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GoodReaderUSB App

2014-07-15

GoodReader is a really ... uh, good reader app for the iPad and iPhone. Somewhat less known but also highly useful is the free app GoodReaderUSB that greatly facilitates file transfer to the GoodReader app.
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Creating Animated Gifs with GIF Brewery

2014-07-10

For some purposes (Twitter, Tumblr, even eMails) animated gifs are useful. GIF Brewery is a nice app to create animated gifs.
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Interesting video by FIRE on the Presumption of Innocence

2014-07-06

An interesting report on the importance of the presumption of innocence and how important it is, especially when people are accused of extremely heinous crimes.
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Paperpile for Collaborative Online Writing

2014-07-05

A way to work collaboratively -- if you trust not only your collaborators but also Google.
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Just some nails in the wall

2014-06-26

Sometimes a very comfortable and useful help consists of hammering a few nails into the wall.
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Computer Games — Escapism or Additional Emotional Pillar?

2014-06-24

It's important to have different emotional "pillars" keeping you up. When one pillar falls (e.g., a project or relationship fails), others keep you up. I'm not sure about the role of computer games -- whether they are another pillar or whether they erode the other ones. So here are some arguments for computer games as pillar. Also: Tomb Raider (2013, Definitive Edition 2014).
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Recommendation: The Not So Big House

2014-06-15

Recommendation of two books on how to use the space you have, instead of wasting space you cannot afford.
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Mac OS X Automator

2014-06-08

Introduction of a very useful tool to ... well, automate actions on the Mac. You can rename lots of files in seconds, edit them, and much more.
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Hidden Calendars

2014-06-07

If you have calendars for rituals or tasks that are not that important but you want to be reminded of, and they clog up your calendar view, why not hide them?
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Guest Posting on Butler Library Blog

2014-06-05

Francis from Butler Library Blog gave me the opportunity to write a guest posting about writing with content outlines (using Circus Ponies Notebook as outliner). Highly useful for academic writing, but also applicable to other areas. Link in this posting.
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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.