Tools – Page 41 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Doing a Clean Install of Apple’s Mavericks OS

2013-12-21

Reinstalling the OS is easy, getting everything working as you like it again is not. Some problems that ensured after reinstalling the OS, a few advantages, and one final recommendation.
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Can Mavericks’ Finder Replace DEVONthink?

2013-12-21

Short answer: Probably not. Explanations why in this article.
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Surprise and Delight from Smartphones

2013-12-17

An idea what could bring the surprise and delight back in smartphones -- despite them being commonplace.
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Software cannot replace an author, but it can assist an author tremendously

2013-11-30

Using computer technology is writing is strangely underdeveloped. In many cases, you could replace the keyboard with a quilt. However, technology can massively support writing and make it possible in the first place. Here are some examples and links to relevant postings.
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Paper!

2013-11-26

Is it better to work with, esp. to learn and to create, than digital media? Some possible differences.
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Rethinking Presentation Software (non-Prezi Style)

2013-11-17

Presentations have a very long tradition (see image left), but there is little creativity. And I don't mean using effects where you need barf bags. So, how about thinking of doing things differently?
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Killing WordPress Spam

2013-11-14

Spam sucks, even if the spam filter deals with it. Here's a way to deal with it by separating humans from computers.
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27 Really Useful iOS Apps on the iPhone

2013-11-07

An overview of 27 apps I frequently use.
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Book Recommendation: “Kushiel’s Legacy” Series by Jacqueline Carey

2013-11-07

One of the best book series I have ever read. Beautiful world and writing that takes the reader serious. Highly, highly recommended.
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Finding passages that are the same in two documents with Microsoft Word

2013-11-01

A simple trick to quickly see which passages in two documents are the same -- with Word (not which have changed which is what you usually get with the compare documents function).
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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.