Have you ever wondered what happens inside our brain whenever we are thinking about something? How some people have great ideas, are able to learn fast, and are incredibly productive, while others are struggling with finalizing even a simple task? There are many components to this process, and in this article, you will learn about one of them. Working Memory is one of the several memory types where information is processed and manipulated before it is either discarded or committed to the long-term storage. Read more

Human memory is captivating. Take a moment to dive into your oldest recollections and evoke any memory related to the following: Read more

Software Engineering (SWE) is among the most desired jobs nowadays. It is a vibrant and dynamic domain that changed the way we do things, and that improved our lifestyle. It has its own peculiarities, though, with holy wars between groups of people who argue which programming language is better, with haters of JavaScript, scripting languages, and dynamically typed languages, with complete assholes as well as some very nice and considerate people (although this is not related only to SWE). Read more

How old are you? 20? 30? 50? What about your body? Does it have the same age? Studies show that our body renews the cells it is made of. Maybe you have heard a variation of the following quote: Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there’s not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago. Read more

Language is powerful. It is the tool that allowed us to grow and evolve as a civilization, go to the Moon, build robots, cure diseases, and do tons of other stuff. The spoken language is the interface of communication between people. It is a bit messy and ambiguous, but it did a decent job of passing on the knowledge from older to younger generations. Not all words are equal, though. Some are simplistic, while others are powerful. Read more

The group was noisy, and nobody was listening. Someone looked into their phone, others split into groups and discussed the latest events happening in the world. — Who can tell me what do I have here?—she finally asked, as though holding a pinch of salt, but with her fingers looking upward. — A hair?—said someone. — Air—said someone else. — Fingers?—answered the third person. — I have your attention—said she. Read more

Today’s article is a repost from Medium that I wrote 3 years ago. It is still relevant today, and I subscribe under each lesson. There are more lessons learned since I wrote the original piece, but I’ll leave those for a separate post. Enjoy! Today is the day. The day that feels so unreal and distant, that you don’t even think about it. Until you turn 29. Then, on that day, you realize the next year you’ll be 30. Read more

Small tasks are often mundane, insignificant, and dull. We spend the biggest part of our time doing them and wish we could have more time to spend on some big and important things. Read more

Words are powerful, and the way we use them can have a tremendous impact on the people who hear us speaking. But it is not only negative words that can harm us. Sometimes even the use of positive words can have a totally unexpected effect on people. Read more

Have you ever thought about how we navigate and perceive the world around us? In How People Learn — The Brain Basics, I have described the basic principles of brain functioning. But as powerful as it is, our brain is a black box that relies on various sensory systems to get information from the outside world for processing. Read more