PhD – Page 7 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Reading Books with Notability and GoodReader

2020-07-25

Recently switched to Notability for Note-Taking on the iPad. It works very well for making notes when reading books as well.
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Remote Usability Testing on Mobiles with WebEx Meetings

2020-07-25

One of the nice results of all this video conferencing — you find out how to do remote usability testing on mobiles.
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Supervising Written Exams with Classical Music

2020-07-25

Something to do while supervising written exams
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Take Care of Your Education – Heinlein’s “Have Spacesuit, Will Travel”

2020-07-06

An eye-opening moment in Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel". Worthwhile to read, especially if you are currently in school.

Picture: Book cover found online.
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Getting the Right Design before Getting the Design Right

2020-07-03

As far as I can see, people are much too quick to trying to improve their design idea. It's often much better to first make sure you have the right design, before worrying to get the design right (kudos to Greenberg, Carpendale, Marquardt & Buxton, 2012, for this one).
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Thesis Template – Media and Computer Science – Medieninformatik [German Template]

2020-07-01

We use a template for thesis at our university (in media and computer science). Given that there are a few things I have to tell almost every student, I did an annotated version.
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Viewpoint Diversity in Psychology

2020-06-21

A few questions on an episode of "The Psychology Podcast".
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Finding a Bachelor, Master and perhaps even PhD thesis Topic in Media and Computer Science

2020-06-16

After advising a couple of ... well, diverse bachelor and master theses a few tips on finding a good topic.
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People Filter

2020-06-16

We all reject people, whom do you reject — and why?
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You show me yours, I’ll show you mine

2020-06-10

One advantage of the COVID-19 home office work is the ease with which you can look at other people's digital workflow
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

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.