Realizing Creative Projects

The Fear of Making Mistakes

2014-02-12

Do you have something to say, but fear that others will criticize you for it, especially if you make a mistake? Scared of the vitriol online? This posting is for you.
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Survival of Creative Minds

2014-02-11

Comment on the assumption that creative minds survive anything -- and what might be needed instead. From others -- and from you.
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Using Good Quotations to Brighten the Day of the People You Love

2014-02-02

Stumbled upon a story of father who leaves quotes on his child's napkins and a few ideas related to it.
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Rejection is natural — and beneficial (even if it hurts)

2014-02-01

Some comments on rejection -- and why it is normal for everyone to do, and experience.
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A chair for working comfortably

2014-01-28

Found a chair to work in comfortably ... you know, so you can write in a very relaxed manner.
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The Fear of Speaking in Public

2014-01-24

Some comments on that fear of speaking in public -- and perhaps some inspiration to deal with it.
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A Dedicated Presentation User Account for Undisturbed Presentations and Other Benefits

2014-01-23

The computer you use during an important presentation is likely the computer you work with every day. But the helpful messages it provides you with during the day might be showstoppers during a presentation. So why not separate the two -- on the same device.
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Venting Reviewer Comments

2014-01-21

Some things you can read when you have encountered hateful reviewer comments. And a video to watch and dream (screenshot from YouTube left).
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Why a Creative Present is Better than an Authentic Past

2014-01-18

Do you dream about living in the past? Why not live it in the present and use the best of both worlds? You are already doing part of it when you look back at the past from the present.
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Interesting series on writing tips in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

2014-01-14

A great series of one-pagers about scientific writing. Highly recommended no matter the discipline.
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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.