, so a simple search should get you there if this doesn’t. I tried.). I came acrossContinue reading “MOOC: Methods for Solving Problems (Part the First)”

Getting the Most Out of Your MOOCs

When MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses to the anti-acronym/initialism crowd (I’m right there with you, fam), first became a thing, it was a miraculous new world of opportunity. “You mean I can get a college education FOR FREE?!” As my in-laws in North Dakota might say, “You betcha.” It was a brave, new, cost-effectiveContinue reading “Getting the Most Out of Your MOOCs”

Life of the Party

Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite topic: punctuation. Wait, why are you running away?! Okay, we’ll talk about one of MY favorite topics, then. Or I’ll talk and you’ll continue to slowly edge away as if I were a rabid deer doing barrel rolls in the dirt. So. Punctuation. Dirty word in some circles, and it’sContinue reading “Life of the Party”

Henlo, fren.

My grandfather used to say “education is the one thing no one can take away from you.” Now, I know he wasn’t betting on my overthinking mind questioning the validity of that statement when you introduce things like crazy medical procedures, but at its heart, it is a true statement. Education can be gotten forContinue reading “Henlo, fren.”

Einstein’s Zebra

Let’s begin with a bit of fun, shall we? There is a fairly well-known puzzle out there known as “Einstein’s Puzzle,” “Einstein’s Riddle,” and the “Zebra Puzzle.” It has been attributed to both Einstein and Lewis Carroll, though the likelihood that either of them actually created it is slim. The general idea of the thingContinue reading “Einstein’s Zebra”