There is also a twitter bot, which posts a daily random strategy. The strategies themselves can be found in the file strategies.txt. A strategy is sometimes good to follow, and sometimes it isn't. Created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt and first published in 1975.Each card offers an aphorism intended to help artists. The difference is that advice is always meant to be a good idea to follow (in its stated context). Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas) is a deck of 7x9 cm printed cards in a black container box. They do not apply solely and obviously to one specific situation. While these strategies are a little bit more direct and practical than the original ones, they do all follow the two basic rules. Ideally, most will apply to multiple different settings. Some of these apply primarily to experimentation, some to writing, some to teaching, and some to career management. So, I decided to write some oblique strategies specifically for academic life. Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas ) is a deck of 7-by-9-centimeters (2.8 in × 3. While academia is often a very creative enterprise, whenever I tried to apply one of the original onlique strategies to my academic work, they didn't seem to fit very well. Picking a random card, and seeing how the strategy applied to your current project might just be the thing to help you get creatively unstuck. Each of these contained a strategy, framed in a generic and indirect way, which could apply in many different situations. They are inspired by the oblique strategy cards that Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt designed in the 70s for use in artistic projects. This is a set of oblique strategies, designed for used in all areas of academic life.
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