Tools – Page 52 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Literature Reference Management with DokuWiki

2010-06-07

A couple of ideas and PHP/JavaScript code to facilitate working with DokuWiki when it comes to handling academic literature. With a little preparation, using a Wiki does not have to be tedious.
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Life Hacks Presentation and Adapting Your Tools

2010-06-03

On the importance of being able to adapt your tools -- to avoid them being a pain in the ass.
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Digital Mobile Storage

2010-05-26

Suggestion to have your material with you all the time, or at least easily available. And yes, it's possible. Also one of the best quotations for digital nomads I've read so far.
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How to Write a Dissertation Thesis in a Month: Outlines, Outlines, Outlines

2010-05-23

Writing a thesis is a complex task -- just so much information and so many findings. But writing the text can be done in a month if you have the right online. A very specific outline.
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Some Major DokuWiki Adjustments

2010-05-18

Work with DokuWiki can be tedious -- but there are a lot of things you can do to improve handling and usability. Here are some.
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There’s a Worm in Apple

2010-04-25

An Apple rant. And a suggestion for feedback.
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Too late, too late, too late — oh, well ;-)

2010-01-29

Sometimes you have a great idea, or want to see something realized that you saw in a movie, and then you notice that it already exists. Yeah. :-)
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Think differently?

2010-01-28

A look at Apple's iPad release, their marketing tactics, and whether they fuel or stifle creativity. Also: Star Trek.
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Media-rich/enhanced eBook

2010-01-18

Some thoughts on a media-rich/enhanced eBook. Reading could become ... ah, read on.
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iPhone Design with Pages or InDesign

2009-12-14

A few ideas on how you can design iPhone apps (design, not program) with Pages or InDesign.
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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.