Tools – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)

2021-10-11 | Reading time: 1 minute

I recently did a presentation on whether technology is a tool or a trap. It covers Attention Economy, Gamification, Persuasive Technology, Nudging, and Dark Patterns. Unfortunately it's in German, but perhaps it's interesting as well.
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Establishing a working infrastructure/meetings/etc vs Entropy

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Why do so many attempts to improve organization fail? In part because continuous energy is needed.

Image from a cartoon about better not teaching children about entropy.
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Personal Cookbook

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

With recipes being digital and available on the web, it's pretty easy to create a cookbook of your favorite recipes.
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Semi-Auto Bullet Journal

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

The digital bullet journal (using Notability) works quite well, I just wish there was a way to add some information automatically.
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Notability Bullet Journal Pages

2021-09-05 | Reading time: Less than a minute

I've been asked multiple times for my pages for a Notability-based Bullet Journal. Okay, here are some pages as Keynote files.
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Getting Exported Annotations (Highlights, Underlines, Notes, etc) from PDF Expert in the right order

2021-08-08 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A short process to sort notes by page number.
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Sharing an iPad or iPhone Screen when Using WebEx on the Mac

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Did not notice it before, but you can share an iPad/iPhone screen when you use WebEx on the Mac. Should be great for Usability testing.
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Quickly Renaming Variables in R

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just some short code to make renaming variables in R less sucky.
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Downloading YouTube Videos (August 2021 Update)

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Hmmm, I thought the YouTube Download Site y2mate.com was broken (got an out of business message), so I look for a working way to download YouTube Videos. Seems it works, but given that I found another way, here it is.
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Making managing different student projects less sucky (esp. sending mails)

2021-04-24 | Reading time: 3 minutes

If you have many student projects with repeating tasks, e.g., frequently sending mails to a small number of students, it pays to invest some time into organizing these projects.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.