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Warning Signs vs Darwin Awards

2024-08-18

Seriously, looking at some warning signs, you question humanity. Especially if they distract from the actually important ones.
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Trains in Japan vs Germany

2024-08-18

Comparing Japanese trains/subway with German ones.
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Whatever happened to smoking?

2024-08-18

When did smokers turn from rebels into caged rabbits?
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Subway Card Integration Done Right

2024-08-18

As someone who normally hates subways, I was really impressed by the Japanese subway system — and their IC cards.
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Fog of War in Navigation Apps for Explorations (Museum Guides, Cities)

2024-08-17

Would make the exploration of cities (and buildings, esp. museum exhibitions) a bit easier.
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Focusing on the Service, Hiding the Money

2024-08-17

An interesting idea to downplay the interaction with money and focus on service — or simply save some work.
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Goshuin Shrine Stamp Books

2024-08-17

Beautiful idea in many Japanese shrines: a stamp that commemorates your visit there in a specialized book for it.
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Female Pro-Westling in Japan

2024-08-17

Just some impressions from visiting a pro-wrestling match.
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Capsule Hotels and other accommodations in Japan

2024-08-17

Trying out different capsule hotels and other accommodations in Japan.
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Impressions: Food in Japan

2024-08-17

Not a travel blog, but some simple food inspirations from a Japan trip.
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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.