Learning – Page 8 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Recommendation: Marty Lobdell – Study Less Study Smart

2021-08-03

Good video on how to study. Highly recommended.
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Audiobooks (esp. for commute)

2021-08-03

Never got into audiobooks, but a recent Quillette article made a few interesting points about them. They might be something if you ever are in the unfortunate position of having to commute a lot by car.
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Unread Books as Gifts to Authors

2021-08-03

I stopped thinking about unread books as anything negative. I almost all cases, I like the author or story idea enough to buy them. So why not consider it a gift/donation/feedback to the author?
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Recommendation: “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

2021-04-25

Not easy to read, not that 'practical', but a recommended book on the role of meaning in life.
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Kreativität braucht Struktur — Wie lässt sich Kreativität organisieren?

2021-04-22

As a step between version one of organizing creativity and version two, I wrote this chapter on organizing creativity for a student conference. It is in German, but it might be useful for some.
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Great Sources on Data Visualization (with R)

2021-02-23

It's impressive what you can do with the right tools, well, with R. ;-)
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Recommendation: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

2021-01-31

Something that many computer science students lack — command of the basic tools. This MIT course teaches the basics.
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Downloading Coursera Materials

2021-01-31

If you like to watch videos offline and don't want to download each course video manually, this process might work.
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Getting yourself an Education

2021-01-30

Looking at the schools today, this excerpt from «Have Space Suit will Travel» by Robert A. Heinlein is still very relevant. Not only due to Covid19-induced online «learning.»
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Challenge to Improve

2021-01-30

Don't weaken others by avoiding criticism.
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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.