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A Gentle Introduction To Learning Calculus

Posted 05.02.2008, under Calculus, Guides, Math

I have a love/hate relationship with calculus: it demonstrates the beauty of math and the agony of math education.

Calculus relates topics in an elegant, brain-bending manner. My closest analogy is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: once understood, you start seeing Nature in terms of survival. You understand why drugs lead to resistant germs (survival of the fittest). You know why sugar …

How To Make a Bookmarklet For Your Web Application

Posted 04.16.2008, under Guides, Web

How to Develop a Sense of Scale

Posted 01.30.2008, under Guides, Math

A Visual Guide to Simple, Compound and Continuous Interest Rates

Posted 01.14.2008, under Guides, Math, Business

A Visual, Intuitive Guide to Imaginary Numbers

Posted 12.21.2007, under Guides, Math

Rethinking Arithmetic: A Visual Guide

Posted 12.13.2007, under Guides, Math

How to Develop a Mindset for Math

Posted 11.26.2007, under Guides, Math

What You Should Know About The Stock Market

Posted 11.14.2007, under Guides, Business

Intro to Distributed Version Control (Illustrated)

Posted 10.15.2007, under Guides, Programming

A Visual Guide to Version Control

Posted 09.27.2007, under Guides, Programming

Build a site you (and your readers) will love

Posted 08.04.2007, under Guides, Web, Personal Development

How To Optimize Your Site With HTTP Caching

Posted 04.07.2007, under Guides, Web

How To Optimize Your Site With GZIP Compression

Posted 04.04.2007, under Guides, Web

Speed Up Your Javascript, Part 2: Downloadable Examples!

Posted 02.25.2007, under Guides, Programming, Web

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