Learning to do Science – Page 43 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Reading Digitally: GoodReader + Skim vs Sente

2012-04-07

Reading digitally is great -- what you highlight can be easily exported. But how do you read digitally? Two interesting Apps: GoodReader and Sente.
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Using Excel for Biographical/Chronological Information

2012-02-24

You can use Excel for creative purposes, even in non-fiction writing. Here's how to use it for biographies.
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How to create a content outline in Circus Ponies Notebook

2012-02-23

Content outlines are incredibly useful for writing, fiction and non-fiction. Here's a short explanation on how to create them.
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Outliner in Scrivener vs Outliner in Circus Ponies Notebook — Structure (Scrivener) vs Content (CPN) Outlines

2012-02-23

Scrivener has an integrated outliner, but this outliner differs strongly from the outlining functions of Circus Ponies Notebook. And while Scrivener is best for writing IMHO, the outliner of CPN brings something to the table that should not be ignored. So let's compare both and look why both work beautifully together to create great texts.
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Recommendation: How to Give an Academic Talk

2012-01-06

Shout-out and recommendation of some very good material on how to give an academic talk.
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Recommendation: How to Read a Book

2012-01-05

Yes, there's a book for that -- okay, a short text. Really interesting and highly recommended.
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What is good PhD advisory?

2012-01-04

A question that is too rarely asked and even rarer answered satisfactorily. Here's my take on the answer -- with the best example I have seen so far.
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This is not a game for me

2011-11-13

Students often cheer when they have teacher that do not demand anything of them, or rather, bad students often do. Here's why you should demand the best education -- at least if you want to make a living from your skills.
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Poster: How to Organize Your Creativity?

2011-10-13

The poster looks complex, but have a look at it. It puts much about this site on a single page (a very large and very full single page, but a single page nonetheless).
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The Future of Your Research: How to organize (a) scientific work?

2011-10-12

Slides of a presentation I did about organizing creativity in science. Highly recommended, and with the slide notes actually understandable.
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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.