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Mar 8, 2018

Books in 2018

A running list of the books I read in 2018. In order. Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker (Recommended) Blue Ocean Shift, Renee Mauborgne & W. Chan Kim Unstoppable, Maria Sharapova (Recommended) Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth Reset, Ellen Pao (Recommended) Evicted, Matthew Desmond (Recommended) When, Daniel H. Pink The Last Man…

Books

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Books

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Dec 14, 2017

My month-long quest to become a chess master from scratch

On November 1, 2016, I started a year-long project, challenging myself to master one expert-level skill every month. For the first eleven months, I succeeded at each of the challenges: I landed a standing backflip, learned to draw realistic portraits, solved a Rubik’s Cube in 17 seconds, played a five-minute…

Chess

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My month-long quest to become a chess master from scratch
My month-long quest to become a chess master from scratch
Chess

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Nov 18, 2017

M2M Day 382: The last day

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. Today is the very last day of my M2M project, and I’m excited to finally share one of the most unexpected…

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 17, 2017

M2M Day 381: 34 hours later…

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. Like with all of my past challenges, today I decided to tally up the total amount of time I spent on…

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 16, 2017

M2M Day 380: The pursuit of pursuits

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. Two days ago, I showed that my algorithmic chess approach is actually workable. …

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 15, 2017

M2M Day 379: Digging a little deeper

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. Yesterday, I finally was able to test my chess algorithm on a recent game I played, and it worked quite well…

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 14, 2017

M2M Day 378: It works!

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. Today, I finished the first version of my chess algorithm, allowing me to play a solid game of chess as a…

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 13, 2017

M2M Day 377: What to do when you’re trapped on an airplane for twelve hours

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. I just got off a twelve hour flight from Copenhagen back to San Francisco, so I’m going to keep this post…

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 11, 2017

M2M Day 376: Getting lost in Copenhagen

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. Today, I spent most of the day exploring Copenhagen by foot. …

Learning

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Learning

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Nov 11, 2017

M2M Day 375: I extremely underestimated how much time and effort this would take

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For October, my goal is to defeat world champion Magnus Carlsen at a game of chess. I’m typically very good at estimating how long doing anything will take me. Whether it’s writing a Medium post, or launching…

Learning

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Learning

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