The document discusses various methods for self-education as a web professional, including attending conferences, reading blogs and publications, participating in local user groups, writing, presenting, contributing to open source projects, and playing with new technologies. It provides quotes from several individuals about their approaches and perspectives on ongoing learning and professional development.
22. Trawling through RSS feeds for
stuff to blog about continually
keeps me informed about all
sorts of things.
Simon Willison
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39. I started blogging about web
development in 2002, and quickly
found that explaining things to
other people helped me
understand them better myself.
Simon Willison
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51. Set aside time to learn a new
technique once a week that is
completely unrelated to the stuff
you do on a day to day basis.
Mark Ng
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58. Curiosity and playing with
things. Fuck blogs, events,
books. Play has always taught
me more than anything else.
There is no substitute for direct
experience.
Mark Norman Francis
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59. Itās Up To You (Not Your Boss)
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60. Fail lots. You can learn a lot from
other people, but the best way
of getting better at anything is to
make mistakes.
James Aylett
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61. When you ļ¬nd something that
you ļ¬nd interesting take the time
to ļ¬gure out why. It lets you
learn from other peoples'
experience and understand
your own bias.
Mike Stenhouse
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62. Everyone I respect is incredibly
passionate about what they
do, with the chops to argue
their corner when needed, but
with enough humility to know
when theyāre wrong.
Steve Marshall
63. Do what you enjoy, and ļ¬nd
enjoyment in everything you can.
James Darling
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64. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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65. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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66. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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67. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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68. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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69. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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70. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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71. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
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72. Attending Conferences
Reading Blogs
Reading Everything
Attending Local User Groups
Talking With Peers
Writing
Presenting
Contributing to Open Source
Playing
So...
73. in order of appearance
Simon Willison simonwillison.net
Mark Ng markng.co.uk
James Darling coupde.com
Mark Norman Francis cackhanded.net
Bradley Wright intranation.com
James Aylett tartarus.org/james
Mike Stenhouse donotremove.co.uk
Steve Marshall nascentguruism.com
Quotes From These People
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