Looking at a Shadowrun Future — By political parties delegating censorship powers to corporations 2019-09-17 | Reading time: 1 minute We are weary of censorship by the state. But unfortunately, censorship got delegated to private companies. Unfortunately for us ... and the state.Image: Shadowrun Rulebook Cover Image.[show the article]
Gab.ai releases Dissenter — A tool to free comments on the Internet 2019-02-28 | Reading time: 2 minutes Gab.ai introduced Dissenter, a tool (website/browser plugin) to comment on websites (incl. tweets, news stories, etc.). Practically anything with an URL. So, all that closed comments on news sites ... they're open again.[show the article]
Semi-intelligent Cookbooks with Numbers and Keynote 2018-09-18 | Reading time: 2 minutes Using Numbers (for ingredient calculation) and Keynote (for book creation) work really well for creating semi-intelligent cookbooks.[show the article]
Digital Bullet Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes) 2018-08-10 | Reading time: 2 minutes A possible way to create a digital Bullet Journal — with most of the advantages of analog and digital.[show the article]
Digital Night Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes) 2018-08-10 | Reading time: 2 minutes An alternative to using a light pen or smartphone to jot down notes in bed.[show the article]
Academic Writing: Seeing the whole text at once 2018-04-19 | Reading time: 1 minute Yep, there are times when working on paper has its advantages — esp. if you just need a very very large screen. ;-)[show the article]
Withheld Twitter Accounts 2018-03-22 | Reading time: 2 minutes Just a short comment on Twitter accounts which are withheld in certain countries.[show the article]
Making sense of the stuff you have collected during the initial stages of your PhD thesis 2017-12-04 | Reading time: 4 minutes A couple of people I know are currently in a similar stage in their PhD — they have done some studies/development/research, but they don't know what they have or where the trip is going. Some suggestions.[show the article]
Quickly opening a your idea collection text file on the Mac via Apple Script 2017-11-25 | Reading time: 1 minute It pays to have a text file on your computer to quickly jot down ideas. If you use Apple Script and Spotlight, you can open it quickly, without taking your hands off the keyboard.[show the article]
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.[show the article]
