Learning to do Science – Page 42 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Workshop: Scientific Work — Requirements

2012-08-11

What are the requirements to work in science? They might not be that obvious -- here are some.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Some Comments About Science

2012-08-03

A few basic things about feeling stupid in science and the difference between studying a subject and doing a PhD thesis in it.
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Workshop: Scientific Work – Why Do a Workshop About Scientific Work?

2012-08-02

Let's address the motivation for this series -- and what a disservice departments do to their PhD students when they do not teach work methods.
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Workshop: Scientific Work – Overview

2012-08-02

I'm writing a series of postings about scientific work, based on a workshop I did. Here's the outline and the links to the individual postings.
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Learning about Work Methods for Doing Scientific Work

2012-07-15

How do you learn about work methods when you should actually doing the work? Some suggestions that involve workshops and workers and work profiles -- in short, work to make work work.
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Choose a domain you love

2012-06-19

The G-sport and why choosing a domain your love matters.
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Research Community

2012-04-29

Being part of a community which helps you with your scientific work is invaluable. An acknowledgement from a book I recently read and what you can do if you do not have this kind of support (it involves your legs).
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Conference Posters

2012-04-28

Some useful tip for creating and presenting conference posters. And what to do afterwards.
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Ideas on how to support PhDs and PostDocs

2012-04-19

As a PhD and later Post-Doc I noticed some things that would have helped me -- and might have prevented others from quitting their PhD. Here are some suggestions for university administrators, supervisors, and PhD students themselves.
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With Plagiarism it does not matter whether you really are creative

2012-04-10

You know the boy who cried wolf? It's the same with plagiarism -- no matter what happens, you will not be regarded as creative anymore. For good reasons.
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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.