From Russia With Love (Website was hacked)
Some hackers dumped a backdoor on my server. Should be fixed, but if there is anything strange, I would appreciate a comment.
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Articles by Daniel
Standing Up for What You Believe In
It's easy to say to want to be different. In reality, it's risky, gruesome, and you have to be willing to face 3 against 1 scenarios.
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Having the fonts you need for your Keynote presentations on your iOS device (Calibri, Cambria, MyriadPro, etc.) with AnyFont
It's great that you can use an iPhone as a replacement for your notebook in presentations. It sucks if the Corporate Design template requires you to use fonts which are not natively available on the iOS device. But there's a way to get fonts on the iOS device anyway — with AnyFont.
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Great talk by Jonathan Haidt: “Two incompatible sacred values in American universities”
Watch this talk if you are interested in the current state of universities. Currently (mostly) in the US, but my guess is that it is spreading. And perhaps some inoculation (or at least choice) is still possible.
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Warning: Do a backup of your PDFs before you update to macOS Sierra
Seriously: Before you update your Mac OS, do a backup of all your PDFs. Sierra seems to have a few crippling and infrastructure destroying problems with PDFs.
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Viewpoint Diversity (and creating T-Shirts)
A short comment on Heterodox Academy (which supports viewpoint diversity in higher education) and a tangent on creating T-Shirts.
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Recommendation: Some great YouTubers and Podcasts
There are lots and lots of great YouTubers and Podcasters online — here's a short selection.
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Authorea — synchronous writing
Got another email about a possibly interesting product. If you want to collaborative write on an article at the same time, Authorea might be something for you.
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Scrivener on iOS devices
Scrivener is by far the best writing software I have ever worked with. And now it also runs on iOS devices.
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Book Recommendation: “Curse of the High IQ” by Aaron Clarey
A ... well, self-help book for people with high IQ, without the usual unrealistic ego-stroking of self-help books.
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