It’s a great idea to keep notes and snippets of code to jog your memory later. I show you how I do it using Sublime Text 2 and Dropbox.

If you get stuck while doing the courses at codecademy.com, you can get help from others in the Q&A section.

Here is a screen cast going through the lesson at codecademy.com Introduction to Objects I Section 1 Review -The story so far…

Here is a screen cast going through the lesson at codecademy.com Blackjack: Deal ‘em Up – Section 2 Getting Started with Blackjack

If you’ve ever wished you could speed up a video in Youtube, here’s how to do it in Chrome.

This is ideally suited to spoken content and I’ve been listening to audiobooks and podcasts like this for years.

It has been shown that the brain works more efficiently if the information rate through the ears is approximately the “average” reading rate, which is about 200-300 words per minute, yet the average rate of speech is 100-150 words per minute.

It can take a little getting used to but you will get used to it. In the mean time you can always start at 1.5x speed.

Consume content at twice the speed AND increase comprehension, sounds like a good deal to me.

Here is a screen cast going through the lesson at codecademy.com Blackjack: Deal ‘em Up – 1. Before we get started…

I’m really enjoying going through the lessons and learning a lot.

A few weeks ago I was reading about how Javascript along with HTML5 are evolving to bring new and improved power to the web. It allows webpages to be much more interactive and feature rich than ever before. Basically it means web pages will feel more like compter applications rather than the static web pages of old.

Shortly after that I cam across codecademy.com, a website that allows you to learn Javascript interactively. It’s easy to get started with some simple exercises that quickly show you some simple ways you can create your own interactive web pages and be on your way to creating something useful.

I’m finding it so interesting that I decided to start this blog to record my progress and share the useful ideas and resources I find along the way.

It feels like I’m back in 1981 when I was 14, writing little BASIC programs on my Sinclair ZX80

You can follow my progress at http://www.codecademy.com/profiles/jaxxon33.