Tools – Page 32 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Writing Software Needs a “Highlight Fluffy” Option (some apps already have it)

2015-07-30

Good scientific and technical writing is concise writing. "Every word must tell." Yet writing software usually falls short here. It gives no hints on removing redundant words, reducing fat phrases, or eliminating writing zeroes. Strange, because it should be easy -- and a default option.
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Standing Desk/Workspace Update

2015-07-20

After trying out my standing desk for a year or so, it's time for an update.
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Apple iPhone Cable Weaknesses (and a bypass with third-party products)

2015-07-07

Apple, apple, apple, really still for the crazy ones? The crazy ones are hardly the people who accept cables that are designed in way that ignores the most frequent likelihood that they fail. So here's a bypass for third-party iPhone cables which just do not fit if you use an environmental protection case.
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Digital Scanner Pens

2015-07-02

The easiest way to get book digital is to remove the spine and send the pages through a document scanner. But what if you don't own the book, or can only read it in another place? Perhaps a Scanner Pen might help.
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YouTube RSS Feeds

2015-06-18

YouTube changed the RSS feeds a while ago, but RSS feeds are still possible.
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Beware of a (wo)man of one book

2015-05-16

Some comments on advice -- referring to a blog entry at patter.

[Image from Far Cry 4 Map Editor]

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A Critical Look at Scientific Writing Courses

2015-05-04

There are a lot of courses on scientific writing. Unfortunately, some focus on the least important aspects: the words.
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Reading books and fall asleep

2015-04-29

The future is here. Yeah. Something envisioned in 1961 is finally here. Easy reading in bed until you fall -- happily -- asleep. Available to (almost) everyone (in the modern world).
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Hello Transparency!

2015-04-12

Keynote offers you a lot of effects by default. However, you can go beyond those effects and create some impressive animations by using images with transparency.
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Using only an iOS device

2015-04-11

A few comments about doing a presentation with only an iOS device (well, and a projector, and an adapter, and a power cord).
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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.