Something to Think About – Page 52 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

The Fear of Making Mistakes

2014-02-12

Do you have something to say, but fear that others will criticize you for it, especially if you make a mistake? Scared of the vitriol online? This posting is for you.
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Survival of Creative Minds

2014-02-11

Comment on the assumption that creative minds survive anything -- and what might be needed instead. From others -- and from you.
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Two Tales of Hacking Online Dating

2014-02-07

There are some ridiculous and deeply unfair double standards in our society and this posting looks into one of them. Also: Using math to hack love. If love is stronger than hate, then math surely wipes the floor with both of them.
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Technology as enabler — and betrayer

2014-02-06

Rant on how technology can support us -- or nag us to death with little bites.
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Using Good Quotations to Brighten the Day of the People You Love

2014-02-02

Stumbled upon a story of father who leaves quotes on his child's napkins and a few ideas related to it.
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Inspiration from Unlikely Places

2014-01-25

How you can find references to interesting works in unlikely places -- and an example.
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Data Sharing in Science and Academic Attrition Rates

2014-01-19

Data archiving and sharing is an important component of ensuring scientific integrity, but storing data in-house could have unintended consequences for PhD students. They could be used and discarded even more quickly.
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Why a Creative Present is Better than an Authentic Past

2014-01-18

Do you dream about living in the past? Why not live it in the present and use the best of both worlds? You are already doing part of it when you look back at the past from the present.
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Data Sharing in Science: A Job for Journals

2014-01-18

There are companies offering to keep scientific data, and there are universities who want to have the infrastructure in-house. Realistically, only journals can ensure that data is shared. Here's why.
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vlc Video Effects

2014-01-17

Want to see a color movie in black and white? It's not pretty but you can do so with a quick tap of a button, even on an iPad. Also some comments on "Beautiful Creatures".
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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.