January 2021 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Recommendation: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

2021-01-31

Something that many computer science students lack — command of the basic tools. This MIT course teaches the basics.
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Downloading Coursera Materials

2021-01-31

If you like to watch videos offline and don't want to download each course video manually, this process might work.
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Low-Cost Direction Lines

2021-01-30

Sometimes a low-cost solution is best — for example, when it comes to providing directions indoors.
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Online Hackathon Care Package

2021-01-30

We recently did an online hackathon. To create at least some feeling of presence, we did send out care packages, which were well-received.
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Example Writing Workflow (Academic Articles)

2021-01-30

Writing is hard — it might be a bit easier with Scrivener, Overleaf, a printer, and a whiteboard.
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Mind the work environment

2021-01-30

Don't fight the environment, but invest the time to make it work for you, not against you.
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Walking to/from work

2021-01-30

A case for walking to/from work — at least part of the way.
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Recording Webbrowser Audio/Video on a Mac

2021-01-30

A short guide on how to record web-browser audio/video on the Mac.
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German Speech Disorder

2021-01-30

The German language is awful enough, it does not need an artificial speech disorder.
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Using an Alarm Chair … errr Table … for quicker morning routines

2021-01-30

Just something to make the morning a little bit less sucky.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

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: January 2021

Recommendation: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

Downloading Coursera Materials

Low-Cost Direction Lines

Example Writing Workflow (Academic Articles)

Mind the work environment

Walking to/from work

Recording Webbrowser Audio/Video on a Mac

German Speech Disorder

Using an Alarm Chair … errr Table … for quicker morning routines