planning – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Digital Lifeboat

2020-09-26 | Reading time: 5 minutes

You know the game of "If there was a fire in your building (apartment/house), what would be the five things you'd take with you?" Now imagine you would not have the time to get anything, because it's either "get out immediately or die". What would you still have with you?
An argument for "Digital Lifeboats".
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Method to Make Sense of Your Data: Build the Wall

2020-08-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

A frequent problem in analyzing a situation is to make sense of your data, esp. when you have an abundance of information. In these senses it makes sense to build the wall.
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Your Past, Present and Future Selves — do you like these guys?

2020-07-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Wondering whether people can make friends with these selves, or at least collaborate professionally.
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Getting the Right Design before Getting the Design Right

2020-07-03 | Reading time: 3 minutes

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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OmniFocus and iCal for Realistic Tasks-for-Today Planning

2020-07-03 | Reading time: 6 minutes

OmniFocus is pretty useful, but it lacks in support for a realistic planning of what you can accomplish during one day. However, iCal can help here.
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Writing a Synopsis for a Bachelor, Master or PhD Thesis in Media and Computer Science

2020-06-17 | Reading time: 7 minutes

A few comments on writing a Synopsis for a Bachelor, Master or PhD Thesis in Media and Computer Science
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MetaNook Presentation (German): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im Studium: Oder: Wie schreibe ich das verdammte Teil bloß?

2017-11-17 | Reading time: Less than a minute

A 45 minute presentation in German about scientific writing.
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Online Presentation [Broken English]: Scientific Writing

2017-10-14 | Reading time: 1 minute

An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this version is in broken English. Probably doing another take with less accent, more clarity.
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Online Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben

2017-10-14 | Reading time: 1 minute

An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this one is in German.
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In Scientific Writing Mind the Arrows

2017-09-11 | Reading time: 2 minutes

One thing many students struggle with is showing a clear argumentation for their work. The diagram here might help.
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