Circus Ponies Notebook – Page 3 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Reading Digitally (Videos)

2013-07-17

Two videos showing my reading workflow -- how everything I highlight is exported and how it ends up in my topic notebooks. Very comfortable way in dealing with notes.
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I’m a digital squirrel — what are you?

2013-07-05

My animal totem is a crazed squirrel that went digital, and I love it. Seriously, an information infrastructure that not only works but works very well.
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Warning: Do not store Circus Ponies Notebook files in DEVONthink

2013-06-19

A terrible bug that makes CPN files unusable. Occurs rarely and I suspect it occurs due to a saving error. (Update: Nope, also occurred outside of DEVONthink.)
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Dealing with Secondary Sources

2013-06-17

How do deal with articles citing other articles in an content outline -- which one do you add with which source information, and why?
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Writing #3 Re-Writing

2013-06-14

Third part of the writing series, here about perfection in texts, the importance of re-writing, how to do revisions and keeping older versions (which Scrivener makes effortless). Also: Recommended Literature.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Writing #2 Knowing What To Write

2013-06-12

It's easy to get stuck when you want to write, usually because the structure is not clear. You do not know what you want to write (otherwise you'd do it, wouldn't you?). Here's a way to get past that barrier.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Dealing with Data

2013-06-05

Before you star that study, you should know a few things about the data you will gather. Otherwise you will invest a lot of effort and end up with nothing. Also: Data Analyses and how to deal with complex results.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Ideas

2013-06-03

Scientific work needs ideas, but you cannot force them. Instead, prepare for them. Some suggestions, including when you have an idea but it does not fit.
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Application Links Browser Start Page

2013-04-24

You can easily use the start page in your browser to quickly open the applications you need.
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Another academic workflow visualization

2013-04-17

Visualized my current workflow when it comes to dealing with academic work. Includes references to apps and postings.
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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.