October 2013 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Ever though of renting a safe-deposit box for your data?

2013-10-31

Your data are perhaps more valuable than your jewelry or money. Shouldn't they be in a bank?
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DEVONthink To Go – Advantages and Risks

2013-10-31

A look at DEVONthink To Go -- very useful to have your data with you, but there are some serious caveats.
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DEVONthink To Go — A Second Look

2013-10-27

Some tips on using DEVONthink To Go. There are some things you should keep in mind. Oh, and the library of Alexandria.
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Plagiarism #5 — Preventing Plagiarism

2013-10-27

Some suggestions on how to deal with plagiarism. (And yup, that image on the left from Wikipedia was chosen deliberately.)
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Plagiarism #4 — Consequences of Plagiarism

2013-10-27

A look at the consequences of plagiarism -- if there are consequences. Based on literature like the one to the left.
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Doing Damage with Ads with “Positive” Purposes: The overjustification effect

2013-10-26

Why adds that point out the obvious can really damage a social cause.
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How Ads bias your perception, or: how an ad campaign for a good purpose can be really bad

2013-10-22

A look at a very bad ad campaign that does not understand what it criticizes and actually hurts people.
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Incredible Design Skills — and a terrible explanation for the iOS7 design

2013-10-22

And suddenly the icon design in iOS 7 makes perfect sense (great video).
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College and Free Speech: Interesting interview by FIRE with Juan Williams

2013-10-22

Universities should be places to exchange ideas -- a good interview arguing this point via FIRE.
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The Value of Taking a Break

2013-10-21

Sometimes you just have to take a break -- a personal story in this regard. Oh, and "The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus" by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (see left).
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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: October 2013

Ever though of renting a safe-deposit box for your data?

DEVONthink To Go – Advantages and Risks

DEVONthink To Go — A Second Look

Plagiarism #5 — Preventing Plagiarism

Plagiarism #4 — Consequences of Plagiarism

Doing Damage with Ads with “Positive” Purposes: The overjustification effect

How Ads bias your perception, or: how an ad campaign for a good purpose can be really bad

Incredible Design Skills — and a terrible explanation for the iOS7 design

College and Free Speech: Interesting interview by FIRE with Juan Williams

The Value of Taking a Break