ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

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

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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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Non-Destructive Graffiti

2013-07-03

Three ways to leave messages for the public without destroying property. Well, the second one does, but in a "natural" way.
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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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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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How to start using DEVONthink

2013-05-22

DEVONthink is very powerful, but not exactly intuitive to use. Here are some suggestions that might get you going.
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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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Where the heck is DEVONthink’s Sorter?

2013-03-15

What to do if the sorter suddenly vanishes and even a restart does not work. This does.
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DEVONthink Workspaces

2013-02-25

You can configure Workspaces in DEVONthink, which is a nice way to have the databases you need instantly available. Great when you frequently change contexts.
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Quick Hierarchical Tagging in DEVONthink

2012-07-19

Tagging is powerful and DEVONthink has a few interesting options to make it easy.
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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.

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