Many studies have shown that one of the most effective ways to learn new material is not just to perform an activity with the new knowledge, but to te…

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Almost three years ago I wrote about the power of writing - by hand. Sure, it's easy to take notes on an iPad app or on a laptop, but the result i…

For years my wife and I had been fans of our Keurig.  Pop in a pod and in a minute you had a decent cup of coffee.  Simple, clean, and seemingly &quo…

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Walking is man's best medicine. - Hippocrates Walking has become a much larger part of my life over the past few years.  It started when I embrac…

Ever since I visited Italy over a decade ago my inner geek has had a fascination with traffic engineering.  If you've visited Italy, or many simil…

Nearly two decades ago I had left the medical device industry to jump into telecom photonics equipment.  My team was responsible for the operations si…