Self-Improvement – Page 2 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Debate Training with ChatGPT

2024-03-22

ChatGPT allows you to train your debate skills. It makes a pretty good opponent, moderator and analyst.

Image: Sanders (1857) «Sanders' School Speaker»
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Identifying Aspirations/Character Assessments/SWOTs with ChatGPT

2024-03-14

You can get ChatGPT to ask you questions and make assessments about your person. Even more speculative ones.
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Example of ChatGPT Writing Feedback

2024-03-09

An example of using ChatGPT to get feedback on a posting («Digital Gift Catalogue»), both regarding the general strengths and weaknesses as well as on spelling/grammar improvements.
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Success and Failure Reflection Table

2024-03-06

An interesting table for reflecting about the past week and learning from it.
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One Tip for Leaving Your Comfort Zone

2024-02-03

Anne Lamott's tip «Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.» is applicable to a wide variety of situations.
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ChatGPT as Conversation Partner

2024-02-03

If you consider its limitations, ChatGPT can make for an interesting conversation partner.

Image: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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ChatGPT as Counsellor

2024-01-29

ChatGPT is astonishingly good in taking the role of a counsellor.

Image: Ezri Dax from «Star Trek DS9» via https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ezri_Dax
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Leaderboards for Optimal Behavior

2024-01-27

A short comment on the use of leaderboards in gamified apps, especially health apps.

Image from «Divergent».
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ChatGPT Reflection Text

2024-01-26

Using a scene from a movie as seed, waow, interesting result.

Image from «Ralph Breaks the Internet» (cropped).
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Recommendation: folkscanomy

2024-01-13

Damn, the Internet Archive not only has lots of books, but also lots of ... uh, interesting ones.
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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.