iOS 11 Wifi and Bluetooth on-off settings — honi soit qui mal y pense
iOS 11 has lots of things I like, but it also creepily spies on the user, or rather uses the user to spy.
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Month: September 2017
Reading digitally with the iPad Pro, the Apple Pencil, GoodReader and the Apple Notes App
I tried out the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil ... and so far, the experience is really great. Especially for reading and note taking.
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Hey, DEVONthink To Go is actually quite good now
Just a short comment on the mobile version of DEVONthink.
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Mundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue Part 2
Another nice example how even a badly hacked together script can save hours of mundane work. Here, adding text files to a single text file with the filename and the content indented.
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Some remarks on the Kindle Voyager eBook Reader
I did try out an eBook reader ... at least for my purposes it was ill-suited. And yeah, the interface on these (older) Amazon devices is abysmal.
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In Scientific Writing Mind the Arrows
One thing many students struggle with is showing a clear argumentation for their work. The diagram here might help.
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Firefox ESR
Firefox latest updates put some of my favorite Add Ons into legacy mode. Time to switch to the Extended Support Release.
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Beautiful Example of Fan Service: CD PROJECT RED’s 10 Year Witcher Anniversary
Just pointing to a beautiful video celebrating the player of the Witcher video game series.
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A few remarks on Gamification
Last semester I did a seminar on Gamification. While it was lots of work, it was also very interesting. Not only for the students. A few things that became clearer to me about Gamification, esp. in relation to psychological theories.
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