Infrastructure – Page 40 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Keeping Up with Scientific Literature

2013-02-07

You don't have to go looking for journal articles -- just let them come to you. Automatically. Great way to keep an overview of what happens in your field.
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Scientific / Academic Paper Writing Template

2013-02-05

Using a break book by Thomson & Kamler as basis, I created a nice template for planning scientific papers. Three pages of condensed information.
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Holiday Season “Improve your workplace” Sessions

2012-12-05

An interesting holiday activity for organizations to use that special time of the year.
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‘Server not found’ can happen to any site — are you prepared?

2012-09-09

Online information is fleeting. A few ways to deal with it.
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Sleep in a time of constant interruptions

2012-09-06

If the modern world seems to be set out against something, it's against having enough good sleep. Here are some suggestions.
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Pimp Up Your Workspace

2012-07-12

Three book suggestions to give your workspace ... well, it could be class ... and a few links.
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Whiteboard Alternatives: Magic-Chart and IdeaPaint

2012-03-07

Whiteboard are cool and incredibly useful. But if you do not have one available, there are alternatives available.
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Time to Improve the Infrastructure

2011-12-24

Hey, there's some downtime ahead, even if only to get a moment of peace. How about using it to squash some bugs?
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Remembering Presentations

2011-12-23

Did you ever do a great presentation that you want to remember? Here's a simple way to do it. Better than any paper, as good as a conference poster. The only requirement is that you need to have used slides. (Oh, and a shout-out to InDesign :-))
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Looking back at your creative projects

2011-12-21

Looking back on the past year can be interesting ... and soul-crunching. Especially if you use Life-Newspapers.
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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.