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Tag Archives: learning
Gamification Makes Duolingo the most enticing way to learn a language
I was trying not to waste my time on repetitive games that are addictive, but teach me nothing much, like Temple Run for instance. I am also not fond of scrabble type word games where all kinds of weird words, … Continue reading
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Tagged Duolingo, educational apps, French, language, learning, Tik Tok
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About my Piano Lessons & Desire to Skate
I talk about what it was like to be forced to go for piano lessons, and why I regret not learning how to skate when I was little. My latest post on White as Milk. I’m still in love every … Continue reading
Posted in White as Milk
Tagged childhood, learning, lessons, personal, piano, Skating, thoughts
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15 Reasons Why I Blog
1. Writing is like breathing. I can’t go a day without it. 2. It’s good writing practice. It’s cool that with a blog I have an audience. I appreciate the connection. Somehow it forces me to write in a slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged 15 reasons, blogging, learning, Life, Living, memories, personal, photos, reasons, reflection, Singapore, Teaching, travel, why, why do you blog, why I blog, writing
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Can you Recall the Books You’ve Read?
I use my blog like a memory device, because I am old and when I look back I want evidence that I didn’t completely fritter my time away. Sorry that the blog’s becoming totally self indulgent and I forgot my … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, authors, beauty, blogging, books, culture, Ishiguro, learning, Life, Living, personal, Peter Mayle, reading, recommendations, Rohinton Mistry, writing, Yann Martell
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What is a Unique Visitor?
When a friend P asked me what how many unique visitors I had, I was embarrassed that I had absolutely no idea. And silly me was too embarrassed to just ask (P if you’re reading this it’s ok if you … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, blog, blogging, learning, marketing, social media, stats, technical, unique visitor, unique visitors, unique visits
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Blog Tip of the Day: Key Words vs Clever Words
There was a time when I wondered what the heck SEO meant. I loathe technical jargon. It always puts me off. I’ve since found out it stands for Search Engine Optimization and it’s really important if you want more traffic … Continue reading
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Tagged blog tip, blog tip of the day, blogging, clever title, clever words, creative, key words, learning, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, social media, techie, technical, traffic, WordPress, writers, writing
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