September 2016 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Warning: Do a backup of your PDFs before you update to macOS Sierra

2016-09-25

Seriously: Before you update your Mac OS, do a backup of all your PDFs. Sierra seems to have a few crippling and infrastructure destroying problems with PDFs.
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Viewpoint Diversity (and creating T-Shirts)

2016-09-22

A short comment on Heterodox Academy (which supports viewpoint diversity in higher education) and a tangent on creating T-Shirts.
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Recommendation: Some great YouTubers and Podcasts

2016-09-17

There are lots and lots of great YouTubers and Podcasters online — here's a short selection.
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Authorea — synchronous writing

2016-09-12

Got another email about a possibly interesting product. If you want to collaborative write on an article at the same time, Authorea might be something for you.
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Scrivener on iOS devices

2016-09-08

Scrivener is by far the best writing software I have ever worked with. And now it also runs on iOS devices.
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Book Recommendation: “Curse of the High IQ” by Aaron Clarey

2016-09-08

A ... well, self-help book for people with high IQ, without the usual unrealistic ego-stroking of self-help books.
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Neonce – an interesting tool for problem-solving in groups

2016-09-08

I got an invitation to have a look at a problem-solving tool for groups. Ostensibly a better way to do brainstorming — a method which I hate with the fire of a thousand suns. And yep, it looks very promising and much, much better than the usual brainstorming sessions in groups.
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Why a Code of Conduct for Conferences is a Really Bad Idea

2016-09-03

Some conferences do have codes of conduct or try to introduce them. Personally, I think they are a really bad idea. A few reasons in this posting.
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Mundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue

2016-09-03

Sometimes you have to do stupidly repeating tasks, e.g., create lots of files with the contents of another file. Scripting languages like Perl are really, really helpful here.
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Medium-time Experience with OmniOutliner (as Circus Ponies Notebook replacement)

2016-09-03

OmniOutliner seems to be a nice replacement for Circus Ponies Notebook. Some comments.
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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: September 2016

Warning: Do a backup of your PDFs before you update to macOS Sierra

Viewpoint Diversity (and creating T-Shirts)

Authorea — synchronous writing

Scrivener on iOS devices

Mundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue

Medium-time Experience with OmniOutliner (as Circus Ponies Notebook replacement)