December 2021 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Adherence to labels

2021-12-26

Labels can confuse and unnecessarily limit the options.
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Mind the cable you use for backups

2021-12-26

Not sure whether I have identified the problem correctly, but it would make sense — and explain how a backup can take 20 hours longer than it needs to take.
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Digital Bullet Journal 2022

2021-12-26

Not a fan of pen and paper bullet journals, but the digital version worked very well in 2021, and the new version hopefully will in 2022.
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Book Recommendation: Hoover (2017)’s «The Lifetime Learner’s Guide to Reading and Learning»

2021-12-26

Strange book, a mixture of book recommendations with tips on how to read and think, incl. thinking creatively.
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2021-12-26

Wondering whether an interesting 2012 movie — about an ad campaign to stop a dictator — can be useful 10 years later.
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Book (semi-)recommendation: Ordinary Men

2021-12-16

Finally read a book about a police reserve battalion during WW2 that turned into killers for an inhumane state. Some interesting insights.
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Reminiscing about nice Music

2021-12-15

Hmm, December, writing about Frank Sinatra, and thinking about other music that left a mark.
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Recommendation: Frank Sinatra

2021-12-15

Hmm, that music has got ... something.
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Pop Music without Lyrics to down out annoying distractions

2021-12-15

Hmm, it's not only epic music on YouTube that allows you to listen to something while working.
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iPad reading in Bed (Update)

2021-12-15

Modifying a monitor arm to deal with a different iPad design.
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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: December 2021

Adherence to labels

Mind the cable you use for backups

Digital Bullet Journal 2022

Book Recommendation: Hoover (2017)’s «The Lifetime Learner’s Guide to Reading and Learning»

No

Book (semi-)recommendation: Ordinary Men

Reminiscing about nice Music

Recommendation: Frank Sinatra

Pop Music without Lyrics to down out annoying distractions

iPad reading in Bed (Update)