- “No, thank you.” is a full sentence.
- “Oh, du weißes Blatt, inspirier’ mich … oder besser nicht!” — Wissenschaftliches und fiktionales Schreiben ohne Inspiration (aber mit Inhalts-Outlines, Scrivener, u.v.m.)
- “When all around is chaos, when everyone is driven to the brink of insanity … relax.”
- 3+ Pillars to Keep You Up
- A (down-voted) comment on dealing with troublesome social situations
- A Digital Bullet Journal with Apple’s Keynote
- A place to come home to
- Adapting to the world vs. keeping the necessary distance to change it
- Alcoholism and Spiritual Transformations
- An attempt at more-or-less creatively hacking diets
- Another Comment on Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate
- Are you happy with your life? And what are your skills?
- AsapSCIENCE: Lucid Dreaming, Productivity and Procrastination
- Attention Economy (presentation in German about Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie)
- Avoid becoming bitter
- Bad Bristle Day
- Beautiful graphic novel by Scott McCloud: «The Sculptor»
- Beautiful Reminder of what Star Trek was all about
- Behavior change, conformity, and social pressure (end of mask mandates)
- Being a little different …
- Being an Adult, or: Life is Not a Song
- Biases in Reporting Research: Or, how you can screw 1/3 of the affected population
- Book Recommendation: “Curse of the High IQ” by Aaron Clarey
- Book Recommendation: “Kushiel’s Legacy” Series by Jacqueline Carey
- Book Recommendation: BITE: Recipes for Remarkable Research
- Book Recommendation: Hoover (2017)’s «The Lifetime Learner’s Guide to Reading and Learning»
- Book Tip: The Resilience Factor
- Building something with your hands
- Catnip
- Changing Habits, or: 30 Days of Hell
- Chrysalis
- Clipping Wings
- Comment on “10 Myths About Introverts” by Carl King
- Communicating Psychological Disorders
- CourseTalk and other things to evaluate MOOCs
- Covid Mistakes
- Creative Burn Out
- Creative Sex
- Cultivating Creative Potential
- Day of Rest
- Dealing with Rejection
- Define yourself
- Deliberate Practice — Or: How to invest that 10000 hours you need to become an expert in something
- Digital Bullet Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes)
- Displacement Activities
- Don’t “be” yourself if it does not get you what you want
- Downloading Coursera Materials
- Dream a little … longer
- Dystopian Story and Movie Recommendation: “Harrison Bergeron” and “2081”
- Escape the Ivory Tower Podcasts
- Essay Recommendation: “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
- Even Without the Barrier, a Mountain is Still a Mountain
- Expert Colored Glasses
- False Dichotomies (Presentation Slides, German)
- Finding out what you really want
- Friends that hold you down
- Fuck Motivation, make behavior easier
- Getting Things Done with Uncle Ben
- Getting yourself an Education
- Have your own Agenda
- Hidden Calendars
- How about a “Rehearse Slideshow” Mode with a Virtual Reality Audience?
- How not to commit suicide
- If I would study again (at the university) … this is how I would learn
- Inspiring essay on “The Legacy of Star Trek” by Majel Barrett Roddenberry (from 1995)
- Intelligence, Creativity and your own Contribution
- Interesting Article by David Wong for 2013
- Interesting Article on Burnout on AsianEfficency
- Interesting Podcast/Vidcast Episodes
- Interesting talk by Jonathan Haidt and YourMorals.org
- Interesting TED Talk about Suicide
- Is College/University Worth It?
- Is Everybody Always Trying To Improve Themselves As I Am?
- It’s not that life came with a handbook
- Knight Forks
- Know Yourself
- Know yourself — or not?
- Kreativität braucht Struktur — Wie lässt sich Kreativität organisieren?
- Learning Research Methods
- Let the Bigots Speak Freely
- LifeLogging and R
- Loneliness and Solitude in Creativity
- Looking back at the postings of 2015
- Lousy Form, Perfect Form, or: Why learning something late in life isn’t that bad.
- Luck is the residue of design
- Making New Years Resolutions Under Realistic Conditions — and hopefully keeping them this way
- MetaNook Presentation (German): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im Studium: Oder: Wie schreibe ich das verdammte Teil bloß?
