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Dark Patterns: Cookies

2020-05-01

Damn, that's a sucky way to get permissions to use cookies for marketing.
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Downloading Comic Strips

2019-12-30

If you like online comics, you might want to have them available offline. Instead of saving them one at a time, why not download them with an R script.
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First Impression of Apple’s Watch Series 5

2019-10-19

A change in iOS infrastructure led me to give the Apple Watch a try.
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Software change infos/version history based on user behavior

2019-10-19

Changes in software are a frequent occurrence. They might be less sucky if information about them take the individual user behavior into account.

Image: Change log of DEVONthink.
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Why not treat a learning AI like you would treat a dog?

2019-10-05

Who is responsible if you have an AI system (e.g., a robot) that learns after you buy it -- when it does something wrong. Perhaps treating such a system like you would treat a dog would be a way to deal with it.

Image: «Supergirl»
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DEVONthink 3 — Where the heck is DEVONthink going?

2019-09-17

DEVONthink 3 looks sleek (if colorless) and comes with new features. More important is what they ditched, and possibly whom.
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How about a few mirror neurons for AIs/neural networks?

2019-09-17

AIs could be psychopaths — capable of understanding emotions but not being affected by it. Or they could be condemned to feel.

Image: "Detroit -- Become Human" walkthrough.
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DEVONthink and iOS Disk Space

2019-09-13

The iOS version of DEVONthink (2.7.2) changed how it handles preview images — resulting in massive amounts of space being used for ... preview images.
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The best predictor for future behavior is past behavior. — Or: What I wouldn’t give for a good Learning Analytics System

2019-07-30

It's impressive what you can do with the information about students performance way before they take their final exam. If there just were a good learning analytics system to ... you know, actually use the information. Of course, that would require that student performance was actually something most universities did care about.
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Should AI be explainable or should it just evaluate its predictions?

2019-07-28

Just some thoughts on explainable AI.
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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.