“Video games are not a genre. Video games are a medium, they’re a type of entertainment. To say theatre must grow up, which means you can’t have pantomimes because you have thoughtful pieces.”
Gaming Anarchist Collective
Waow, seems like I did write 126 postings in 2015. Here are the postings somewhat sorted into categories. In the categories just sorted by time, not further grouped into subgroups.
BTW, one posting I would definitely recommend in advance is the presentation I did about Organizing Creativity:
Creativity in General and Oneself in Particular
- Support Roles
- Sex Work and Art
- Wishes
- Taking stock of oneself
- So, what is important to you?
- Interesting Reddit Sites
- Providing interesting perspectives in popular fiction
- Eulogy from a bathtub: R.I.P. Sir Terry Pratchett
- The difference an @ makes in a Tweet
- Wet and slimy and full of critters
- Loopholes
- Some comments on the tension between creativity and commerce
- Subway Productivity (mobile digital workstation)
- Organizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects (presentation/video)
Minimalism, Tiny House, Van Dwelling, etc.
- Tiny House Movement, or: doing more with less
- Interesting Tiny House Tour Video
- Creating custom T-Shirts, Stickers, Buttons and the like
- Tiny House Building
- Ideas in the Shower
- Standing Desk/Workspace Update
- Sleeping in the Dark
- Living in a Van (and exploring the world with it)
- The Minimalism of Star Wars
Infrastructure, Note Taking, Calendars, Desks, etc.
- Splitting Folder Contents into DVD-sized Amounts of Data
- Custom Moleskine Milk Photobooks Update
- Searching Blogs that do not offer search fields and subscribing to blogs that do not offer RSS icons
- Digital Information Infrastructure with DEVONthink
- Semi-Modern Personalized Letter Writing
- Surviving Mac Accidents and Catastrophes
- Good-bye, Gaming Mouse for Everyday Work
- New Gaming Mouse: Logitech G402 — so far, not so good
- Some DEVONthink Considerations and Issues
- A word about DEVONthink’s synching
- Post-It Graffiti
- YouTube RSS Feeds
- Digital Scanner Pens
- A plan B for when your blog might vanish suddenly
- Apple iPhone Cable Weaknesses (and a bypass with third-party products)
- There’s something to be said for good Fountain Pens
- Fountain Pen Engraving
- Calendar Stamps
- Custom Page Notebooks
- Digital Journal with Apple’s Keynote as New Year’s Resolution
Academic Writing, Studying, Academic Career, Presentations, etc.
- Questionable Views in Academia
- The Power of Silence (and the little green (wo)man)
- Outsourcing a Thesis
- Finally a(nother) paper published
- Using InDesign to Layout your Dissertation Thesis
- Disposable Degrees Infographic, or: With or without a PhD
- Supporting Academic Writing at Universities
- Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: General Issues
- Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Templates
- Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Using only an iOS device
- Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Hello Transparency!
- A Critical Look at Scientific Writing Courses
- Beware of a (wo)man of one book
- Interesting presentation: “How to Win a Nobel Prize” by Sir Tim Hunt
- Writing Software Needs a “Highlight Fluffy” Option (some apps already have it)
- Apple iOS Keynote Presentation Freezes
- Small Remote for iOS Keynote Presentations
- Dealing with Apple Keynote’s Backwards Compatibility — or lack thereof
- Another Way to Use InDesign to Layout your Thesis (with some help from Zotero and Word)
- Keep Good Study Notes and Digitize Them
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Research, Artistic Freedom, Equality, Egalitarianism, Rights, etc.
- Fuck Censorship and Draw On!
- Intelligence Squared Debates — like a TED Talk where you hear more than one side (also: paying for sex)
- Joking about Religion
- Recommendation: Aaron Clarey’s Asshole Consulting Videos, esp. Video Request reg. a Girl’s Concerns About Majoring in STEM
- Recommendation: “I Need a Hashtag” by Remy
- Dealing with Hate Mails
- Allowing for excellence or enforcing sameness
- Interesting Interview with ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Cartoonist Luz
- A Litmus Test of Equality
- A Comment on Two Abusive and Unethical Experiments (Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments)
- Recommendation: Free Speech On Campus
- Differences in Discussions
- What ever happened to …?
- A view on society (also: sex/gender)
- How about a Geeks’ Day?
- A Different Social Media Strategy
- Safe Spaces at Universities
- Playing Devil’s Advocate
- Statistically Significant Group Differences vs Individual Fairness
- Interesting talk by Jonathan Haidt and YourMorals.org
- Caring to much — A few thoughts on Haidt’s moral foundations framework
- Essay Recommendation: “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
- Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate
- The Freedom to Create
- Two Quick Video Recommendations: Cultural Libertarian and Trigger Warnings
- Book Recommendation: “SJWs Always Lie” by Vox Day
- Interesting Discussion about Free Speech and Censorship at Universities
- Recommendation: Jonathan Haidt on Coddling U. vs. Strengthening U.
- Another Comment on Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate
- Recommendation: Heterodox Academy (Blog)
Copyright, Digital Reading, DRMs, Privacy, etc.
- That Quotations File
- Scanning the Bible (or other books with thin pages)
- Recommendation: Open Library (free books as PDF scans)
- Reading books and fall asleep
- Windows 10, Cortana, and the Loyalty of Virtual Assistants
- Converting ebooks (.azw, .epub, .mobi, etc.) to PDF
- Brands, Copyright, and Creating Stuff for Personal Use
Great Games
- GOG.com — Classic Computer Games for little money
- Looking back at three great games of 2014
- A look at a really good game: “The Witcher 3”
- Game Recommendation: Grand Theft Auto V
- Video Game Recommendation: “Life is Strange”
Great Movies and Books and other entertainment
- Recommendation: Extra Credits
- Recommendation: Buffy – The Vampire Slayer
- Recommendation: Dollhouse
- Book Recommendation: “The Martian” by Andy Weir
- Star Trek Quotations (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, Enterprise)
- The Martian (movie)
- Watching Ballet in a Cinema
Psychology, Technology, etc.
- Science and Technology in War
- Inspiring essay on “The Legacy of Star Trek” by Majel Barrett Roddenberry (from 1995)
- Technology/Engineering and Psychology
- Laws for Robots
- Book Recommendation: Star Trek on the Brain: Alien Minds, Human Minds
Meta
Food, Health, Sports, etc.
- Another shout-out to “Zombies, Run!”
- Video Recommendation: Beautiful (and mouthwatering) Bento Documentary
Drawing, Painting, etc.
- Insightful (and helpful) reflection by Noah Bradley on his journey to become a professional artist
- Seeing an Artist Draw
Commissioning Artworks
Have fun reading. 🙂
Thank you Daniel for your good and interesting work!
All the best in the upcoming year,
Mio
Hoi Mio,
thank you and all the best for you too. 🙂
Best regards
Daniel