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Small Remote for iOS Keynote Presentations

2015-08-18

When you do a presentation with an iPhone, you either have to advance slides on the iPhone screen or use a remote. I've tried out AirTurn DIGIT II. The results were ... mixed.
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Apple iOS Keynote Presentation Freezes

2015-08-17

I did a presentation using my iPhone and Apple's Keynote. Went well for the most part, but at times, Keynote started to hang. Here's a quick and dirty fix.
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Interesting presentation: “How to Win a Nobel Prize” by Sir Tim Hunt

2015-07-28

Beautifully done presentation with a lot of warmth and openness. It gives science a human face, and provides good advice for young scientists. Not only those who want to get a Nobel prize.
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Hello Transparency!

2015-04-12

Keynote offers you a lot of effects by default. However, you can go beyond those effects and create some impressive animations by using images with transparency.
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Using only an iOS device

2015-04-11

A few comments about doing a presentation with only an iOS device (well, and a projector, and an adapter, and a power cord).
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Templates

2015-04-10

A few comments on creating your own presentation templates with Apple Keynote.
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: General Issues

2015-03-28

A short series about presentations with Apple's Keynote. Among others, archiving presentations, font/text shadows, the use of templates and transparency.
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Differences in Discussions

2015-03-14

When people disagree it can be due to a lot of reasons. But besides the actual arguments, there are different levels of differences that are highly relevant. And if not recognized and addressed will make any discussion less than it otherwise could be.
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Clear Communication in Engineering and Science (including the social sciences)

2014-06-01

Why clear communication between engineering/science and others is so important. Emphasizing the role of visual communication and using the Challenger Disaster as example. Definitely not a light topic.
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Using that Conference Poster Session

2014-04-17

Conference posters are often dreaded, as peddling the findings like a beggar on the street. But poster sessions allow for face-to-face interactions in a way no presentation or keynote can -- if you plan it right.
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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.

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.