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How to Speak
MIT OpenCourseWare
Documented HN sourceHN 21.0
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HN treats it as the canonical, near-universally recommended lecture on giving talks and presentations.
Literature & writing craft
LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively
UChicago Social Sciences · Discussed on HN from 2019 to 2026
Topics and ideas
- 01writing
- 02larry mcenerney
- 03academic writing
Larry McEnerney of the University of Chicago Writing Program gives a graduate-student session on writing effectively. His core idea is that readers care about value to them, not the writer's thinking process.
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Reader-value framing of writing changed commenter's perspective
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Documented HN sourceHN 21.0
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AT&T Archives: Similiarities of Wave Behavior (Bonus Edition)
AT&T Tech Channel
Documented HN sourceHN 19.0
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HN repeatedly calls it the clearest introduction to waves and transmission-line behavior, better than modern explainers.