Learning – Page 22 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Reading eBooks on a Tablet Comfortably in Bed (also: watching movies)

2014-01-11

I tried out the -- so far -- most relaxing way of reading books (and watching movies) -- lying on the back in bed with the screen hovering a few inches above you. Simple and very, very practical.
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Better Surveys

2013-12-27

A great two-pager showing common mistakes in surveys on gender equality. I can't believe people actually do such bad surveys, but yeah, they do. Worst thing: They sacrificed the chance to find out what children actually need and improve their lives in order to foster their ideology. They want to be right, no matter how many children -- boys and girls -- have to suffer for it.
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Looking Back on 2013

2013-12-21

A short recap of 2013.
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Making Money with MOOCs, or: Unrequired Reading

2013-11-29

Some MOOC instructors try to push their books. Recommendations are one thing, but making it "required reading" ... some comments.
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How to spot a competent, honest, and upright expert

2013-11-27

Five easy criteria to identify experts, (almost) no matter the area of knowledge.
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Paper!

2013-11-26

Is it better to work with, esp. to learn and to create, than digital media? Some possible differences.
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Where does your creativity break down?

2013-11-25

Looking at the bottlenecks where your creativity breaks down and dealing with them is the best thing you can do to improve your creativity. Some suggestions.
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Used Books

2013-11-24

Used books don't stink, even if the prior owner was a smoker and a hoarder. But you have to treat them right. Here's how. Also, a book recommendation (image left).
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Biases in Reporting Research: Or, how you can screw 1/3 of the affected population

2013-11-11

A look at the science news cycle in the context of the Academic Impostor syndrome (based on a tweet I stumbled upon, see left). Nice how you can neglect a large part of the population in public discussion.
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Generation 35 Plus — Some Insights into the German Academic System

2013-11-09

There's an interesting report on the German Academic System which divides young scientists into hopefuls, fatalists, and holdouts. Whereas there are some problems with the overall report (incl. the data basis), these descriptions seem to make sense -- as do the consequences.
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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.