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Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)

2021-10-11 | Reading time: 1 minute

I recently did a presentation on whether technology is a tool or a trap. It covers Attention Economy, Gamification, Persuasive Technology, Nudging, and Dark Patterns. Unfortunately it's in German, but perhaps it's interesting as well.
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Shout-out to Gab.com, a social network with balls

2021-09-24 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Gab recently was put under pressure by the German government — and in contrast to other social networks, its CEO has balls.
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Semi-Auto Bullet Journal

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

The digital bullet journal (using Notability) works quite well, I just wish there was a way to add some information automatically.
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Getting Exported Annotations (Highlights, Underlines, Notes, etc) from PDF Expert in the right order

2021-08-08 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A short process to sort notes by page number.
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Quickly Renaming Variables in R

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just some short code to make renaming variables in R less sucky.
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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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Fuck Motivation, make behavior easier

2021-04-24 | Reading time: 1 minute

An observation about students designing apps — they seem to be preoccupied with motivation, instead of making things easier.
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Recommendation: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

2021-01-31 | Reading time: 1 minute

Something that many computer science students lack — command of the basic tools. This MIT course teaches the basics.
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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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Exporting ical Calendar Entries

2020-12-08 | Reading time: 2 minutes

End of the year, time for a calendar cleanup. Here's an R script that transforms .ics entires into easy to read logbook text entries.
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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.