Scrivener on iOS devices
The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. Ken MacLeod Holy fuck. There are no other words to describe the realization that Scrivener now runs on iOS devices. I have...
View ArticleAuthorea — synchronous writing
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no...
View ArticleViewpoint Diversity (and creating T-Shirts)
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain Heterodox Academy continues to be a light in the present endarkening (see also posting here). It states its mission...
View ArticleGreat talk by Jonathan Haidt: “Two incompatible sacred values in American...
“One’s primary purpose at university level is to learn how to think.” Professor Phipps in “Higher Learning” (1995) Jonathan Haidt’s “Two incompatible sacred values in American universities” is another...
View ArticleHaving the fonts you need for your Keynote presentations on your iOS device...
Several pages of parchment had been filled up with Death’s own handwriting. It was immediately recognizable. No one else Susan had ever met had handwriting with serifs. “Hogfather” by Terry Pratchett...
View ArticleStanding Up for What You Believe In
Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull. “1984” by George Orwell I’m currently still learning about the issue, but — damn, kudos to Professor Jordan Peterson for...
View ArticleRecommendation: Silenced. Our War On Free Speech (Movie)
“I’m offend by … I … I … I turn on … I turn on … top 40 radio I’m offended over and over again. I watch mainstream television I’m offended over and over again. I hear Christianity shit, I hear this...
View ArticleThrowing the first stone …
cast the first stone Etymology: From the Bible John 8.7 where Jesus tells the accusers of a woman of adultery, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Verb: cast the first...
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 ArticleA few remarks on Gamification
After a certain point money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts. Unknown Gamification is the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts. In a...
View ArticleIn Scientific Writing Mind the Arrows
“The most successful scientist thinks like a poet … and works like a bookkeeper.” E.O. Wilson After having reviewed a few more student (bachelor) theses, one thing sticks out: Many students have...
View ArticleSome remarks on the Kindle Voyager eBook Reader
The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present,...
View ArticleHey, DEVONthink To Go is actually quite good now
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good. Robert Graves I store my files within DEVONthink on my Mac. The professional...
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 ArticleParents and Mentors
«This is not a synthale kind of night.» Bashir in Star Trek DS9 «Explorers» Today a two related topics brought up in two different events coincided. I gave a lecture about expertise which —...
View ArticleDeliberate Practice — Or: How to invest that 10000 hours you need to become...
An amateur practices until he gets it right. A professional practices until he never gets it wrong. Unknown There is this often quoted number that you need 10.000 hours of practice to become an expert...
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 ArticleMaking sense of the stuff you have collected during the initial stages of...
«He had a plan. Maybe you just didn’t see it ’til it hit you between the eyes. But, it started to make sense … in a Tyler sort of way. No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not...
View ArticleOmniOutliner — Auto-Fill Source Column with Filename (without extension) incl...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke’s Third Law by Arthur C. Clarke A while ago a reader send me a really useful AppleScript to automatically fill a column in...
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