program – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

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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Update and Shedding Skin

2023-02-05

Last posting has been a while, a short update and the need to shed some skin.

Image: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Solitude

2022-08-05

Newport (2019) has a beautiful take on solitude.
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Was Excel once a creative product?

2022-08-05

Stumbled upon an old Excel advertisement — interesting.
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Things vs OmniFocus

2022-07-26

I switched from OmniFocus to Things. Seems to work out ... better.
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Developers Asking for an App Review – Two Methods

2022-07-26

There are at least two ways you can ask users of an app for reviews. One might lead to more reviews, but not the ones you like.
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Exporting macOS Podcasts

2022-05-07

Apple’s macOS doesn’t make it easy to export podcasts from its app, but there are ways.
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Beautiful presentation about the viridis colormap

2022-04-17

You frequently need colors when you visualize data — but which colors? Beautiful presentation about the development of the viridis colormap.
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Digital Bullet Journal 2022

2021-12-26

Not a fan of pen and paper bullet journals, but the digital version worked very well in 2021, and the new version hopefully will in 2022.
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Fun with R: The Tarkin Effect

2021-12-03

Saw it as a meme somewhere and recreated it with R.
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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.