15 Productivity Hacks 💻💭📝💡

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Limpeza do quarto também é da mente.

The day has arrived! Your room is sooooooooo dirty that you finally think to yourself, “Maybe I should…clean it?” YES YOU SHOULD, THOSE BOOKS HAVE BEEN LYING ON YOUR TABLE SINCE JESUS WAS BORN AND THERE IS A DEAD COCKROACH IN YOUR DRAWER.

Anyway, where do you begin? 

1. Haven’t used it in a month, will probably use it never.  Stop holding on to things. Listen to Elsa. Let it go. If you haven’t worn that skirt in a month even when so many opportunities presented themselves for you to wear it, you can safely assume you’ll never wear it. You have too many pens, half of them running out of ink. You keep saying you’ll reuse them. You don’t. Throw them away! 

2. Empty notebooks. Way too many. Some half used, other unused. There are enough videos on youtube telling you how to use them. Go see these videos. Educate yourself. go watch this video and this one this might help

3. Your desk and chair is officially your closet. That’s bad news. Get all the clothes out of your closet and the one on the chair, arrange them according to categories of your liking and organisation, and fold them neatly and out them in your closet. 

4. Get a mop, a broom, water and a bug spray. Clean your room. Every surface on which you see dirt, CLEAN IT. Your desk. Under your bed. The insides of your drawer. You find bugs, you kill them. 

5. Categorise, categorise and oh wait - categorise. Put everything into categories. Stationeries, clothes, books, etc. It makes your life easier. 

6. Make your room pretty. You’re a modern age human, not a caveman. Get decor, put some fairy lights, put aesthetic quotes and shit on your walls. Whatever you think brightens up the room. if your room is nice, you’ll be in a better mood too, 

7. And for God’s sake don’t dump shit on the floor. Get a dustbin. Keep it by your desk. Throw garbage in it. USE IT. 

Now what are you waiting for?? Go clean your room!

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Introduction to several common antenna for wireless communications

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Rod Antenna: The rod antenna is a common form of antenna. Its principle is based on placing a conductor rod in a magnetic field to achieve signal reception and transmission. It is widely used in wireless communication systems.

Sucker Antenna

The sucker antenna, also known as a suction antenna or suction antenna scanner, is a special type of antenna. It typically consists of a suction cup and an antenna, where the suction cup can secure the antenna to an object or surface, thereby achieving better signal reception and transmission.

PCB Antenna

PCB antenna is an antenna form directly printed on a PCB (Printed Circuit Board). This type of antenna plays an increasingly important role in modern wireless communication devices, especially in mobile devices, IoT devices, and wireless sensor networks. Due to its compact size, lightweight, and low cost, it has been widely used.

FPC Antenna

FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) antenna is a flexible antenna made of flexible materials, suitable for scenarios where the antenna needs to bend or conform to specific shapes. Its advantages include high flexibility, the ability to conform to different surface shapes, and it is often used in devices with special shape requirements, such as wearable devices or uniquely shaped sensors.

Spring Antenna

The spring antenna is a type of helical antenna. Its primary function is to radiate and receive radio waves. Due to its low cost, small size, ease of installation, good VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) performance, resistance to vibration and aging, the spring antenna is increasingly used in the field of radio communication.

Yagi Antenna

The Yagi antenna consists of an active element (usually a folded dipole), a passive reflector, and several passive directors arranged in parallel. Invented in the 1920s by Hidetsugu Yagi and Shintaro Uda of Tohoku University in Japan, it is known as the "Yagi-Uda antenna" or simply "Yagi antenna."

IPEX Antenna

IPEX antenna is a new high-performance antenna with high gain and frequency response. It can achieve optimal performance in different frequency bands and environments, including both indoor and outdoor settings. The IPEX antenna is widely used in mobile communications, smart homes, the Internet of Things (IoT), and vehicle networking.

GPS Antenna

GPS antenna is used to receive satellite signals for positioning or navigation. Receiving these signals requires antenna. GPS satellite signals are divided into L1 and L2, with frequencies of 1575.42 MHz and 1228 MHz, respectively. L1 is an open civilian signal with circular polarization and a signal strength of around -166 dBW, which is relatively weak. These characteristics necessitate a specialized antenna for receiving GPS signals.

Antenna Usage Considerations: The following principles should be followed when using the antenna to ensure the best communication distance of the module: 1.Avoid placing the antenna close to the ground , and keep it away from obstacles as far as possible. 2.If using sucker antenna, try to keep the lead wire straight and ensure the suction cup base is attached to a metal surface.

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40 Study Tips & Tricks

I thought to write down the “script” to one of my most viewed videos, with 40 study tips & tricks. It’s easier to read them and pass on the word!

