digital – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Frequent Student Problem during the Creative Phase of a Project: Birch Solutions

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just an observation that ... enough students to a pretty okay'ish analysis and then turn that fruitful playing field turns into one birch tree during the conception/conceptual design phase.
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Unread Books as Gifts to Authors

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I stopped thinking about unread books as anything negative. I almost all cases, I like the author or story idea enough to buy them. So why not consider it a gift/donation/feedback to the author?
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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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Let’s avoid digital stupidity

2021-04-24 | Reading time: 1 minute

Digital devices can help us immensely, but they shouldn't replace our intelligence and skills.
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When it comes to outliners (and other tools), be tool agnostic

2021-04-24 | Reading time: 1 minute

Tools are great, but do not tie yourself to a specific tool.
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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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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.