Learning – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

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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Challenge to Improve

2021-01-30 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Don't weaken others by avoiding criticism.
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What is observation, what is interpretation?

2021-01-24 | Reading time: 3 minutes

What of the things we see and read is observation, what is interpretation, and is any attempt made to distinguish between the two?
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Listening to differing opinions

2020-12-17 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Not as easy as it might appear ...
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Since when is Sloth a Virtue?

2020-11-20 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Apparently we now live in a land in which sloth is a virtue, not a deadly sin. Time to break out and use that life ... better.
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