“Accidental” Discoveries, or rather: “Serendipitous Observations” 2013-11-18 Looking at a video about "accidental" discoveries and why "serendipitous observations" would be a better term. Also: Squelchers.[show the article]
Rethinking Presentation Software (non-Prezi Style) 2013-11-17 Presentations have a very long tradition (see image left), but there is little creativity. And I don't mean using effects where you need barf bags. So, how about thinking of doing things differently?[show the article]
A different view on Muses 2013-11-16 If people suck the fun out of your creative process, just think about a more ... abstract muse.[show the article]
Positive Psychology — Seligman’s book “Flourish” 2013-11-15 An introduction to positive psychology, which has nothing to do with putting a smile on bad events, but how to live a positive life. Way beyond mere happiness (or positive emotions), it also looks at Engagement, positive Relationships, Meaning, and Achievement.[show the article]
Beautiful Ballet Performance 2013-11-14 Video by NYC Ballet (img left) -- beautiful.[show the article]
Killing WordPress Spam 2013-11-14 Spam sucks, even if the spam filter deals with it. Here's a way to deal with it by separating humans from computers.[show the article]
The 7 Deadly Habits of Highly Destructive People 2013-11-13 There's this book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", well, here is the dark side. What people can do to make your work life really sucky.[show the article]
Taking an intimate time-out from the world 2013-11-11 Using some personal creativity to make the best out of intimate moments. A lot of ideas, and a serious caveat.[show the article]
Biases in Reporting Research: Or, how you can screw 1/3 of the affected population 2013-11-11 A look at the science news cycle in the context of the Academic Impostor syndrome (based on a tweet I stumbled upon, see left). Nice how you can neglect a large part of the population in public discussion.[show the article]