Doing Science – Page 24 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Differences in Discussions

2015-03-14

When people disagree it can be due to a lot of reasons. But besides the actual arguments, there are different levels of differences that are highly relevant. And if not recognized and addressed will make any discussion less than it otherwise could be.
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Recommendation: Free Speech On Campus

2015-03-12

Recommendation of an interesting video about free speech. Well thought out rant that is worth listening too -- and thinking about.
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A Comment on Two Abusive and Unethical Experiments (Milgram & Stanford Prison Experiments)

2015-03-10

In a recent discussion someone mentioned the Milgram Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment as "abusive in the worst way". I wrote a comment that I think is worth preserving -- on how both experiments were actually very important and not as abusive and unethical as many people think.
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Science and Technology in War

2015-02-12

A video recommendation about the roles science and engineering play in modern warfare.
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Digital Information Infrastructure with DEVONthink

2015-02-11

An overview of my DEVONthink databases to handle that strange craving to preserve digital information.
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Disposable Degrees Infographic, or: With or without a PhD

2015-02-02

Nice infographic about PhD jobs. Make sure what you are getting into.
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Using InDesign to Layout your Dissertation Thesis

2015-01-28

When you use great writing software like Scrivener to write you thesis, you will likely need another program to create a final version you can submit. Especially if you have to get your thesis printed a couple of times for the university library. Personally, I used InDesign. It's a choice that's not for everyone, but, well, it worked (for me).
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Finally a(nother) paper published

2015-01-27

So, even while (very likely) leaving Academia, some things do get through. A paper I liked very much is finally published.
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Outsourcing a Thesis

2015-01-17

I recently had a comment to the thesis writing with outlines posting. The person wrote about her unique method of outsourcing the draft. A comment/rant.
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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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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.