Master Mandarin efficiently: why it’s worth ~2,200 study hours, how to learn with HSK + sentence mining, characters + pinyin, and tools like Anki, Pleco, and trainchinese.
Computing – Productivity / Knowledge Management
Calibrating Judgment: The Podcasts That Transform My Travel Time
A practical podcast strategy to calibrate judgment: use Podsnacks email summaries for breadth, then selective 2× listening for nuance—plus a curated playlist (Acquired, FS, Freakonomics).
A Step-by-Step Guide to Efficiently Processing AWS Events’ Videos
Process AWS Events videos efficiently: subscribe to YouTube Premium, track AWS YouTube channels in Feedly (unwatched-only), and generate fast insights/summaries with Eightify Pro.
Lessons Learned from Having Passed all Twelve AWS Certification Exams
Lessons from passing all 12 AWS certification exams in a “one exam per month” marathon: what it proves, how to interpret others’ badges, exam patterns, and the best prep strategy.
How to efficiently monitor AWS news with Feedly.com
Monitor AWS updates efficiently with Feedly: import 265 curated AWS RSS feeds via OPML (including health updates) and get a clean stream of unread posts—saving hours daily.
On Books Reading
Why read books and how to do it well: benefits, what to read, Kindle workflow, tracking your library with Book Connect, plus digests and audiobooks.
List of All Amazon AWS RSS Feeds
Complete list of Amazon AWS RSS feeds (as of Sep 2, 2021) across major AWS blogs—plus an OPML download to import everything into Feedly or your favorite RSS reader.