May 2014 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

A good hunter waits (or: why you shouldn’t chase ambulances but leave your note at the hospital)

2014-05-31

A clever solution if you want to advertise your services, seen at a hospital parking lot.
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A Creative Solution Regarding Consent to Organ Donation

2014-05-30

Organ donation is an important but very emotional topic. Whereas there are not enough organs available, there is a simple solution for the shortage.
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Book Recommendation: BITE: Recipes for Remarkable Research

2014-05-29

A very good book (cover left) on possible strategies to improve one's research productivity ... and happiness.
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Recommendation Update: Ballet

2014-05-28

I watched a rather experimental ballet performance (and ordered a book during the introduction -- cover left) -- some impressions and recommendations.
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Custom Moleskine Milk Photobooks

2014-05-27

There's an interesting service offering to create Moleskine books with your own photos on the pages. You don't have to stick to their layout options, however. This posting shows how.
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Circus Ponies Notebook 4

2014-05-26

Review of Circus Ponies Notebook, version 4. tl;dr: For me the best app to keep and sort information, esp. for writing. But there is more ...
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How About an Ice-Cold Drink in the Office, or the Library?

2014-05-25

A cool tip for the summer: Using a thermos flask to have ice cubes available in the office (or the library, if this is the place you work). WARNING: Don't shake the contents too hard and for ... sake, take one with a metal interior!!!!
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Okay, size does matter — kinda.

2014-05-24

Recently got an external 27" screen -- and there's something to be said for size, if combined with the right technique, that is.
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Jotting Down Ideas in the Workplace … With Some Style

2014-05-23

Trying to jot down notes with more style by putting a post-it block in a Moleskine notebook. Cheap paper, sticks to walls, and it looks cool. Or could have looked cool.
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A short comment on computer games, violent and otherwise

2014-05-17

A few comments on so-called "violent" video games, their effects on behavior, what is actually the issue -- and why I think "The Sims" is one of the most violent games I've ever played.
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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.

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: May 2014