General Tips – Page 30 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Looking at a different area — Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)

2021-11-07

A look at perhaps simpler times, for today's inspirations.
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Taking Back the Weekend

2021-11-07

The "Art of Manliness" podcast has another nice episode about "Take Back the Weekend". Worth thinking about.
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Getting Corrected

2021-11-05

A short comment on people getting corrected when they are wrong.

Image: Cover of Grossman (2011). The Magician King.
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Ignoring Covid (I wish)

2021-11-05

Should politics be discussed at work? Well, in my view, that depends on whether politics interferes with work.

Image: Vatican Museums, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Update to «The atrocities at the height of an evil regime did start small»

2021-11-05

And update on a posting on how evil starts small, which seems to have struck a nerve.
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It’s time to say ‹enough›

2021-10-27

Good comment by Neil Oliver about the Covid Hypocrisy.
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The atrocities at the height of an evil regime did start small

2021-10-26

It's easy to condemn evil after the fact. It's easy to condemn evil when the atrocities loom large. But evil does not start this way.

Image via: rarehistoricalphotos.com
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Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)

2021-10-11

I recently did a presentation on whether technology is a tool or a trap. It covers Attention Economy, Gamification, Persuasive Technology, Nudging, and Dark Patterns. Unfortunately it's in German, but perhaps it's interesting as well.
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The Reality of Sex (in medicine)

2021-09-19

Shout-out to a short letter to the editor of taking sex into account in medicine.
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Establishing a working infrastructure/meetings/etc vs Entropy

2021-09-19

Why do so many attempts to improve organization fail? In part because continuous energy is needed.

Image from a cartoon about better not teaching children about entropy.
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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.