Improving your Creativity

Two further Covid-19 predictions for the second half of 2021 (in Germany)

2021-06-15

No really suiting for this blog, except, where is creativity without freedom? Here are two predictions that I hope will turn out wrong.
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Jordan Peterson on Alcohol

2021-06-06

Jordan Peterson nails it on Alcohol.
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Recommendations: sketchplanations

2021-06-06

Small, post-it like explanations that usually are unusually well done.
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Where are the Covid-19 jokes?

2021-06-02

I was recently reminded that there is a lack of Covid-19 jokes, probably because — as one person put it — 99.99% wouldn't get it. Still, a few ones did crop up. And this is a nice one, if time travel were possible — how would you explain 2020/2021 to your former self?
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A Few Further Thoughts on Covid

2021-05-07

A few comments about the ... sigh ... still ongoing pandemic. More as a reminder for myself.
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Off-Topic Recommendation: A video on being safe

2021-04-29

A video that is well worth watching. Even if it does not ... fit the topic of the blog that well.
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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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Making managing different student projects less sucky (esp. sending mails)

2021-04-24

If you have many student projects with repeating tasks, e.g., frequently sending mails to a small number of students, it pays to invest some time into organizing these projects.
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E-Voting

2021-04-24

E-Voting is a really bad idea ... and yeah, there is something to be said for paper.

Image: A very interesting book on electronic voting.
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Watching Series and Attention Economy

2021-04-24

What can one person — you — do against a system that was designed to be addicting?

Image: From the Time Well Spent Website.
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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.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

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

Two further Covid-19 predictions for the second half of 2021 (in Germany)

Jordan Peterson on Alcohol

Recommendations: sketchplanations

Where are the Covid-19 jokes?

A Few Further Thoughts on Covid

Off-Topic Recommendation: A video on being safe

Recommendation: “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

Making managing different student projects less sucky (esp. sending mails)

E-Voting

Watching Series and Attention Economy