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Another Comment on Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate

2015-11-22

Called it -- one of the videos of the Oxford Union Societie's “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” Debate was removed. A comment on this strategy and a suggestion for a better one.
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Interesting Discussion about Free Speech and Censorship at Universities

2015-09-19

Interesting debate titled "London Thinks – Trigger Warning!".
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Dealing with Apple Keynote’s Backwards Compatibility — or lack thereof

2015-09-19

A really annoying issue with older Keynote files (created prior to version '09) -- they can't be opened by the newest Keynote version. Unless you edit the file externally.
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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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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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Some comments on the tension between creativity and commerce

2015-08-09

Got an interesting question on Twitter and given that Twitter isn't suited to longer texts, I'll address it here.
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Writing Software Needs a “Highlight Fluffy” Option (some apps already have it)

2015-07-30

Good scientific and technical writing is concise writing. "Every word must tell." Yet writing software usually falls short here. It gives no hints on removing redundant words, reducing fat phrases, or eliminating writing zeroes. Strange, because it should be easy -- and a default option.
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A Critical Look at Scientific Writing Courses

2015-05-04

There are a lot of courses on scientific writing. Unfortunately, some focus on the least important aspects: the words.
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Templates

2015-04-10

A few comments on creating your own presentation templates with Apple Keynote.
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Differences in Discussions

2015-03-14

When people disagree it can be due to a lot of reasons. But besides the actual arguments, there are different levels of differences that are highly relevant. And if not recognized and addressed will make any discussion less than it otherwise could be.
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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.