Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 19, 2018

”When one teaches, two learn.” – Robert Heinlein

Today I’m in the midst of final preparations for DevLearn in Las Vegas next week. It is going to be a full week. I’m leading a full-day pre-con certificate workshop on Tuesday with Bianca Baumann, a Morning Buzz session on workplace curation Wednesday morning, a session on curationThursday morning and showing some work in demofest Thursday evening. If you’re there, give me a shout and say hi!

The Hidden Brain Science That Will Unlock Your True Potential with Daniel Coyle

There are lots of golden nuggets in this conversation with Daniel Coyle (@danielcoyle). While you’re there you should subscribe to the Science of Success podcast too.

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How People Learn II

How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures is a deep dive into the influences that affect individual learning. How People Learn II is a valuable resource that updates a previous version (How People Learn) that helps understand learning for educators of students and adults.

Codeless Automation: IFTTT vs Zapier vs Microsoft Flow

Automating your routine, day-to-day tasks has never been easier. These tools allow you to connect your apps and build automated workflows to be more productive. I use these to avoid dull manual things so I can spend my time on better things. For example, GoToWebinar amazingly has no bulk import option for participants so I built a workflow that automagically took data from the SurveyMonkey registration form and enrolled them in the GoToWebinar for me. #Winning

Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany

A few other things just because I can.

Conference News

Design Resources

Apps & Tools

Books/Courses/Talks/Podcasts

What I’m listening too

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