LifeLogging and R 2018-05-12 Funny thing about life logging — the logs are useless unless you find a helpful way to visualize the data. R can help here.[show the article]
In Gamification, Points aren’t the Point 2018-04-26 A short comment about the use of points in Gamification.[show the article]
Levers in Gamification 2018-04-23 A short comment about using behavioristic reinforcement (operant conditioning) in Gamification.[show the article]
Ah, Backups … 2018-04-22 Beautiful Sunday when the Macbook does not boot but stops with an error message about a failed update process. Hello safe mode ... and when did I last do a backup?[show the article]
Academic Writing: Seeing the whole text at once 2018-04-19 Yep, there are times when working on paper has its advantages — esp. if you just need a very very large screen. ;-)[show the article]
Motivation in Gamification: You have to get the motor started first 2018-04-19 It's easy/easier to imagine a system that should motivate people once it's already working. However, the gap is usually to get it running in the first place.[show the article]
Things that work very well with R: short scale (or: Fishfood ;-)) 2018-04-19 A short example of using R for short scale development.[show the article]
Jonathan Haidt on Institutionalized Disconfirmation in Universities 2018-03-24 A short 10 minute clip of Jonathan Haidt regarding our confirmation biases and that we need others to cancel those out.[show the article]
Withheld Twitter Accounts 2018-03-22 Just a short comment on Twitter accounts which are withheld in certain countries.[show the article]