- Mistakes: Circles and Spirals
- More Bento Boxes
- Negative Motivation
- New Year’s Resolution Fulfilled: A “Braveheart Battle” “Zombies, Run!” Crossover
- Non-Stereotypical Life-Paths, Or: How to Avoid Pissing Contests You Probably Really Don’t Care About
- Off-Topic: Some tips for taking part in an extreme run
- OmniFocus and iCal for Realistic Tasks-for-Today Planning
- Once more with foresight — using a Plague
- Online Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben
- Other Criteria for Good Discussions
- Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate
- Painting: It does’t have to start perfect
- Parents and Mentors
- People Filter
- Perfect Memory and Polymaths in the 21st Century
- Perhaps optimism isn’t so bad after all …
- Politics vs. Politics
- Positive Psychology — Seligman’s book “Flourish”
- Practical Problem Solving
- Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)
- Process vs Results in (Dis-)Agreement with Decisions
- Pushing Rope Day
- Real Performance
- Recommendation Digital Minimalism (Newport, 2019)
- Recommendation: “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl
- Recommendation: Bennett’s How to live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
- Recommendation: Epoch Times Podcast with Laura Dodsworth
- Recommendation: Graham’s The Four Quadrants of Conformism
- Recommendation: How to Speak — Lecture Tips from Patrick Winston
- Recommendation: How To Speak by Patrick Winston
- Recommendation: Jonathan Haidt on Coddling U. vs. Strengthening U.
- Recommendation: Some great YouTubers and Podcasts
- Recommendation: TED Talk of Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0
- Recommendation: The Art of Manliness Podcast
- Recommendation: The Rubin Report (esp. Dr. Everett Piper Interview)
- Recommendation: YAF SUPERCUT: Best of Ronald Reagan
- Recommendation: «The Fountainhead» by Ayn Rand
- RIP Star Trek
- Roleplay yourself with Skill Levels
- Rooting for Google Glass DIYs
- Self-Censorship
- Self-Defeating Self-Talk, or: The Enemy in Your Head, Where Your Friend Should be
- Since when is Sloth a Virtue?
- Sleeping in the Dark
- Social Learning for the Introverted (and the shy)
- Some literature tips to add some creativity to your sex life
- Some Thoughts On The Long-Term Fallout Of Mobbing
- Staying on Track: Did I want to do this an hour ago?
- Strategic Dissertation Time
- Surfing Motivational Waves
- survive
- Taking stock of oneself
- TED Talk by David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence
- That part apart
- The best predictor for future behavior is past behavior. — Or: What I wouldn’t give for a good Learning Analytics System
- The Fear of Making Mistakes
- The Learning Game
- The most important information first aid courses usually neglect to convey
- The pathology of ideological possession
- The Right Kind of Wrong. Or: Using bad practice just because it’s industry standard.
- There (likely) is no single best reading position
- Thinking Critically — What did really happen?
- Tim Minchin’s College Speech
- Too much to read
- Tortured Souls
- Truth to Power as a Habit
- Turning mp3s into Podcast Episodes for iOS/iPhone/Apple iTunes
- Two people disagreeing on a event does not mean one of them is lying — brilliant talk by an inspirational person.
- Über-Tourig
- Used Books
- Using an Alarm Chair … errr Table … for quicker morning routines
- Using the Travel Time to and From Work
- Walking to/from work
- Wanting to do what others also want you to do
- Weight Hacking Part II
- Wellcast: The Workplace Stress Solution
- Wet and slimy and full of critters
- What are you doing?
- What do you live for?
- What is an hour of your life actually worth?
- What teaching should also be about
- Whatever gets you through the day
- When do you profit from optimizing a task? Brilliant comic by xkcd
- When the Big Fish leaves the Little Pond
- Who Determines What Is “Good” in a Discussion?
- Why a Code of Conduct for Conferences is a Really Bad Idea
- Why Creativity is Incompatible with Collectivism/Socialism
- Wishes
- Wishful Thinking
- With self-reflection, take small doses only.
- Without meaning, freedom becomes threatening
- Yeah, humans 🙂
- Year’s End: Time for a Life Newspaper
- Yet another Bento Update
- Your Impact
- Your Mileage Might Vary (YMMV)
- Zombies, Run! Excellent example of a completely fictional story with real-world consequences
