Input and output tasks
We all have tasks to do. How we formulate them can help us get things done. In this blog post, I talk about a trick one of my mentors taught me a few years ago: Input and output tasks.
Chris Hartgerink
Why I'm not going to SIPS 2025
I've been a member of SIPS since 2017, and have visited plenty of their conferences. But with the decision to host it in Hungary in 2025, I decided I won't be going.
Disclosing a Data Breach to Pensoft
For no apparent reason, I stumbled upon a data breach of one of my accounts, password and all. It is a humbling lesson in how much trust we place in platforms to keep that information safe and secure.
New AkademieNL rule: No disinformation
Administering a Mastodon server comes with challenging situations. Recently, a post got reported that was not covered by the existing rules, which results in a new rule for the AkademieNL instance: No disinformation.
"Community" is the new "family"
"At this company, we're a family" by now is a red flag many recognize. Something I noticed replacing that trope, is calling something a community. Everything is called a community these days, which makes it harder to recognize real communities.
Am I an anti-semite?
When positions I hold are being called antisemitic, it causes me to self-reflect. So in this post, I ask myself: Am I an anti-semite?
The courage to discuss
I have not had the courage to write over the past months. Writing about trivial things can feel belittling to the monumental events in the world, yet what legitimacy do I have to write about monumental events?