Learning – Page 21 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Using and abusing academic workshops

2014-03-03

Workshops and loyalty, esp. to supervisors if they are the problem you need help with. Also, sickness and ideology, but I repeat myself.
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“Teaching” at the university, or: I am neither a, nor your, private teacher

2014-02-28

Clearing up a misconception in university teaching. At least in Germany, the ones in front of the class are not teachers, nor are they rewarded for teaching. Making this and a few other issues clear is really helpful. I think it led to students still knowing they could ask me, but stop wasting time on irrelevancies.
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If you cut off the spine of a book to digitize it, keep your legs out of the way

2014-02-28

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. James Russell Lowell Personally, […]

Being an Adult, or: Life is Not a Song

2014-02-17

Ah, princesses. Nice that Disney and other companies try to celebrate self-determined people, but shouldn't they be competent as well? Shouldn't they, I don't know, start learning or something after they have finished singing?
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Rooting for Google Glass DIYs

2014-02-05

Some comments on Google Glass, esp. the privacy and discretion issues around it. High potentials and high risks of false information go hand in hand.
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A chair for working comfortably

2014-01-28

Found a chair to work in comfortably ... you know, so you can write in a very relaxed manner.
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Interesting Movie Reviews

2014-01-27

Found some interesting movie reviews -- link and a few examples. Also: Stoker, Dexter, and that shower scene.
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Inspiration from Unlikely Places

2014-01-25

How you can find references to interesting works in unlikely places -- and an example.
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Reading Effortless in Bed with a Tablet and a Monitor Arm (Update)

2014-01-20

Some experiences and further improvements after using the iPad monitor arm over my bed for a while. Really useful! Also photos of me sleeping -- really.
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Interesting TED Talk: Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

2014-01-16

Another TED talk recommendation. A real TED talk, you know, the good ones, this time about bad science and a few common problems.
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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.