Generating Ideas – Page 20 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Book Recommendation: “The Martian” by Andy Weir

2015-08-29

A beautiful novel about a more or less present day astronaut left behind on Mars and his attempts to survive.
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Organizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects (presentation/video)

2015-08-22

A presentation that gives a short overview of creativity, organization, and the steps you can do to organize your creativity. Plus some reflections on recording a presentation at home.
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Interesting presentation: “How to Win a Nobel Prize” by Sir Tim Hunt

2015-07-28

Beautifully done presentation with a lot of warmth and openness. It gives science a human face, and provides good advice for young scientists. Not only those who want to get a Nobel prize.
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A look at a really good game: “The Witcher 3”

2015-07-20

Given the occasional rant on this site, I'm always happy to point out when something is really right. And Witcher 3 is such a thing. A brilliant game for a lot of reasons. Here are eight of them.
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Loopholes

2015-07-20

I'm usually one to bypass problems. Why bang your head against a wall, when you can just walk around it. But ... woaw, this is a loophole that's ... creative. (NSFW, but very funny)
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Playing Devil’s Advocate

2015-06-30

A few comments on playing devils advocate and focusing on arguments, not who makes them.
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How about a Geeks’ Day?

2015-04-18

Finding a profession that suits you isn't easy, and it's easy to overlook interesting jobs if you never hear about them, or consider them fitting for your interests. For more introverted geeks, perhaps a Geeks' Day is something to think about.
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Wet and slimy and full of critters

2015-04-15

Some comments on perspective taking.
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Recommendation: Open Library (free books as PDF scans)

2015-03-27

Open Library offers a lot of out-of-print books for free. Some beautiful scans of rather old books. Highly recommended.
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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.