Writing – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Using an SD Card Drive of a Notebook as an Escape Pod Backup Drive

2025-02-03

If your notebook has an SD card drive, how about turning it into a separate micro-storage drive?
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Calisca Writing Editor-Role Update

2025-01-17

Writing texts without feedback is extremely difficult. You often don't see your biases or idiosyncrasies. A good editor can help here, make you sound more like yourself, but also much better. And apparently that's a task ChatGPT can do very well.
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Calisca – A witty, incisive editor improving blog posts with forceful precision

2024-12-10

With ChatGPT (or similar Generative AI tools), you're no longer just the lone writer grappling with drafts—you can have your own digital co-author, editor, or «re-writer.»
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Trimming a Leather Notebook to Size

2024-03-09

A useful small leather notebook trimmed to fit better into a cargo pants pocket.
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Example of ChatGPT Writing Feedback

2024-03-09

An example of using ChatGPT to get feedback on a posting («Digital Gift Catalogue»), both regarding the general strengths and weaknesses as well as on spelling/grammar improvements.
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ChatGPT for Writing Feedback

2024-03-08

ChatGPT can provide excellent feedback on writing.

Image: Page from my thesis after getting and implementing (human) feedback.
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ChatGPT as Gamemaster

2024-03-08

Given enough information about a scenario, ChatGPT can make for a tolerable game master for a solo RPG adventure.

Image: Call of Cthulhu scenario book.
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Simple Solutions

2024-03-08

Almost falling into the trap of thinking to complicated when an easier solution is available.
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One Tip for Leaving Your Comfort Zone

2024-02-03

Anne Lamott's tip «Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.» is applicable to a wide variety of situations.
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ChatGPT Content Policy Limitations for Story Writing (and sexting)

2024-02-03

Well, trying out ChatGPT for semi-online-sex did not work out.

Image from «Sunstone» by Stjepan Sejic.
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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.