Daniel – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Standing Up for What You Believe In

2016-11-22

It's easy to say to want to be different. In reality, it's risky, gruesome, and you have to be willing to face 3 against 1 scenarios.
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Having the fonts you need for your Keynote presentations on your iOS device (Calibri, Cambria, MyriadPro, etc.) with AnyFont

2016-10-27

It's great that you can use an iPhone as a replacement for your notebook in presentations. It sucks if the Corporate Design template requires you to use fonts which are not natively available on the iOS device. But there's a way to get fonts on the iOS device anyway — with AnyFont.
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Great talk by Jonathan Haidt: “Two incompatible sacred values in American universities”

2016-10-25

Watch this talk if you are interested in the current state of universities. Currently (mostly) in the US, but my guess is that it is spreading. And perhaps some inoculation (or at least choice) is still possible.
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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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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.

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