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A few remarks on Gamification

2017-09-06

Last semester I did a seminar on Gamification. While it was lots of work, it was also very interesting. Not only for the students. A few things that became clearer to me about Gamification, esp. in relation to psychological theories.
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The uncanny valley of the user-tool-fit: Or why an almost perfect tool is worse than a so-so tool

2017-07-16

A short note on why a tool that is far from perfect might be better than an almost perfect tool.
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A Digital Bullet Journal with Apple’s Keynote

2017-04-14

Stumbled upon Bullet Journals. Seem nice, but given my handwriting, I go for a digital journal. And yeah, with Apple's presentation tool – Keynote.
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Notebook Skins

2016-12-11

Just some playing around with notebook skin designs. Surprisingly hard to find something that works for a notebook and doesn't look too trashy or unprofessional.
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Warning: Do a backup of your PDFs before you update to macOS Sierra

2016-09-25

Seriously: Before you update your Mac OS, do a backup of all your PDFs. Sierra seems to have a few crippling and infrastructure destroying problems with PDFs.
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Mundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue

2016-09-03

Sometimes you have to do stupidly repeating tasks, e.g., create lots of files with the contents of another file. Scripting languages like Perl are really, really helpful here.
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Looking back at the postings of 2015

2015-12-26

Postings of 2015 ... somewhat sorted for a quick overview/recap.
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Custom Page Notebooks

2015-12-21

A look at another Kickstarter project -- this time one to customize notebook pages.
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Calendar Stamps

2015-12-02

An interesting idea -- stamp a daily calendar, or rather a daily calendar clock.
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Keep Good Study Notes and Digitize Them

2015-11-22

Recently I had to have a look at things I did learn during my studies at the university -- more than a decade ago. Eeeh, digging through old notes? Well, no problem, it's all digital.
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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.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.