August 2015 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Book Recommendation: “The Martian” by Andy Weir

2015-08-29

A beautiful novel about a more or less present day astronaut left behind on Mars and his attempts to survive.
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Two Quick Video Recommendations: Cultural Libertarian and Trigger Warnings

2015-08-28

Lauren Southern did an interesting video building on Bokhari's “Rise of the Cultural Libertarians“, and there's a nice sketch about Trigger Warnings.
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The Freedom to Create

2015-08-26

A few comments on the current outrage culture and a recommendation of two great articles, one on cultural appropriation and the other on cultural libertarianism.
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Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate

2015-08-26

An interesting debate about free speech. Although it's depressing to see otherwise educated people to debate against free speech and the right to offend.
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Organizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects (presentation/video)

2015-08-22

A presentation that gives a short overview of creativity, organization, and the steps you can do to organize your creativity. Plus some reflections on recording a presentation at home.
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Small Remote for iOS Keynote Presentations

2015-08-18

When you do a presentation with an iPhone, you either have to advance slides on the iPhone screen or use a remote. I've tried out AirTurn DIGIT II. The results were ... mixed.
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Fountain Pen Engraving

2015-08-17

Yeah, I got my fountain pen back from the engraver. Hello, personalized fountain pen.
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Apple iOS Keynote Presentation Freezes

2015-08-17

I did a presentation using my iPhone and Apple's Keynote. Went well for the most part, but at times, Keynote started to hang. Here's a quick and dirty fix.
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Subway Productivity (mobile digital workstation)

2015-08-13

An interesting hack that was posted on reddit's digitalnomad and a few comments about enhancements.
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Essay Recommendation: “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

2015-08-11

A great essay by the president and CEO of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) and a social psychologist who wrote an impressive book about moral psychology. If you are concerned about the state of (at the moment, mostly US) universities, it provides a very enlightening and well-founded view on it.
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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: August 2015