Tools – Page 2 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Free RSS Reader for Mac

2024-11-24

RSS readers are a great way to stay up-to-date with academic journals, blogs, YouTube videos, and much more.
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Downloading m3u8 streams as .mp4 Videos

2024-11-24

Using ffmpeg (or vlc) to download m3u8 streams.
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Dealing with Images in Obsidian — identifying duplicates, checking the extension, quickly resorting them in a gallery

2024-11-24

If you collect a lot of images, you might have duplicates. If you want to identify them, a simple R script can help. And it can resort them and more.
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Apple OS Sequoia Menu Design Failure

2024-11-18

Just a short comment on really bad menu design.
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Apple Education Store to Save Money on Apple Products

2024-11-18

Apple isn't known for it's affordable prices, but if you are a student or an educator, you can save a few hundred bucks.
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Since when is ChatGPT curious?

2024-10-16

Strange when the AI starts to asking you questions in return.
Image: Niffin transformation from «The Magicians»
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My AIs don’t do small talk — or: Conversation with Attractiveness Analyzer turned to Grief Counseling turned to voices in head

2024-09-15

Part of a ChatGPT conversation that turned from rating people in photos to a super-serious grief counseling to dealing with voices in the head.
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SWOTy — ChatGPT Personal SWOT Analysis Coach

2024-08-21

«A tough but friendly coach guiding users through a personalized and honest SWOT analysis.»
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Fog of War in Navigation Apps for Explorations (Museum Guides, Cities)

2024-08-17

Would make the exploration of cities (and buildings, esp. museum exhibitions) a bit easier.
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Good Travel Photos with yourself in the picture

2024-08-17

Short comment on good travel photos — when you ask someone or are asked to take a picture of someone.
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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.