If I would study again (at the university) … this is how I would learn 2013-08-10 A suggestion on how to learn when you are studying at the university. Made possible by today's technology. Yeah. :-)[show the article]
“Oh, du weißes Blatt, inspirier’ mich … oder besser nicht!” — Wissenschaftliches und fiktionales Schreiben ohne Inspiration (aber mit Inhalts-Outlines, Scrivener, u.v.m.) 2013-08-07 I've written a brochure about scientific writing. It's written in German and I can only highly recommend it if you are working on your thesis -- and understand German.[show the article]
Dealing with (Personal) Infrastructure Failure 2013-08-03 Have you ever tested how resilient your infrastructure really is, or do you leave that to actual failures? Here are some suggestions.[show the article]
Even if you quit and leave academia, you take the best thing with you. 2013-08-02 If you are an Academic, you likely draw a lot of your identity from being one. So what happens when you (have to) leave Academia? Things are not as bad as they might seem, here's why.[show the article]
What to do when Scrivener hangs during “Compile” – “Converting file format …” (error) 2013-07-29 Recently had to deal with a strange compiling error when using Scrivener. Was possible to solve it, though.[show the article]
Writing 2013-07-24 A look on what makes writing difficult and why content outlines might just the thing.[show the article]
Where the heck did I find that image? (also: uh-oh, Cyberstalking) 2013-07-19 If you want to use an image but don't know where you found it (so you cannot cite it and thus should not use it), there's a simple solution for it. Which also works wonders in cyberstalking.[show the article]
Reading Digitally (Videos) 2013-07-17 Two videos showing my reading workflow -- how everything I highlight is exported and how it ends up in my topic notebooks. Very comfortable way in dealing with notes.[show the article]
What teaching should also be about 2013-07-10 Reducing my teaching statement into one sentence shouldn't be controversial. And I still stand by it.[show the article]