Other Programs – Page 2 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Just the Tool, please

2022-07-26

Why do developers turn tools into vehicles for ideologies?
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Developers Asking for an App Review – Two Methods

2022-07-26

There are at least two ways you can ask users of an app for reviews. One might lead to more reviews, but not the ones you like.
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Reading on Twitter (without an Account)

2022-06-08

Twitter wants you to register when you read tweets of a user. But there are workarounds — with benefits.
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Interesting 30 Day Challenge with great links for Graphs/Charts

2022-03-24

This #30DayChartChallenge looks pretty interesting. And it comes with brilliant links.
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Bypassing Country Restrictions with Tor

2022-03-03

Seems like tips from the Reporters without Borders «Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents» become useful in Germany, too.
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Streisand Effect & Alternative Platforms

2022-01-05

A ray of hope — the Streisand effect with censorship is still strong and alternative platforms seem to be ... flourishing?
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Fun with R: The Tarkin Effect

2021-12-03

Saw it as a meme somewhere and recreated it with R.
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Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)

2021-10-11

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

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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Getting Exported Annotations (Highlights, Underlines, Notes, etc) from PDF Expert in the right order

2021-08-08

A short process to sort notes by page number.
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A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

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.