Tools – Page 34 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Searching Blogs that do not offer search fields and subscribing to blogs that do not offer RSS icons

2015-01-22

Sometimes you find blogs that you like -- but you would like to know more. Search the blog or subscribe to it. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they do not offer a search box, or they do not offer an RSS icon. In some cases, you can still access them.
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Scanning the Bible (or other books with thin pages)

2015-01-19

How do you scan books with very thin paper? I don't know either, but I have a few suggestions.
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Splitting Folder Contents into DVD-sized Amounts of Data

2015-01-11

If you want to use DVDs as backup, you might end up with folders that contain more than 4.7 GB. Thus, you have to split them up into DVD sized contents. While not being able to split files directly, Folder Splitter is a useful tool for OS X.
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GoodReader iOS App is now able to easily read PDF files to you via Text-to-Speech

2014-11-15

GoodReader is a very good app to display PDFs and other files on an iPad or iPhone. With the latest update, you can even get it to read PDFs and text files to you.
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Recommendation: Mac Power Users 221: Academic Workflows with Aleh Cherp

2014-11-02

Mac Power Users recently had Aleh Cherp from macademic as guest on the show. It's a really interesting episode, not only if you are an academic.
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Using the Computer’s Text-to-Speech Feature as Proofreading Support

2014-11-01

It's hard to proof-read what you have written. You know what it should say, but will you notice when you have written something else? Or whether a construction is too complicated to be readable? The computer's text-to-speech feature can be helpful here.
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Smart Tools (Hair clips)

2014-10-26

A shout out to a neat tool -- a hair clip -- and a comment on limiting oneself to look stylish.
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Having Text Read to You — for free

2014-10-05

Something Apple did right ... very right, even with the buggy iOS8. The ability to have the OS read articles (e.g., on websites) to you.
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yEd — A free and powerful program to create diagrams like flowcharts

2014-09-28

A comment in another blog referred to this powerful program and judging on my first impression -- waow.
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Nails!

2014-09-26

If you've got the chance, avoid using valuable desk space for physical items. Hang them on the wall instead.
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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.