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List of Physical Visualizations and Related Artifacts
Quipus, Yakima time balls, pebble voting, etc.
This is a chronological list of physical visualizations and related artifacts, maintained by Pierre Dragicevic and Yvonne Jansen.
Timeline of the Human Condition
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~cpd/history.html
From the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to 2021
Gingko HSK1
Chinese language flash card app.
Anki powerful intelligent flashcards
naturalmath.com
teaching kids math.
http://naturalmath.com/
Art Renewal Center
Painting and drawing in a realistic style. http://artrenewalcenter.org/
“To promote a return of training, standards and excellence in the visual arts. … To disseminate the rich artistic heritage of 2500 years of accumulated knowledge in creating traditional, realistic images touching upon universal and timeless themes.”
12 Rules for Learning Foreign Languages in Record Time
From the Tim Ferris 4 hour workweek blog written by Benny Lewis.
http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/03/21/how-to-learn-a-foreign-language-2/
#1 – Learn the right words, the right way.
#2 – Learn cognates: your friend in every single language.
#3 – Interact in your language daily without traveling.
#4 – Skype today for daily spoken practice.
#5 – Save your money. The best resources are free.
#6 – Realize that adults are actually better language learners than kids.
#7 – Expand your vocabulary with mnemonics.
#8 – Embrace mistakes.
#9 – Create SMART goals.
#10 – Jump from Conversational (B1) to Mastery (C2).
#11 – Learn to sound more native.
#12 – Become a polyglot.
One semester of Spanish Love Song
I’m still trying to learn Spanish. Maybe this will help.
Korean Hangul in 20 minutes
CGP Grey videos on youtube
knowledge well explained
https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey/videos
Grovo.com
http://www.grovo.com/how-it-works
Sort of like lynda.com but with 1 minute lessons.
“Each day, Grovo takes the top sites, apps, and topics on the Internet and creates 15+ 60-second video lessons teaching you only the things you need to know. “
Duolingo language learning
http://duolingo.com “With Duolingo you learn a language for free while helping to translate the web”
I using this to learn Spanish. I’m pretty impressed with the clean interface and interactivity.