Organization Tips:

1. Incorporate homework and classes in you daily planner – that will give you an overall glimpse of how your week will be about and how much time you need to spend in your studying sessions!

2. Color coordinate classes – be it notes, your planner, your textbooks or binders, pick a unique color for each class and work around the hues of that color to get more organized!

3. Make your own syllabus – if your professor doesn’t provide a syllabus for your class, try to make one before the school year working around your given textbooks or other given material.

4. Make study guides – make a study guide from your syllabus and draw before each topic two boxes: one for a midtest and one for the final test. When you have one of these tests, check the boxes when you’ve finished studying the chapter so you won’t miss anything!

5. Reference your material throughout – most of the times, we students work with in-class notes, textbooks and a syllabus. Since we get small bits of information here and there it’s important to reference every page throughout all your material so you can quickly access your information without having to flip endlessly through pages!

6. Keep a dashboard nearby – Whenever you use a notebook or a binder, make a dashboard on the first page with post it notes so you can quickly scribble any questions, homework or page numbers. When you get home, you just need to open your dashboard and attend those notes.

7. Print any tests, exercises and exams you can find – keep those in the end of your binder. These are perfect to practice before exams and tests because they really reflect what you will be tested about. Set an alarm clock for the deadline and start working on those!

8. Condense – organization disappears when you have too many of everything. Working with more than one planner in your life will make everything chaotic. If you think you need a second planner because you don’t have enough space to write in the first one, it’s because you don’t have available time as well. Don’t fool yourself and set achievable goals!

9. Customize your textbooks – most of the times, textbooks are formal books where information is hard to come by. Make your own tabs and write every chapter on them so they stick out – flag any charts, tables or graphics. Everything needs to be incredibly accessible!

10 Print a special planning sheet before finals: Organizing your studying by chapters and/or topics before finals is tremendously important since it lets you organize the amount of time you dedicate to each subject,

Study Sessions and Time Management

11. Save at least one afternoon or one morning a week for intensive studying. These is your “life-saver” – when you get so full of homework and projects that you can’t incorporate them into your daily academic routine, one free afternoon to organize your school life will really come in handy! Make an appointment with yourself!

12. Prepare in advance – although most professors may not ask you to prepare a class in advance, if you have the means to, go ahead. Grab a sheet and make a summary of the chapter your class will be about. Write the major topics and key information and take that guide to class. When your professor repeats previously studied information, you will be able to understand everything much better!

13. Never leave something behind – Even if you have a more light class, where professors don’t request homework or any side projects, don’t let that fool you! Be disciplined and be your own professors! Make your own projects and learn everything you can so you can nail those finals when they arrive.

14. Write your questions – most of the time, in a heavy study session, we come up with tons of questions and sometimes we just leave them behind. Write them down in your dashboard or a small notebook and ask your professors (personally or via e-mail). You can also ask your schoolmates in a facebook group created for that purpose!

15. Set an alarm clock and reward yourself – even if you study during an entire afternoon your studying will be pointless if you don’t take regular breaks. Set an alarm clock for one hour/one hour and a half and then take a 15 minute break. Never study for more than 2 hours straight! Even if you don’t notice, you’ll get less and less focused.

16. . Make a list – before each study session I like to grab my notepad and write down everything that I need to do before my session ends: the chapters I need to read, the pages I need to go through and the homework I need to complete. Sometimes I even write theses lists when I’m in college so I’ll have more determination to complete those tasks once I get home.

17 Work on the least interesting thing first. There are always classes or projects that we like the least – and those are the ones that we need to tackle first. You will start your studying session concentrated, which will let you go through the worst tasks faster.

18 Print, print, print. try to print everything you can and never study from your computer. Having your PDF files printed at hand will let you concentrate better, highlight and write some notes in the margins. You can take these everywhere with you and even turn them into small guides for future classes!

19. If you finish ahead, don’t quit. Perhaps the time you’ve saved for your study session has come to an end way before you have planned. That doesn’t mean you should stop right now – Take that time to review what you’ve learned so far or prepare other classes ahead of time!

20. Study in an organized space – make your own studying corner – bring everything you will need, from textbooks, binders and notebooks, to a cup of coffee and your computer. Keep them neatily organized on your desk so everything is at hand and on sight. Put on some soft background music (links down below) and adjust the lightning.

In class notes

21. If your professor provides PowerPoint slides before each class, print them (six or four per page) and bring them to class. Write in the margins and more throughout information in the back so it’s all condensed and tight. This is where you’ll take your notes. If you prefer to write on lined paper, think about copying some ruled paper to the back of your printed slides.

