Realizing Creative Projects

How about sketching or painting your travels?

2014-08-07

People usually take their camera on vacations (or use the camera of their cellphone). But how about sketching/painting instead?
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Ignoring Critics?

2014-08-04

A short comment on a great quotation by Andy Warhol about ignoring what critics write about your work.
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A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. Sleuths however …

2014-07-31

A short comment on the difference between the sadistic pleasure of pointing out mistakes and the needed exposure of frauds.
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Even Without the Barrier, a Mountain is Still a Mountain

2014-07-30

Some comments on quotas, sex-specific assistance measures, and the like and having a career.

[Picture: "Everest-fromKalarPatar". Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Everest-fromKalarPatar.jpg]
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A powerful ad is easy, a good one isn’t

2014-07-22

A video by Christina H. Summers looks at an ad that is ostensibly for good purposes, but deeply misleading. A nice example what ads should not be.
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Fallout of Faking Data in Science

2014-07-07

A view on what happens when scientists fake data -- and why they should be punished much, much more strongly.
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Digitally naming, shaming and jailing

2014-06-26

New ideas often trigger criticism, sometimes even threats of violence or actual violent actions. But here the digital world can offer something the physical world is often short of: evidence. Also: threats vs. threatoids.
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Mashup Frenzy!

2014-06-18

If you like to put together nice digital works, e.g., mashup books or t-shirts, this is the golden age. There are countless fonts, images, texts, programs, and print services available.
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Interpreting academic studies

2014-06-17

Recommendation of a journalist's guide to interpreting academic studies and some comments. (thumb image: Jorge Cham's PhD Comic)
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Dreams

2014-06-09

A few thoughts on dreams, nightmares and lucid dreaming.
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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.

How about sketching or painting your travels?

A powerful ad is easy, a good one isn’t

Fallout of Faking Data in Science

Mashup Frenzy!

Dreams