Realizing Creative Projects

Weight Hacking Part III – Pattern Matching

2018-12-04

Guessing playing with my weight is the second favorite game you can play with yourself. It's fun to (possibly) detect pattern.
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A shout-out to “Lederkram.de”

2018-11-27

If you are interested in leather, medieval stuff, and LARP — and you are living in Germany, "lederkram.de" might be something for you.
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Don’t underestimate Ducks

2018-09-02

Students in interdisciplinary subjects can sometimes feel like ducks — they can do everything, but nothing well. Well, they are underestimating ducks.
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Hey, a good TEDtalk — The art of innovation by Guy Kawasaki

2018-08-10

Always nice to find a good TEDtalk.
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R Stats results with a bit more annotation

2018-06-13

R is still really, really cool. Esp. if you start to write functions for yourself and create your own package. The amount of annotation you can provide is cool and makes you wonder — why doesn't statistic software usually provide this?
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Configuring Scrivener (Make Scrivener grey — and get that icon back)

2018-05-22

A few tips to configure the best writing software I have ever worked with — Scrivener.
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In Gamification, Points aren’t the Point

2018-04-26

A short comment about the use of points in Gamification.
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Levers in Gamification

2018-04-23

A short comment about using behavioristic reinforcement (operant conditioning) in Gamification.
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Academic Writing: Seeing the whole text at once

2018-04-19

Yep, there are times when working on paper has its advantages — esp. if you just need a very very large screen. ;-)
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Motivation in Gamification: You have to get the motor started first

2018-04-19

It's easy/easier to imagine a system that should motivate people once it's already working. However, the gap is usually to get it running in the first place.
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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.