Realizing Creative Projects

Career in Academia vs. Burn out in a Business Consultancy Job: Hey Academia, maybe you’re doing something wrong, too!

2013-12-11

A short recap of a depressing but realistic conversation and why quitting Academia is completely understandable. Also, if you think business consultancy burns people out, you have seen nothing yet.
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Moleskine Books!

2013-12-10

Stumbled upon a service that allows you to create Moleskine notebooks with custom content (image left).
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Fun with Arranged/Guided Photoshootings

2013-12-08

Guided photoshootings are fun. Some impressions and links to the images. Oh, and while you're at it, check out something much more interesting.
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Activism … and Taste?

2013-12-04

An intentionally provocative poster about gender discrimination regarding the highest price there is in journalism. Followed by an explanation why I created it -- and a question whether it is in bad taste.
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Activism — to die for or to live for?

2013-12-03

Some thoughts about activism, as I am currently thinking in engaging in part of it. Includes discussion of problems like: The Locked-In Perspective Problem, The Broken Record Problem, The Negativity Problem, The Undesirability of Success Problem, The End Justifies the Means Problem, The Groupthink Problem, The Ethics Problem, and The Aesthetics Problem.
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Software cannot replace an author, but it can assist an author tremendously

2013-11-30

Using computer technology is writing is strangely underdeveloped. In many cases, you could replace the keyboard with a quilt. However, technology can massively support writing and make it possible in the first place. Here are some examples and links to relevant postings.
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There is no perfect text — ever.

2013-11-30

In writing, don't strive for perfection. It is not possible, for a simple but probably not obvious reason. Read this article if your perfectionism stops you from writing -- or submitting.
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How to spot a competent, honest, and upright expert

2013-11-27

Five easy criteria to identify experts, (almost) no matter the area of knowledge.
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Where does your creativity break down?

2013-11-25

Looking at the bottlenecks where your creativity breaks down and dealing with them is the best thing you can do to improve your creativity. Some suggestions.
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Question: Interested in a website dealing with organizing creativity specifically for science?

2013-11-23

I'm thinking on doing a website about working in science. Signal your interest by voting. Note: Voting is done -- the "yes" have it.
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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.

Career in Academia vs. Burn out in a Business Consultancy Job: Hey Academia, maybe you’re doing something wrong, too!

Moleskine Books!

Software cannot replace an author, but it can assist an author tremendously

There is no perfect text — ever.

Where does your creativity break down?