People – Page 35 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Taking stock of oneself

2015-02-04

A table that might be helpful to find out more about yourself.
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Interesting Interview with ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Cartoonist Luz

2015-02-03

VICE has an interesting interview with 'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoonist Luz online. Well worth watching.
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Dealing with Hate Mails

2015-01-31

Not that much a fan of Richard Dawkins, but his approach to dealing with hate mail ... yep, got something.
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Recommendation: Aaron Clarey’s Asshole Consulting Videos, esp. Video Request reg. a Girl’s Concerns About Majoring in STEM

2015-01-30

One of the gems on YouTube if you want another perspective, esp. this video about a girl's concerns about majoring in STEM.
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Sex Work and Art

2015-01-29

A comment about a sex worker who tried to get her stage name legally recognized in her passport served as an interesting case about what art is -- or rather, what an artist is.

Image from "Dangerous Beauty" (1998).
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Searching Blogs that do not offer search fields and subscribing to blogs that do not offer RSS icons

2015-01-22

Sometimes you find blogs that you like -- but you would like to know more. Search the blog or subscribe to it. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they do not offer a search box, or they do not offer an RSS icon. In some cases, you can still access them.
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That Quotations File

2015-01-18

It's the most useful things you are most likely to ignore, just because you use them intuitively and never think about them. So here's a shout-out to one of the most useful things I use -- for well over 20 years: My quotation file.
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The Power of Silence (and the little green (wo)man)

2015-01-14

The Thesis Whisperer has a beautiful posting about an anything-but-beautiful situation: A person working for a prof is being exploited and goes (almost) crazy due to the seriously impaired communication. Two short comments.
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Tiny House Movement, or: doing more with less

2015-01-13

How much living space do you need? It might be less than you think. And there are books about it that are both interesting and stimulating.
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Questionable Views in Academia

2015-01-12

There was an interesting question on stackexchange Academia regarding how to deal with the questionable views of a colleague and whether his prospective employer should be warned about them. I repost the question and one answer (mine) here.
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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.