Infrastructure – Page 23 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Sharing Microsoft Office Data — What about ‘None of the Above’?

2018-05-16

After the latest update, Microsoft Office gives you the option to share or to share.
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Ah, Backups …

2018-04-22

Beautiful Sunday when the Macbook does not boot but stops with an error message about a failed update process. Hello safe mode ... and when did I last do a backup?
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Bed Light Lantern

2018-03-18

I needed a night light for reading next to my bed and with a cheap lamp and some modifications ... yeah, I like it.
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Learning R during your PhD

2018-03-13

The time during your PhD is probably the best and worst time to learn R. I did start to learn R in earnest later, but dang, I wish I had started then.
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Mac: Combining Images to a PDF

2018-03-11

Sometimes a simple thing like combining images to PDF can be a pain in the ass, until you find that the Automator can do it in a second.
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«What is Viewpoint Diversity?» by Heterodox Academy

2018-03-10

Heterodox Academy put a beautiful online showing the importance of viewpoint diversity.
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A short shout-out to R

2018-02-15

Okay, R has been around for ages, but it never did grow on me. Recently, giving how commercially unattractive SPSS is, I started to give it another try. And boy, it did blow me away.
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What makes a good outliner?

2018-02-15

Some comments on programming a good outliner app. For the first, basic version, that is.
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Yet another Bento Update

2018-02-05

Yep, another posting about Bento boxes. They just work (for me).
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Reading PDFs by Making Margin Notes

2018-01-28

Some people prefer to make notes in the margins of the text. One of the nice things about digital texts is that you can pretty much set the margin for your notes.
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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.