Needed Rule for Symposia: The Time-Keeper Speaks Last (and has only the remaining time) 2020-03-25 | Reading time: 2 minutes A common occurrence with scientific conferences — a speaker goes over her allotted time and no-one stops her. There could be a rather simple rules to stop this behavior.[show the article]
The Problem with Functional Fixedness in Creativity 2019-10-21 | Reading time: 1 minute Lots of creative problems can be solved when we see what is really there, instead of seeing what we see.[show the article]
Recommendation: The Art of Manliness Podcast 2019-10-19 | Reading time: 1 minute An (so far) interesting podcast addressing a lot of different topics.[show the article]
Parents and Mentors 2017-11-01 | Reading time: 1 minute Just a short comment about the role of support by parents and mentors.[show the article]
Online Presentation [Broken English]: Scientific Writing 2017-10-14 | Reading time: 1 minute An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this version is in broken English. Probably doing another take with less accent, more clarity.[show the article]
Online Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben 2017-10-14 | Reading time: 1 minute An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this one is in German.[show the article]
Some remarks on Student Project Reports 2017-04-15 | Reading time: 1 minute After correcting four student project reports, I wrote down a few remarks on writing reports (in German, sorry). Might be interesting for media computer science students.[show the article]
Mundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue 2016-09-03 | Reading time: 2 minutes Sometimes you have to do stupidly repeating tasks, e.g., create lots of files with the contents of another file. Scripting languages like Perl are really, really helpful here.[show the article]
Question: Why is Modern Art so Bad? 2016-01-26 | Reading time: 1 minute Interesting video addressing: "Why is modern art so bad?"[show the article]
Looking back at the postings of 2015 2015-12-26 | Reading time: 4 minutes Postings of 2015 ... somewhat sorted for a quick overview/recap.[show the article]
