Small Remote for iOS Keynote Presentations
“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. That’s the only way to be sure.” Ellen Ripley in “Aliens” When you do a presentation with your iPhone, you might have a problem if you are used...
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 ArticleThe Freedom to Create
A “critic” is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased – he hates all creative people equally. Excerpt from the...
View ArticleTwo Quick Video Recommendations: Cultural Libertarian and Trigger Warnings
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it. G.K. Chesterton I’ve recommended Bokhari’s “Rise of the Cultural Libertarians“ before in this posting (seriously, check his article out,...
View ArticleDealing with Apple Keynote’s Backwards Compatibility — or lack thereof
“I’m too old for this shit!” Roger Murtaugh, repeated line in “Lethal Weapon” Apparently, Apple’s Keynote is totally concerned with the “now”. The past is gone and uninteresting. Even when the past is...
View ArticleInteresting Discussion about Free Speech and Censorship at Universities
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. “On Liberty” by John...
View ArticleAnother Way to Use InDesign to Layout your Thesis (with some help from Zotero...
“There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.” Doris Lessing Tomek left a reader comment about his workflow when it comes to using...
View ArticleTechnology/Engineering and Psychology
“What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.” Steve Jobs I’m currently doing some teaching in psychology, but...
View ArticleRecommendation: Jonathan Haidt on Coddling U. vs. Strengthening U.
Jack Kirwan wrote in the National Review that the novel is “about two men and two women in a time machine safari through this and other universes. But describing The Number of the Beast thus is like...
View ArticleLaws for Robots
“Worlds governed by artificial intelligence often learned a hard lesson: Logic Doesn’t Care.” Yin-man Wei, “This Present Darkness: A History of the Interregnum”, CY 11956 Andromeda Giving a course in...
View ArticleKeep Good Study Notes and Digitize Them
No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. J. Robert Oppenheimer When you leave college or university, there’s the question of what to do with all the stuff you have...
View ArticleRecommendation: Heterodox Academy (Blog)
It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. Jacob Bronowski I’ve written a few...
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 ArticleHow about a “Rehearse Slideshow” Mode with a Virtual Reality Audience?
Sometimes the most loved word in a presentation is “conclusion”. Unknown Speaking in public is a skill most people need to develop, and some people actually fear. Let’s face it, few people are...
View ArticleWriting like a commie, or what the teacher wants to hear vs what you actually...
Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. Shakti Gawain I recently re-watched a great presentation by Ben Shapiro (“Truth...
View ArticleBeautiful illustration of the “Thought Police and Political Correctness in...
“My wife will often come nervously behind me when I’m working on my laptop and she looks nervous and ‘What are you writing?’. And I say, ‘Well, I am writing something, what is it?’ And she’ll say...
View ArticleRecommendation: John Oliver on Scientific Studies
The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science and imposture is the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the...
View ArticleYeah, humans :-)
I believe I found the missing link between animal and civilized man. It is us. Konrad Lorenz If you filter bubble presents you with new evidence every day of an “Age of Endarkenment”, with reason being...
View ArticleMedium-time Experience with OmniOutliner (as Circus Ponies Notebook replacement)
“Leap and the net will appear.” John Burroughs I’ve tried out OmniOutliner as a Circus Ponies Notebook (CPN) replacement for a couple of months now. So far, it works okay-ish to fine. I still miss the...
View ArticleWhy a Code of Conduct for Conferences is a Really Bad Idea
Use your own best judgment at all times. The entire Nordstrom’s Department Stores policy manual I’m a member of a student association that conducts a annual conference (“academy”). During last year’s...
View Article