July 2012 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Outsourcing the difficult part

2012-07-24

You don't have to do everything in a creative project. Here's an example of a successful personal project that would not be possible (for me) without the involvement of experts.
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Quick Hierarchical Tagging in DEVONthink

2012-07-19

Tagging is powerful and DEVONthink has a few interesting options to make it easy.
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Awesome Example of Kickstarter Funding — Or: When Geeks get a Budget

2012-07-16

Impressive example when skilled and determined people get some real funding.
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Learning about Work Methods for Doing Scientific Work

2012-07-15

How do you learn about work methods when you should actually doing the work? Some suggestions that involve workshops and workers and work profiles -- in short, work to make work work.
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Pimp Up Your Workspace

2012-07-12

Three book suggestions to give your workspace ... well, it could be class ... and a few links.
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Coursera — Free Online Courses

2012-07-08

Coursera seems like a really great way to learn online, have a look for yourself.
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Re-Installing Lion (Clean Install)

2012-07-06

A few tips on re-installing an OS, prior to a clean install, doing it, and afterwards.
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Circus Ponies Notebook for iPad

2012-07-05

Circus Ponies Notebook is available for the iPad. A short review about the pros and cons and the possible usages.
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Impressive presentation that changes minds

2012-07-05

A controversial issue, but perhaps one of the best TEDx Talks I have ever seen. Also: Recommendation of other great TED talks.
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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.