How Spam Comments Are Generated
Some spammer made a mistake and I ended up with the file that generates the text for spam comments. A look at it is sobering.
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Month: April 2013
When do you profit from optimizing a task? Brilliant comic by xkcd
Xkcd did a brilliant diagram showing you whether it actually makes sense to invest the time needed in optimizing a task. Something to keep in mind in any optimization process.
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Burning Employees’ Creativity: Or, it’s whether communication has positive consequences … or not
If employees do not provide creative solutions, or even criticism, there are two likely reasons for that: Fear of a loss of reputation and ... well, experience. Also: Why you might fool your customers or funding agencies, but not your employees.
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What the heck? Or: Making Money with Out of Print Books
Just found the old version of my "Organizing Creativity" book offered at an insane price. This sucks. But I hope the review I've written will spoil these racketeers' profits.
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Elance — Freelancer Site
If you need to outsource some tasks of your creative project, this site might be very useful ... crucial even.
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Application Links Browser Start Page
You can easily use the start page in your browser to quickly open the applications you need.
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Lousy Form, Perfect Form, or: Why learning something late in life isn’t that bad.
There's no need to feel stupid if you did something in an unnecessarily complicated way. Here's why.
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If you quit your PhD …
Quitting a PhD can feel like failure. But take a look at the actual situation whether this is really the case.
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Another academic workflow visualization
Visualized my current workflow when it comes to dealing with academic work. Includes references to apps and postings.
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Beware of data corruption devastating your Workflow Lynchpin
Encountered the worst and most devastating bug ever. Some catastrophes work like nukes, this one is more like Alzheimer's' disease. Leads to a crucial recommendation: Keep your old backups, you might desperately need them.
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