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How Would You Design Freshman Orientation?

January 26, 2023September 6, 2007

My friend Ben has been blogging about his first weeks as an undergraduate. In a recent post he reflected on his freshman orientation experience: “They … Read more

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College Chronicles #1: Meet Jake, the Reformed Studier with a Daring Plan

January 26, 2023September 5, 2007

This is the first blogisode of College Chronicles, a blog-based reality show in which we follow real students struggling to balance academics with the rest … Read more

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Introducing College Chronicles

January 26, 2023September 5, 2007

As hinted at earlier, this fall we are kicking off a new series here at Study Hacks titled: College Chronicles. The premise is simple. For … Read more

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The Word “Study” is Meaningless

January 26, 2023September 4, 2007

If you’re interested in the guest post I wrote for Gideon’s blog, click here to read it. It concerns how the word “study” is dangerous … Read more

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Guest Post: The Intersection of Technology and Productivity

January 26, 2023September 4, 2007

This article was written for Study Hacks by Gideon from Scholastici.us. It’s part of a post swap that our two blogs are conducting this week. … Read more

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Study Hacks Fall Line-Up

January 26, 2023September 4, 2007

I’m planning for a big week here at Study Hacks as we move into the start of the new school year. You can expect the … Read more

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Monday Master Class: Use Technical Explanation Questions When Studying For Technical Classes

January 26, 2023September 4, 2007

[Sorry for the one-day delay in this week’s Monday Master Class. I was down in New York City for the holiday weekend. Those of you … Read more

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Dangerous Ideas: Productivity is Overrated

January 26, 2023August 31, 2007

I’m introducing a new semi-regular feature: Dangerous Ideas. Each entry in the series will focus on a provocative idea, built out of anecdotal evidence, that … Read more

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Cal launched the "Study Hacks" blog at calnewport.com in 2007, and has been regularly publishing essays here ever since. Over 2,000,000 people a year visit this site to read Cal's weekly posts about technology, productivity, and the quest to live and work deeply in an increasingly distracted world, while tens of thousands more subscribe to have these essays delivered directly to their inbox (see the sign-up form below). To read more, you can browse more than 15 years of past essays in the archive.
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