Realizing Creative Projects

Doing Damage with Ads with “Positive” Purposes: The overjustification effect

2013-10-26

Why adds that point out the obvious can really damage a social cause.
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The Value of Taking a Break

2013-10-21

Sometimes you just have to take a break -- a personal story in this regard. Oh, and "The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus" by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (see left).
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Luhmann’s Zettelkasten with DEVONthink

2013-09-29

How Luhmann's Zettelkasten can be realized with DEVONthink.
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Plagiarism #3 — Reactions to Plagiarism

2013-09-28

What are some reactions to plagiarism? From the person who was plagiarized and from people who do it (when they are questioned about it). Note: Look for a barf-bag first. Based among others on the article to the left.
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Plagiarism #2 — How frequent is plagiarism, why does it happen, and how to spot it

2013-09-28

Some information about the frequency of plagiarism. The image on the left from Wikipedia gives a hint.
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The Incompetent Whore Strikes Again (Gilmour posting 2)

2013-09-28

Having people to pay for art that does nothing for them is bad enough. But it can get worse -- being told you should like bad art. Since when does political correctness triumph over aesthetics, or even worse, over personal preference?
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Scientists and Programming

2013-09-27

An argument for scientists learning to program -- for all sciences, not only for the mere automation. Highly recommended.
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Ask not what the program can do for you, ask for support to a concrete problem

2013-09-26

Your needs should determine which technology to use, not vice versa. A few needful comments, esp. on a site like this.
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Plagiarism #1 – What is Plagiarism?

2013-09-17

Beginning of a series about Plagiarism. Starts with a definition of plagiarism and different types of it.
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Downloading Coursera Lectures (or other material)

2013-08-30

You can quickly download all Coursera videos with a simple and free tool. Also works for the lecture material and anything else. Extremely useful app.
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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.

Doing Damage with Ads with “Positive” Purposes: The overjustification effect

The Value of Taking a Break

Luhmann’s Zettelkasten with DEVONthink

Scientists and Programming

Ask not what the program can do for you, ask for support to a concrete problem

Plagiarism #1 – What is Plagiarism?

Downloading Coursera Lectures (or other material)