Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

White Space

I enjoy reading Dorie Clark—be it her articles or books—and her podcasts and interviews are awesome too. A few days ago I started reading her latest book, The Long Game.

Part one of the book stood out to me: white space, which is essentially about carving out time for opportunity. Can we carve out 20% of our time working on what we think will benefit us most? The 20% concept was taken from Google where their employees are empowered to be more creative and innovative. Dorie says:

There’s something compelling about the idea of cordoning off time to experiment and see where your passions take you. […]

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Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

Disambiguate

I came across the word disambiguate while studying for the Coursera Technical Writing course. This topic piqued my interest and has become one of my passion (or curiosity) projects.

When course instructor Elena Bazanova mentioned “disambiguating” by “studying complicated things and then explaining them clearly,” that struck a chord with me. […]

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Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice . Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice .

Så mycket bättre

I have started watching TV after moving to Sweden, and there’s a reason for that. I have not touched the TV for almost my entire adult life but made an exception this time for the sake of my Swedish language learning. I have identified three TV programs for this purpose: Nyhetsmorgon, Bonde söker fru, and Så mycket bättre.

One particular episode in Så mycket bättre that stood out to me is the latest one with Gustaf Norén role-playing as a music teacher. […]

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Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice . Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice .

Svenska för invandrare (sfi)

In my previous post I mentioned about submitting an application to join the Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) program. It’s a municipal-sponsored program offered free-of-charge to residents of Sweden. In my case, it’s covered under the Jönköpings kommun.

I attended the first class on Monday, 25 October. […]

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Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

It’s All in the Details

I’ve been following Bill Shander’s Data Visualization: A Lesson and Listen Series on LinkedIn Learning, and it’s one of my favorite courses on the platform for data visualization.

In this post, I want to highlight one simple process Shander mentioned that could help make big decisions about designing a data visualization: W-A-R-T. […]

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