Learning – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Interesting Podcast/Vidcast Episodes

2021-09-20 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a small shoutout to a few interesting episodes.
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Recommendation: Marty Lobdell – Study Less Study Smart

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Good video on how to study. Highly recommended.
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Audiobooks (esp. for commute)

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Never got into audiobooks, but a recent Quillette article made a few interesting points about them. They might be something if you ever are in the unfortunate position of having to commute a lot by car.
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Unread Books as Gifts to Authors

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I stopped thinking about unread books as anything negative. I almost all cases, I like the author or story idea enough to buy them. So why not consider it a gift/donation/feedback to the author?
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Recommendation: “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

2021-04-25 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Not easy to read, not that 'practical', but a recommended book on the role of meaning in life.
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Kreativität braucht Struktur — Wie lässt sich Kreativität organisieren?

2021-04-22 | Reading time: Less than a minute

As a step between version one of organizing creativity and version two, I wrote this chapter on organizing creativity for a student conference. It is in German, but it might be useful for some.
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Great Sources on Data Visualization (with R)

2021-02-23 | Reading time: 1 minute

It's impressive what you can do with the right tools, well, with R. ;-)
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Recommendation: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

2021-01-31 | Reading time: 1 minute

Something that many computer science students lack — command of the basic tools. This MIT course teaches the basics.
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Downloading Coursera Materials

2021-01-31 | Reading time: 4 minutes

If you like to watch videos offline and don't want to download each course video manually, this process might work.
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Getting yourself an Education

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 7 minutes

Looking at the schools today, this excerpt from «Have Space Suit will Travel» by Robert A. Heinlein is still very relevant. Not only due to Covid19-induced online «learning.»
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