April 2012 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

ePub and PDF eBook Versions available

2012-04-30

Made the ePub and PDF eBook versions available. More in this posting.
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Research Community

2012-04-29

Being part of a community which helps you with your scientific work is invaluable. An acknowledgement from a book I recently read and what you can do if you do not have this kind of support (it involves your legs).
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Conference Posters

2012-04-28

Some useful tip for creating and presenting conference posters. And what to do afterwards.
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Book now proof-read :-)

2012-04-21

A shout-out to Dylan for his proof-reading of "Organizing Creativity 2".
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Constraints

2012-04-20

Leave it to xkcd to make a point about the value of constraints ...
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Ideas on how to support PhDs and PostDocs

2012-04-19

As a PhD and later Post-Doc I noticed some things that would have helped me -- and might have prevented others from quitting their PhD. Here are some suggestions for university administrators, supervisors, and PhD students themselves.
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The little moments …

2012-04-15

There are moments that make your work totally worth it. This is one of them.
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Ideas for a Task Management App

2012-04-14

I think most task managers fall short. Here are some ideas how to improve them ... and if no-one does it, maybe one day I will.
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Priceless

2012-04-14

Yup, some solutions are priceless.
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Two nice sketching Apps: Paper by FiftyThree and procreate by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd

2012-04-13

Looking at these two sketching Apps for the iPad.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

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.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

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

Month: April 2012