Slightly Off-Topic Postings

Your Past, Present and Future Selves — do you like these guys?

2020-07-03

Wondering whether people can make friends with these selves, or at least collaborate professionally.
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Real Time Virtual Reality Travel (VR plus 360° Camera-Pole)

2020-06-19

Looking at my webcam on a pointer, how about virtual travel?
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Checking all the Boxes: Battleship (addendum)

2020-06-17

Yeah, emotions are powerful. An addendum to the "Battleship" movie posting.
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Speaker for the Dead

2020-06-09

A follow-up comment on baldy designed obituaries. Apparently, the thank you notices aren't designed much better.
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Corona: Let a hundred flowers bloom …

2020-05-26

Another look at the current Covid-19 (Corona) pandemic.
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Lawful and Evil

2020-05-19

The law is the law, but it doesn't make it good -- or evil.
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Recommendation: YAF SUPERCUT: Best of Ronald Reagan

2020-05-19

Strange how history seems to repeat itself, or rather, how some themes swing back and forth. Ronald Reagan seems to be perfectly suited for today's world.
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Dark Patterns: Cookies

2020-05-01

Damn, that's a sucky way to get permissions to use cookies for marketing.
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What’s going on with Corona?

2020-05-01

Just a few thoughts about the current pandemic.
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Taste and Burials

2020-05-01

Just some observations on the design of obituaries, urns and the like.
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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.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Your Past, Present and Future Selves — do you like these guys?

Real Time Virtual Reality Travel (VR plus 360° Camera-Pole)

Checking all the Boxes: Battleship (addendum)

Speaker for the Dead

Corona: Let a hundred flowers bloom …

Lawful and Evil

Recommendation: YAF SUPERCUT: Best of Ronald Reagan

Dark Patterns: Cookies

Taste and Burials