22. If your professor asks you to prepare your class in advance, try to make a small guide for each class. Open the comments column in MSWord and print the pages with that column. When you go to class, incorporate the in-class notes in that column, next to the relevant information so everything is nice and condensed.

23 If you are in a information-heavy class, try to adopt the Cornell method, which is the best, in my opinion, when you need to be a fast writer. There’s a video right here on how to use this method.

24. If you are in a bits-and-pieces class, which is that kind of class where the professor just gives a few key points and then gives practical examples or makes you work in group, try to adopt the box method – you can draw these boxes yourself or make them with post it notes – these are way more visual and perfect to memorize information.

25. Write in-class flashcards – if you don’t have flashcards around, make tiny flashcards on the top of your notes, where you cover the definitions you’ve written with the name of the definition. Each time you open your notes, try to remember the hidden definition. Automatic studying, every time!

26. Participate in class – nothing better than to be actively involved in your class discussion. For most of us, shy creatures, participating can be dreadful – but once you get out of your box, you’ll see how participating really makes you understand the subject!

27. If you have any questions during class, raise your hand and ask them. If your professor doesn’t like being interrupted, write them down and approach them in the end of the class. Sometimes, the little things we don’t understand are exactly the ones that come up on the final exam!

28. Ask for examples. Examples are probably the thing that makes your brain connect the information faster. If your professor isn’t keen on providing examples, suggest your own and see if your answer comes up right. Sometimes, examples are the thing that really makes us understand our material and our definitions, since they transform formal information into relatable events.

29. Sit at the front. It sounds too straightforward but sitting at the front really makes wonders. You won’t get distracted by what you classmates are doing, you will focus on the professor, who is right in front of you and you will resist the temptation of going to Facebook and Instagram during a boring presentation.

30. Write a brief summary at the end of the class. During those five minutes where everyone is dismissed and leaving the room, write a brief summary of that classes’ key points in the back of a page – this is fundamental in the Cornell method but can be used in any other method as well.

Finals Guide

31 Skim through your material two times: at first, you should start by studying your material starting from the end. The last lessons will be fresh in your memory and it’s very important to reinforce your knowledge on these while you can. In the second reading, you should start from the beginning, as usual. It’s important to make these two readings so you can go through the information in a much more flexible way.

 32. Make a mindmap of each chapter. A mindmap is a chart that relates key words and important information, making it easy to understand the relationship and hierarchy between such key words. Use colors and images to memorize your material better. Oh, and don’t forget to check out my video on how to make mindmaps!

33. Read each of the titles and try to say out loud its contents, explaining each concept and the relationship between them. Imagine you are the teacher and are lecturing that subject to a crowd. If you skip any of the subjects, do it all over again. The more you repeat, the better you will memorize.

34. It’s time for some flash cards!  Write the topic or the title on one side and the meaning or the explanation on the other. Try to cover as many topics or titles as you can and go through your cards while memorizing as best as you can each of the concepts. Try to do it backwards if you have time to do so!

35. On the day before the exam, skim through your mindmaps and flash cards again and always try to study while talking. Saying your content out loud will force your brain to relate information in a much more cohesive way and you’ll memorize everything much better.

36. Read the entire exam from top to bottom. Underline or circle any important words that you think will be crucial in you answer. After that, calculate how much time you should spend answering each question: this simple calculation will take only twenty seconds and will help you organize your time. Try to save five minutes at the end for revisions.

37. If you are solving a written exam and not multiple choice, try as much as possible to organize each answer in a structured way, saving two lines just to present your line of thought and writing each different argument in a different paragraph. Draft a conclusion at the end to underline the centre of your answer. Sometimes softly underlining some keywords is important to make your professor notice that you’ve correctly given importance to certain concepts.

38. Use these symbols for each question: one dot if you aren’t sure of the answer, two dots if you are sure of your answer and a circle if you are completely unaware of your answer. Start by answering any question with two dots; after those are all answered, go on through the two dots question. Leave the circle questions to the end – and ALWAYS answer them! Even if you don’t know what they’re about, who knows if you will be able to come up with something right?

39. Review your test one final time – many times, we make a lot of mistakes under stress and now is when you should spot them and amend them. This can be the difference between a B and an A!

40. Don’t take this too seriously – school is an important aspect of our lives but it isn’t everything. Failure comes many times and these failures can even drive you away from something that was simply not meant to be. Don’t stress out because everyone goes through the same!

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SOURCES + LINKS

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MacLellan, Lila. (January 15, 2018). “How to stop procrastinating.” Retrieved from: https://work.qz.com/1159212/how-to-stop-procrastinating/

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