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#47342: In section 2.2.2 Scenario, the text talks about marking unplanned activities with a "U" but the diagram, figure 2.11 shows an "N" instead. Ive...more...
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04-Aug-11
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#41638: "We inherited our brain stems from reptiles ancestors living hundreds of millions of years ago." Perhaps rather... "We inherited our brai...more...
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26-Nov-09
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#46388: Some book references are mixed-up. 1. [Gla06] Malcolm Gladwell. Blink. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 2006. 2. Gunilla Ladberg, Den mä...more...
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11-Feb-11
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#45409: In this text: www transhumanist com / volume1 / moravec.htm ....it's said that: "The 1,500 cubic centimeter human brain is about 100,000 ti...more...
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19-Oct-10
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#41639: Instead of "Recurring gestures and routines helps the brain adapt to the context." Perhaps... "Recurring gestures and routines help the ...more...
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26-Nov-09
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#41640: "a mobile phone possible set to vibrate"

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"a mobile phone possibly set to vibrate"--Kevin G Fourie

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26-Nov-09
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#42365: "And what’s more, the people at the very top do not work __very much__ harder or even harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder”....more...
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23-Feb-10
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#41911: The last sentence (starting with "The Pomodoro Technique has strategies...") is not a continuation of the second bullet, and so should be outd...more...
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24-Dec-09
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#41573: Third sentence should read: "Still, the Pomodoro Technique..." it currently reads "Still, he Pomodoro Technique..."--David Madouros

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19-Nov-09
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#46586: I believe that the 3rd row in the record sheet (image) is incorrect. How can you know that the you under-estimated one activity by two Pomador...more...
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15-Mar-11