July 2014 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. Sleuths however …

2014-07-31

A short comment on the difference between the sadistic pleasure of pointing out mistakes and the needed exposure of frauds.
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Even Without the Barrier, a Mountain is Still a Mountain

2014-07-30

Some comments on quotas, sex-specific assistance measures, and the like and having a career.

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Useful discussions

2014-07-23

Some thoughts on what makes a discussion ... useful.
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Cybermobbing is mobbing, not cyber

2014-07-23

Another short comment on cybermobbing -- and how blaming the media is stupid.
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A powerful ad is easy, a good one isn’t

2014-07-22

A video by Christina H. Summers looks at an ad that is ostensibly for good purposes, but deeply misleading. A nice example what ads should not be.
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Media Lies

2014-07-17

Today we have access not only to the news stories, but to actual footage. And comparing the two can reveal striking differences. A recent example of a conference report vs. the actual conference presentation.
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How to Succeed in College

2014-07-16

Coursera has an interesting course online about "How to Succeed in College", which seems highly interesting.
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GoodReaderUSB App

2014-07-15

GoodReader is a really ... uh, good reader app for the iPad and iPhone. Somewhat less known but also highly useful is the free app GoodReaderUSB that greatly facilitates file transfer to the GoodReader app.
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Warning: Freedomain Radio

2014-07-14

I hate to eat my words. But after listening to more episodes, I can no longer recommend Freedomain Radio. It's not that the podcaster -- Stefan Molyneux -- is not brilliant at what he does. It's that he is severely biased and -- in my opinion -- projects his issues into the personal narratives of his callers.
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First Impression about Freedomain Radio

2014-07-13

I took the time to listen to a few more Freedomain episodes. Here's a tentative first impression.
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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: July 2014

A powerful ad is easy, a good one isn’t

How to Succeed in College

GoodReaderUSB App

First Impression about Freedomain Radio