Other Programs – Page 8 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Seeing half a year in advance for a digital-paper-like calendar

2023-10-11

Useful addition to a digital paper-like calendar: six-month overview page.
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Simple Three Tasks Time Blocking Day Page

2023-05-06

Combining Three Tasks with Newport's Time-Block Planning on an e-ink Tablet.
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The End of the Silent Protagonist in Computer Games

2023-05-04

There was a time in which you had to buy an expensive sound card to have audio on the computer. We likely soon think the same about the so-called silent protagonist in computer games — thanks to AI and deep fakes for voice.
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Doing Product Demonstrations

2022-09-14

A few comments on doing product demonstrations (prototypes on a scientific conference).
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Downloading Original Sized Pictures from Blogs and Websites

2022-09-14

Sometimes you want to save an image from a website, and sometimes you might even get a larger sized one.
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Finding Books via Google Searches

2022-08-14

Search engines can provide you with PDF files of interesting books.
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Solitude

2022-08-05

Newport (2019) has a beautiful take on solitude.
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Recommendation Digital Minimalism (Newport, 2019)

2022-08-05

Recently I went through Newport's «Digital Minimalism» and took some notes.
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Was Excel once a creative product?

2022-08-05

Stumbled upon an old Excel advertisement — interesting.
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Spam Guard

2022-07-31

Using the Gwen Novak method to stop unwarranted interruptions might cut down on spam in general.
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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.

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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.