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"Wikipedia's complete (as of 2016) list of cognitive biases, arranged and designed by John Manoogian III (jm3). Categories and descriptions originally by Buster Benson."

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The rapidly evolving work environment demands continuous re/upskilling on a large scale. While numerous online learning options exist, three crucial elements-structure, community, and pedagogy-are often lacking. Their mission is to fill these gaps, empowering workplace talent to realize their full potential. NextLeap, recognized as one of the Top 100 Edtech Startups in South Asia, is dedicated to assisting early career professionals in transitioning into coveted roles within product management, UX design, and software engineering at prominent product companies. Their curriculum, tailored to industry needs, is delivered by esteemed tech instructors and mentors. Graduates of their program have successfully secured positions at renowned tech giants such as Flipkart, Swiggy, PhonePe, Ola, Meesho, and many others. With access to job placements at over 150 leading tech partner firms, they facilitated the placement of over 300 students in 2022 alone, boasting an average salary exceeding 10 LPA. NextLeap serves as a professional learning hub, empowering individuals to grow through a nurturing community of experts, mentors, and peers. Recognizing the pressing demand for ongoing skill development in today's dynamic work landscape, the platform addresses this need by offering structured learning experiences, fostering a supportive community, and employing effective pedagogy. By bridging these essential gaps, NextLeap empowers workplace talent to unlock their full potential.

Unlearn Product is a dynamic organization committed to empowering individuals with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to thrive in product management roles within the tech industry. Founded by industry experts, Unlearn Product offers a range of specialized courses, workshops, and resources designed to cater to the diverse needs and career aspirations of professionals seeking to enhance their product management capabilities.

Straw Poll is a quick and easy polling tool that doesn't require registration, but has only four voting options, blocks multiple voting, can be embedded and records answers in a pie chart

Straw Poll just does one thing - it lets you create a poll and use it right away. In fact, it's so well designed, you could actually create the poll displaying the work on the class data projector live and then just use it.

"The following Online Interactive Thinking Strategies and Tools are designed to provide a scaffold which enables students to think with more depth and structure. When using them, ask students to continually reflect on and justify which Habits of Mind best suit how they are thinking."

"Using an artificial intelligence technique inspired by theories about how the brain recognizes patterns, technology companies are reporting startling gains in fields as diverse as computer vision, speech recognition and the identification of promising new molecules for designing drugs."

"3D printing has slowly started to get popular in use in the industry, by the hobbyists and ordinary individuals in their homes. If you can design it, the 3D printer can build it. However, we are still in the early stage of owning and using 3D printer. So, what is the length of time before it will become mainstream like the PC? The infographic will show when will every American own a 3D printer and how it affects the profit of those who are selling consumer objects and more."

"Don't feel overwhelmed by passwords, or simply use the same one on every site just so you'll remember them: design your own password management strategy. MakeUseOf's Password Management Guide, from author Mohammed Al-Marhoon, outlines tips and tricks you need to know to stay both secure and sane."

Moot (Beta) is a very interesting project in my eyes because there's a bit of tension in its design philosophy: it wants to take a step back into the past and recover the lost relevance of meaningful discussion (which they claim have died with social media) while incorporating features of the future (clean and responsive interface).

The mentality spurring the Discourse team is the desire to "raise the standard of discussion on the web through better forum software." Core to their actions is the belief that forums are an integral aspect of proper web communities, yet most forum designs are stuck in the 1990s. With Discourse, they want to make forum hosting easy, flexible, and appealing to the 21st Century.

Do you work in design, or any field where you need to download fonts for use on your project? If so, you know that finding top quality fonts is often easier said than done. Plenty of websites offer free fonts, but many of them are filled with ads, and a lot of the fonts are just not of the best quality. That's where the website FontPro comes into play. It offers a clean interface, and all the free fonts you could ever want to download

"Theories and Models of Learning for Educational Research and Practice. This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction. Below is the index of learning theories, grouped in categories."

"Whether you're building an iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Facebook or cross-platform app, this superb selection of tutorials will help you on your way..."

Ghost is an Open Source application which allows you to write and publish your own blog, giving you the tools to make it easy and even (gasp) fun to do. It's simple, elegant, and designed so that you can spend less time messing with making your blog work - and more time blogging.

"Modern Lessons is a skill-building platform designed for you. It features courses for beginners, experts, and everyone in between. Courses are taught by just a handful of carefully chosen experts and are available free of charge. Create your account to start learning."

"This badge designer makes use of the exciting new features in HTML5 to allow you to combine different visual elements, colours and text to create an attractive Open Badge graphic. You can then use this graphic in your Open Badge issuing systems when creating your rewards."

Duckie Deck is a nice educational games site. Each of the games is ad-free and is designed to help children learn something new or practice a skill. You'll find games for learning about potty training, kitchen appliances, and brushing your teeth. You'll also find games for practicing counting and games for learning the alphabet. Duckie Deck offers 125 games in all.

"Matthew Shlian works within the increasingly nebulous space between art and engineering. As a paper engineer, Shlian's work is rooted in print media, book arts, and commercial design, though he frequently finds himself collaborating with a cadre of scientists and researchers who are just now recognizing the practical connections between paper folding and folding at microscopic and nanoscopic scales."