Links
Various things that I find interesting or worth sharing.
Frameworks
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Quasar | Quasar is a VueJS based, write-once-compile-everywhere development framework for creating modern web applications. It supports compiling to mobile and desktop environments. |
Ruby on Rails | A Ruby framework for developing modern web applications. |
Japanese
Web site | Info |
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Learn Japanese | A pretty thorough guide for adult native English speakers to learn Japanese. |
Learn Hiragana | Hiragana is essentially the Japanese alphabet, and one of the first things you should learn when picking up Japanese. |
Learn Katakana | Katakana is fairly 1:1 with Hiragana, but is primarily used for transcribing foreign words, and for writing foreign loan words such as ホテル (Hotel). |
Jisho | One of the most powerful, and useful, English-Japanese dictionaries out there. Absolutely indispensable while learning Japanese. |
WaniKani | An online tool for learning Kanji via a spaced-repetition system. Essentially flashcards with some extra magic to help take advantage of memory formation quirks. |
Books
Web site | Info |
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Getting Things Done, David Allen | A productivity book on how to stay sane in a modern world and all its new distractions. Origin of the 'GTD' methodology. |
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondō | A book on how to declutter your home and life, to great effect. Commonly referred to as the 'KonMari method'. |
1984, George Orwell | A hauntingly accurate view of the dangers stemming from the control and flow of information, ideas, and language. World famous, and an absolute must read. |