One Rule to Rule Them All: Learning in Public

As developers, we already know we have to stay learning to keep up to date with the latest in the industry. How do you find the most efficient way to learn new things?
In this talk, we'll explore different learning techniques that you can use to learn new concepts with a core focus on Learning In Public and why it's a proven technique that works.

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1. Learning in Public
   One Rule to Rule Them All:
   Gift Egwuenu
   Frontend Consultant at Passionate People
   CODELAND CONF 2021
   September 24th, Online
   

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3. a front-end developer and
   tech content creator.
   Get to know me
   Gift Egwuenu,
   Gift Egwuenu,
   I'm
   

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4. The case for learning and need
   to stay up to date.
   Keynote
   Agenda
   Learning Techniques
   Feyman's Technique, Spaced Repetition,
   Learning In Public.
   Learning In Public
   The What, Why, and How.
   

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5. HOW DO YOU STAY UP
   TO DATE IN TECH?
   

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6. Image credit: The Washington Post
   

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7. Learning
   Techniques
   Everyone has different ways of learning that
   works for them, figuring the best technique is key
   in finding an efficient way to learn new things.
   

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8. Image credit: nesslabs.com
   The Real Truth About Learning Anything
   

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9. Exploring Learning Techniques
   Feynman's Technique
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   02 Guided and Unguided Learning
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   03 Spaced Repetition
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   04 Learning In Public
   

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10. The Feynman's
    Technique
    In this technique, you explain a concept
    you're learning to yourself in a simple way to
    find gaps in your knowledge.
    Choose a subject to study
    Pretend to explain it to a child
    Identify gaps in your
    explanation and return to the
    source
    Simplify your explanation
    and create a story.
    

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11. Guided and Unguided
    Learning
    Guided learning follows a path (tutorials, courses, video), on the
    other hand, Unguided learning stems from learning from different
    resources(docs, building from scratch) without a known path.
    

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12. Spaced Repetition
    Leitner System In action
    

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13. ncase.me/remember
    

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14. The one Rule to Rule all of them
    Learning in Public
    

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15. The fastest way to learn,
    build your career.
    and
    grow,
    

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16. Learn In Public Essay
    Shawn SWYX Wang
    

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17. Kent C. Dodds Thoughts on Learning
    Josh Comeau On How to Learn Quickly
    

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18. 01
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    Write Blogs and Tutorials
    Speak at Meetup /
    Conference
    Ask and Answers Questions on
    Stackoverflow or Reddit
    Videos on Twitch /
    Youtube
    Start a newsletter
    Making Zines,
    Sketchnotes, Cartoons
    

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19. Let's see some examples
    

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20. Learning In Public on Twitter
    

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21. Programming Zines - Julia Evans
    

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22. Sketchnotes by @Nitya: Cloud Skills
    Visualized
    
    
    

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23. Learn with Jason Sessions
    

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24. Youtube Videos on My Channel
    

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25. Why it works?
    There's a proven success rate from actively learning in public.
    The 1% Rule
    The Cunningham's Law
    Build Connections
    

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26. “The impulse to keep to yourself what you have
    learned is not only shameful, it is destructive.
    Anything you do not give freely and abundantly
    becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find
    ashes.”
    
    
    —Annie Dillard
    

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27. Share Your
    Trade Secrets
    

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28. Learn,
    Then Teach
    

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29. Story
    #learninpublic
    My
    Completed
    #100daysofcode
    Codenewbie Blog
    More Challenge
    Speaking and Event
    Organizing
    YouTube,
    Newsletter
    

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30. @lauragift_
    Thank you!
    If you have any questions,
    Please leave a comment on my CodeLand post.
    

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