Kategorie: Allgemein
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No Code An Opportunity To Advance Women Entrepreneurs Around The World
Dans, Enrique (Aug 9, 2020). “Could The No Code Movement Put Programmers Out Of A Job?” Forbes. Story behind the Passage Last week, I attended an online conference on women’s entrepreneurship for international scholars and practitioners (I wrote about it last week). To make a long story short: This contributed to me rethinking the blog. I…
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Realizing Injustice
Rawls, John (1999/1971). A Theory of Justice, 205–6. Story behind the Passage It is very easy to explain how I ended up choosing Rawls today. I am realizing more and more how the diversity of our society (de facto) leads to injustices (de jure) which the people affected do not even realize. This is not because…
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Intercultural Communication
Kumbier, Dagmar, and Friedemann Schulz von Thun, ed. (2006). Interkulturelle Kommunikation: Methoden, Modelle, Beispiele, 24. Translation “Dear God, please give me the courage to openly discuss things that divide us, give me the discretion to skillfully override delicate moments, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Story behind the Passage Once again, I had to…
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Book Of The Week Philosophy And Logic Of Quantum Physics
Dapprich, Jan Philipp, and Annika Schuster (2016). Philosophy and Logic of Quantum Physics: An Investigation of the Metaphysical and Logical Implications of Quantum Physics. Story behind the Book Choice Today, I am entering new territory. I am going to write about something that I really have no clue about (yet). Or, at least, very little. The…
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Writing Change
Sinclair, Upton (2003/1906). The Jungle, n.p. Story behind the Passage Upton Sinclair was a muckraker — one of the investigative journalists in the 20th century who uncovered social evils, especially in the economic sphere. I wish I had never read this book and others from the period. Not, because I did not like them. I loved these books…
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1001 Blog Posts Sheherazade S Legacy
Darraj, Susan Muaddi, ed. (2004). Sheherazade’s Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing, 3. Story behind the Passage This morning I woke up and I had an idea: What if I continued my blogging challenge beyond my self-set target of 365 days? What if I extended it to 1001 blog posts? Is that crazy? Is…
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Book Of The Week Hilde
Kürthy, Ildikó von (2018). Hilde: Mein neues Leben als Frauchen. Story behind the Book Choice No, I am not a “new Frauchen” — Lucky, my dog, is 12 now and I am, well, not quite “new” anymore either… No worries, I am not going to turn this into a doggy blog, even though this is at least…
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Visionary Leadership Living In The Future Reading About The Past
Dogru, Caglar, ed. (2020). Leadership Styles, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Digitalization, 9. Story behind the Passage I am thinking a lot about how much I ignored the fact that people think differently. This sounds quite stupid, right? Is it not self-evident that we all think differently, especially to someone who talks…
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Book Of The Week The Ultimate Hitchhiker S Guide To The Galaxy 1
Adams, Douglas (2002/1979). The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Story behind the Book Choice It is pretty simple. The more you get into tech, the more you are interested in the future — or what the future looked like to people in the past. Hence, you end up with science fiction. Actually, when I bought my “new”…
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Open Science
Franzen, Martina (2018). Die Digitale Transformation der Wissenschaft. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 40:4, 9. Story behind the Passage What is scholarship? I have been struggling with this question ever since I became a scholar. And I still have not figured it out. To me, it always seemed weird how you, from one day to the next by…