February 2012 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Make sure you can do your To-Dos within any given day

2012-02-29

Perhaps the one tip that prevents the most dissatisfaction with to-do lists. And how to implement it.
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Tagging in DEVONthink

2012-02-28

How to tag multiple files quickly in DEVONthink. (Update: Read the update on how to do it much quicker.)
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Using Excel for Biographical/Chronological Information

2012-02-24

You can use Excel for creative purposes, even in non-fiction writing. Here's how to use it for biographies.
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How to create a content outline in Circus Ponies Notebook

2012-02-23

Content outlines are incredibly useful for writing, fiction and non-fiction. Here's a short explanation on how to create them.
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Outliner in Scrivener vs Outliner in Circus Ponies Notebook — Structure (Scrivener) vs Content (CPN) Outlines

2012-02-23

Scrivener has an integrated outliner, but this outliner differs strongly from the outlining functions of Circus Ponies Notebook. And while Scrivener is best for writing IMHO, the outliner of CPN brings something to the table that should not be ignored. So let's compare both and look why both work beautifully together to create great texts.
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What do you live for?

2012-02-22

How do you answer such a question? Well, how about starting with what you want, and going top down from it.
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Docear — Literature Management and Writing with Mind Maps

2012-02-21

A short look at/impression of Docear and how it fares when it comes to academic work.
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Why Complete Freedom Is Not a Good Idea

2012-02-21

Trust me on this. You don't want complete freedom. No, you really don't.
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Stack Exchange — A great place to get answers to questions

2012-02-10

Check it out if you need help with almost any problem. Really great site. Site? Sites.
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That part apart

2012-02-09

Probably the one part that might be crucial for creative works, but it comes with a price. Also: Shakespeare.
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A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Month: February 2012