January 2015 – Page 2 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

That Quotations File

2015-01-18 | Reading time: 3 minutes

It's the most useful things you are most likely to ignore, just because you use them intuitively and never think about them. So here's a shout-out to one of the most useful things I use -- for well over 20 years: My quotation file.
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Outsourcing a Thesis

2015-01-17 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I recently had a comment to the thesis writing with outlines posting. The person wrote about her unique method of outsourcing the draft. A comment/rant.
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Looking back at three great games of 2014

2015-01-16 | Reading time: 1 minute

Three short reviews of the three best games I've played in 2014.
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GOG.com — Classic Computer Games for little money

2015-01-15 | Reading time: 1 minute

A shout-out to GOG.com. This site offers classic computer games for little money. Want to play a classic game -- have a look at this site.
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The Power of Silence (and the little green (wo)man)

2015-01-14 | Reading time: 3 minutes

The Thesis Whisperer has a beautiful posting about an anything-but-beautiful situation: A person working for a prof is being exploited and goes (almost) crazy due to the seriously impaired communication. Two short comments.
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Custom Moleskine Milk Photobooks Update

2015-01-14 | Reading time: 1 minute

An update about the Moleskine book option of MILK books.
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Tiny House Movement, or: doing more with less

2015-01-13 | Reading time: 1 minute

How much living space do you need? It might be less than you think. And there are books about it that are both interesting and stimulating.
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Questionable Views in Academia

2015-01-12 | Reading time: 7 minutes

There was an interesting question on stackexchange Academia regarding how to deal with the questionable views of a colleague and whether his prospective employer should be warned about them. I repost the question and one answer (mine) here.
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Splitting Folder Contents into DVD-sized Amounts of Data

2015-01-11 | Reading time: 1 minute

If you want to use DVDs as backup, you might end up with folders that contain more than 4.7 GB. Thus, you have to split them up into DVD sized contents. While not being able to split files directly, Folder Splitter is a useful tool for OS X.
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Intelligence Squared Debates — like a TED Talk where you hear more than one side (also: paying for sex)

2015-01-10 | Reading time: 6 minutes

A shout out to a series of very interesting debates: Intelligence Squared. They cover different topics, are usually very good (with a few exceptions) and are very well moderated.
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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.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

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

Month: January 2015