digital – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Internet of Things, AI, Smart Cities and Planned Societies

2021-02-21 | Reading time: 3 minutes

A short comment on an approach to plan our societies.

Image from "I, Robot".
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Downloading Coursera Materials

2021-01-31 | Reading time: 4 minutes

If you like to watch videos offline and don't want to download each course video manually, this process might work.
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External SSD for Quick Backups

2021-01-07 | Reading time: 1 minute

Backups, Backups, Backups. Early & Often. External. Good advice, but they can take some time. A reason to get an SSD for (some) backups.
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A Notability-based Digital Bullet Journal on a Tablet — Best of Both Worlds?

2021-01-06 | Reading time: 14 minutes

If you like to use a bullet journal, but do not like the disadvantages of paper — why not use a tablet and keep a digital handwritten journal. Essentially the best of both worlds. (An idea in progress.)
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Media-Shabbat

2021-01-06 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Disconnecting from the externally paced feed of the world — every weekend. With a media shabbat.
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Selective iOS Calendar Widget

2021-01-06 | Reading time: 1 minute

You can configure which calendars you see in the iOS up next widget, for example, if you have duplicate calendars on different platforms to increase resilience and want to see each appointment only once.
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Let’s Upgrade to a prior, better version of DEVONthink for Big Sur

2020-11-23 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Upgraded my Mojave Mac to Big Sur ... and still using DEVONthink Pro Office 2.11.3.
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Your Private Virtual Museum

2020-11-20 | Reading time: 3 minutes

How about a virtual museum with art you like. It's pretty easy to do.
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iPad 5 mini — Ideal reading and note taking everywhere device

2020-11-20 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I tried out an iPad 5 mini, and waow, that tablet has just the right size factor. Finding a case is hell, though.
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Evaluating Human-Computer-Interactions when Using Multiple Devices

2020-10-25 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A comment on what you can do if you have to evaluate an interface when the user has to interact with multiple mobile devices at the same time.
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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.