The human brain is a very interesting entity. I am really intrigued by some of the things that happen to me regarding my memory. While I can remember some incidents that took place when I was in the kindergarten, All the electronics theory (h-parameters etc)I learnt as a part of being an engineer seems to be completey wiped off without a trace within a year of my graduation.
Technical literature can be a pain in the neck many times due to its extreme jargonish content but recently I happened to come across a series called HeadFirst, thanks to my friend-colleague-Java mentor KBK. Let me paraphrase what the HeadFirst has to say about the human brain and its memory power:
"If you really want to learn, and you want to learn more quickly and more deeply, pay attention to how you pay attention. Think about how you think. Learn how you learn. Most of us did not take courses on metacognition or learning theory when we were growing up. We were expected to learn, but rarely taught to learn.
To learn a concept quickly, all that we need to do is to "trick" our brain to tell it that this particular concept is really important. Otherwise, we are in for a constant battle. with our brain doing its best to keep the new content from sticking."
To learn a concept quickly, all that we need to do is to "trick" our brain to tell it that this particular concept is really important. Otherwise, we are in for a constant battle. with our brain doing its best to keep the new content from sticking."
Its a wonderful series and I am currently reading HeadFirst Java in which Java is made to look so easier by the wonderful "user-friendly" presentation of the material.
Well, if you people were wondering what Ghajini has to do with all this:
Today morning I decided to get some grub, locked the door and went out into the street. Then I realized I had forgotten my wallet in the room and so I came back to my house and unlocked the door. After going inside, I was not sure for what reason I had come back. After a futile attempt to "recollect" the reason of coming back, I locked up the door again and went to Sneha Sagar, the wonderful eatery near my house. It was only when I finished my Idli-Vada that I came to know that the reason I had gone back was for my wallet.
Maybe this is the effect of being in the IT industry for sometime.
P.S: Tamil version of Ghajini is a zillion times better than A Khan's version.
Just for laughs: Check this out - My mood of Ghajini by Krishashok
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11 comments:
But you don't have Asin. So no comparison.
You're just a senile coder :P
That's a wonderful piece of illustration, perhaps, Ghajini (Surya/Aamir) must go back to get something out of Headfirst. :) :)
Happens to me too soooooo many times. I open my closet just to close it again because i forget why i opened it in the first place. There are times i call out to KS to ask something and before he questions why i called him i forget ...... that freaks me out. But still i dont forget the important things like the jokes in FRIENDS .... thank god :P
@Logik: Boohoohoo. :(
@Ritesh: Yeah man. They can give it a try rather than painfully printing tattoos all over their bodies.
@Khajone: I guess we all in the same boat then. Was scared. :)
sailin in d same boat ;)
hope he dint make u work for the idli-vada
@Anon: Luckily I had some cash in my pockets. And also I personally know the owner as I am regular customer and thus I could have paid later. :)
Dude!! u need a big break from work...I will suggest u marry now and go for honeymoon for a month :P
KBK reminds people of a dreaded psychopath(similar to gajini) who happened to be in the humanities dept. So don't use it against my name!! Even i have that "gajini" problem..usually i write things-to-do in a bit of paper only 2 realise that i've lost its whereabouts.
HeadFirst series is really good! Do you know any similar book for c++?
Yea... its the IT syndrome.... and i am a part of it. I put my ATM card in and was standing in front of the machine like a moron. Damn! I dint remember my ATM card ka password... So I've started to drink brahmi juice. will tell you if it help. ;)
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