Other Programs – Page 21 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Getting a previously existing version of a website

2011-07-11

If you have seen something online and it is not available anymore, have a look at the referenced website in this article. It might still have it.
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Creating your own Tools

2011-06-26

Improving one's tools can lead to great performance boost and is something you might want to look into.
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Literature Management with Papers on Mac

2011-06-17

Papers is a beautiful app and shows great promise for managing literature, but ... well, read on.
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flickr vs. deviantART

2011-05-15

flickr is probably more well-known, but there's a better service out there to make your works public. Much better. And way more artistic. So here's a comparison of flickr and deviantART.
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Curio

2011-01-15

No, not the dog, but an app to visually deal with information. Interesting concept, although I work differently. But perhaps it's interesting for you.
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Vanishing Mails

2010-10-20

When something works flawlessly and instantly for a long time, it's hard to imagine that it can fail. But it can -- and that requires the right person to deal with.
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Cupidtino — Marriage in Heaven or a Poisoned Tool?

2010-06-24

This is either the best or the worst idea I have seen for some time ...
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Life Hacks Presentation and Adapting Your Tools

2010-06-03

On the importance of being able to adapt your tools -- to avoid them being a pain in the ass.
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eMails — The other way to keep a diary

2009-12-12

Remembering the past can be difficult, but you leave tracks. Especially your saved eMail communication with a good friend can be very helpful.
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Quick and dirty way to get your references without a reference manager

2009-12-09

If you do not use a reference manager to write you need to put in the bibliography manually. The process here might help you do it much quicker than you normally do it.
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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.