Improving your Creativity

Dealing with Deadlines – Do it in Phases

2011-07-10

If you have much to do but only a short amount of time left, this article might give you a hint to succeed anyhow.
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Negative Creativity — Creativity is Value-Neutral

2011-07-07

Like science, creativity is value-neutral. This leads to a problem for creative people. Also: The worst example of negative creativity I have seen so far.
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Learn from Mobile Apps

2011-07-04

What programmers can learn from mobile apps -- mostly: click counting counts. Big time. Also: The possibly quickest use of mobile technology that hopefully leads to more than a quickie.
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Muses

2011-07-03

A few comments on muses -- they are not gone, they are just harder to find.
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Removing Dock Items

2011-06-27

The dock of your notebook is like a tool-belt worn around your hip. Make sure you carry what you need.
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Digital Clean-Up — Packaging that Box

2011-06-18

How cleaning digital files can be like cleaning your apartment -- and where "the box" comes into play.
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New Website: Ark of Ideas

2011-06-10

I've just created a website to freely share ideas I cannot use. Have fun.
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Communication to Generate Great Ideas

2011-05-23

Great video about the importance of sharing ideas (talk by Steven Johnson) … or hunches … to develop great ideas.
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What Motivates to be Creative and Innovative in Work Settings?

2011-05-23

Great video about motivation in work settings.
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What are you gonna to photograph, worthy of me …?

2011-05-22

Equipment isn't everything and sometimes I can interfere with creative expression.
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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.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.