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Thinking beyond your discipline — Or: Making better Photos

2013-05-03

A look at the benefits of looking beyond your immediate discipline. Here how photographers can improve their photos by looking at and old art, and an ancient one.
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When do you profit from optimizing a task? Brilliant comic by xkcd

2013-04-29

Xkcd did a brilliant diagram showing you whether it actually makes sense to invest the time needed in optimizing a task. Something to keep in mind in any optimization process.
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Lousy Form, Perfect Form, or: Why learning something late in life isn’t that bad.

2013-04-22

There's no need to feel stupid if you did something in an unnecessarily complicated way. Here's why.
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Have your own Agenda

2013-04-15

Sidekicks are nice, so are dogs. Don't be either (unless you want to).
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Recommendation: INCIDENTAL COMICS

2013-04-05

Shout-out and huge recommendation to "INCIDENTAL COMICS". Brilliant and heartfelt inspirational comics. Highly, highly recommended.
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The Long Reach of History

2013-03-22

If you are not that well recognized during your life-time, don't despair. Things might change over time, esp. in a time where people like the underdog. Also: Edison and Tesla rapping.
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Synergy of Solutions, if not of Problems

2013-03-17

First world problems don't have to be an exercise in whining. Sometimes you can use them to improve the situation for others as well. Also: Nutrition bars and laptops.
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Delphi Pirates

2013-02-15

I'm not a fan of brainstorming (because it's stupid), but that's nothing compared to grassroots democracy (it's crippling). Perhaps for complex solutions, the Delphi method would be better. Also: Pirates.
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Valentine

2013-02-14

Stapling one's hand to the face and stick figures in love.
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Giving away Gold

2012-12-22

Sometimes you have something that is just sooo useful, but the people who need it don't accept it. If this happens to you, read on.
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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.