Infrastructure – Page 38 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Downloading Coursera Lectures (or other material)

2013-08-30

You can quickly download all Coursera videos with a simple and free tool. Also works for the lecture material and anything else. Extremely useful app.
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If I would study again (at the university) … this is how I would learn

2013-08-10

A suggestion on how to learn when you are studying at the university. Made possible by today's technology. Yeah. :-)
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Ideas in the Shower

2013-08-09

How to deal with ideas one of the most frequent places for idea: the shower.
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“Oh, du weißes Blatt, inspirier’ mich … oder besser nicht!” — Wissenschaftliches und fiktionales Schreiben ohne Inspiration (aber mit Inhalts-Outlines, Scrivener, u.v.m.)

2013-08-07

I've written a brochure about scientific writing. It's written in German and I can only highly recommend it if you are working on your thesis -- and understand German.
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Dealing with (Personal) Infrastructure Failure

2013-08-03

Have you ever tested how resilient your infrastructure really is, or do you leave that to actual failures? Here are some suggestions.
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Background Music at Work

2013-07-25

A suggestion for having nice background music at work.
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Bento Boxes

2013-07-24

Book recommendation regarding Bento Boxes -- if you don't know them, have a look. Great for eating healthy at work.
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Writing

2013-07-24

A look on what makes writing difficult and why content outlines might just the thing.
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Reading Digitally (Videos)

2013-07-17

Two videos showing my reading workflow -- how everything I highlight is exported and how it ends up in my topic notebooks. Very comfortable way in dealing with notes.
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Fresh Air — well, fresher air.

2013-07-16

If you need a change of air in the office, but cannot open the window. It involves a fan -- and tea.
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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.