What self-learning methods do you use?

Re:What self-learning methods do you use? by TamDenholm on Monday October 04, 2010 @01:22AM (#1754689)

I'm a learn by doing kind of person, i cant read a book and remember things, i have to do the thing i'm learning. Obviously this goes along well with programming or even stuff like DIY, mechanics etc, but wouldnt go well with theoretical or academic things.

I pick a goal i want to accomplish using the discipline i want to learn, and start messing around while looking at tutorials that take you step by step through the thing you're doing in front of you, occasionally using a manual or google to lookup things i dont understand.

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Re:What self-learning methods do you use? by anemecek on Monday October 04, 2010 @03:22PM (#1756947)

I doubt that there is anyone who is not that way. In fact there is a Chinese saying "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand." which arrives at the same conclusion.

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Re:What self-learning methods do you use? by raarky on Monday October 04, 2010 @06:47AM (#1755243)

I'm the same.. I like to think of a silly project and start making it. Making a simple game is a pretty good way to learn the basics of a new language pretty quickly

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