DEVONthink To Go — A Second Look
Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering; the reality has more to do with losing your luggage. Regina Nadelson This might be the worst time to write a posting about DEVONthink...
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“Why don’t you ever look beneath the surface, young man! I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke. That doesn’t mean I don’t read and...
View Article27 Really Useful iOS Apps on the iPhone
Life is what happens to you while you’re looking at your smartphone. From an illustration at http://www.cinismoilustrado.com (cool illustrations by the way, I wish I could understand … Spanish?) I’m...
View ArticleWhere does your creativity break down?
History warns us… that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. Thomas Henry Huxley A comment on the posting “10 Myths About Introverts” by Carl King“,...
View ArticleA very good article on time management in science
Don’t count the days, make the days count. Mohammed Ali I recently read an (mostly) excellent paper about time management strategies for research productivity. It’s from a rather “strange” source...
View ArticleBook Recommendation: BITE: Recipes for Remarkable Research
The Master lit the spirit lamp under the little silver chafing dish and heated some butter before cutting half a dozen poppy heads open and tossing them in. Poppy was always served after a feast: it...
View ArticleStanding Desk Finished (more or less)
“I have a hammer! I can put things together. I can tear things apart. I can alter my environment while making an incredible din the whole time. God, its great to be a male.” Calvin in “Calvin and...
View ArticleUsing the Travel Time to and From Work
“We must do all we can do without destroying our ability to keep doing it.” Xenocide On “The Research Whisperer” there was an interesting posting titled: Working on commute? by Tseen Khoo. The author...
View ArticleComputer Games — Escapism or Additional Emotional Pillar?
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this...
View ArticleDaily business vs Underdogs
“Everyone likes an underdog!” “I don’t.” Seneca Crane and President Snow in “The Hunger Games” (2012) A while ago I watched the movie “Deep Water” — which is a movie about the fairly typical story of...
View ArticleOrganizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects...
“It is a pity you do not understand either ancient or modern Greek, both of which Haidee speaks so fluently; the poor child will be obliged to talk to you in Italian, which will give you but a very...
View ArticleLooking back at the postings of 2015
“Video games are not a genre. Video games are a medium, they’re a type of entertainment. To say theatre must grow up, which means you can’t have pantomimes because you have thoughtful pieces.” Gaming...
View ArticleMundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue
“What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?” Larry Wall in <1992Aug26.184221.29627@netlabs.com> I wanted to put all the...
View ArticleA Digital Bullet Journal with Apple’s Keynote
“I don’t care about what something was designed to do, I care about what it can do.” Gene Kranz in “Apollo 13” I recently watched a few YouTube videos about Bullet Journals and I got a bit inspired...
View ArticleSome remarks on Student Project Reports
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford I have recently corrected four student project reports (3x by bachelor and 1x by master students). When I remember my time as a...
View ArticleOnline Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben
Writing is easy. All you have to do is sit at a typewriter and open a vein. Walter Wellesley «Red» Smith A while ago I did a presentation of scientific writing. I found the content useful enough to put...
View ArticleOnline Presentation [Broken English]: Scientific Writing
«It is a pity you do not understand either ancient or modern Greek, both of which Haidee speaks so fluently; the poor child will be obliged to talk to you in Italian, which will give you but a very...
View ArticleMetaNook Presentation (German): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im Studium:...
«A performance without an audience is just another rehearsal.» Nancy Osborn I did a shortened version of my presentation about scientific writing at a student event. The presentation is in German and a...
View ArticleLifeLogging and R
Don’t count the days, make the days count. Mohammed Ali LifeLogging is nice — you leave lots of data which tells you more about yourself than you usually find out by remembering what you did, and when....
View ArticleDigital Bullet Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes)
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint … . What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. Henry David Thoreau I recently...
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