digital – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Onyx BOOX Tab X e-Ink Tablet for reading (and note-taking)

2023-03-06

Trying out a rather large (13.3 inch, or roughly DIN A4 size) e-ink Tablet. Turns out it is very well suited for reading (b/w only) and note-taking.
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Making Obsidian Useful

2023-02-05

Playing around with Obsidian for about three months, these are a few of the ways of making it useful. Overall, very impressed by the note-taking/knowledge management software.
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Office Desk Stand for a Notebook

2023-02-05

Switching to an «Apache» two display setting, an idea for a small notebook and display stand.
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Obsidian

2023-02-05

I have tried lots of different note-taking/knowledge management apps, and so far, Obsidian is probably the best. (Oh god, I hope they do not fold like Circus Ponies Notebook.) It is also gaining an impressive amount of steam. A short overview.
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Supporting Users’ Mental Models of What happens with their Devices and Why

2022-12-15

Given the complexity of devices, a future events view would be interesting.
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A Calmer Apple Watch

2022-12-14

Further ways to make the Apple Watch less distracting (now in grayscale).
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Recommendation: Unhook Plugin (for a quieter YouTube Experience)

2022-12-14

If you find the YouTube start page to distracting, Unhook might be an interesting plugin.
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What does the Health App know?

2022-12-14

If a commonly used so-called vaccine does have side effects on female fertility — wouldn't the Health App be an interesting source of data?
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Doing Product Demonstrations

2022-09-14

A few comments on doing product demonstrations (prototypes on a scientific conference).
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Nice: Encyclopædia Britannica – Great Books Of The Western World (available for free)

2022-09-14

Ah, Archive.org, you have some treasures. :-)
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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.