ORGANIZING CREATIVITY – Page 126 – How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Music Recommendations from Movies

2014-01-26

Some recommendations for music from movies I've watched -- with links to YouTube where possible.
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Inspiration from Unlikely Places

2014-01-25

How you can find references to interesting works in unlikely places -- and an example.
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The Fear of Speaking in Public

2014-01-24

Some comments on that fear of speaking in public -- and perhaps some inspiration to deal with it.
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A Dedicated Presentation User Account for Undisturbed Presentations and Other Benefits

2014-01-23

The computer you use during an important presentation is likely the computer you work with every day. But the helpful messages it provides you with during the day might be showstoppers during a presentation. So why not separate the two -- on the same device.
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Dealing with a few OS X Mavericks Annoyances

2014-01-22

With every new OS come new features, but also new annoyances. Not really bugs, but issues where your way of working deviates from the 99% it is created to work with. Deal with are: Non-Snappy Switching Between Applications, Apple (and Who-Knows-Who) Listens to Your Dictations, Image Capture Opens Every Time You Connect a Device, and Words are Underlined When They are British or US English.
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Venting Reviewer Comments

2014-01-21

Some things you can read when you have encountered hateful reviewer comments. And a video to watch and dream (screenshot from YouTube left).
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Reading Effortless in Bed with a Tablet and a Monitor Arm (Update)

2014-01-20

Some experiences and further improvements after using the iPad monitor arm over my bed for a while. Really useful! Also photos of me sleeping -- really.
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Data Sharing in Science and Academic Attrition Rates

2014-01-19

Data archiving and sharing is an important component of ensuring scientific integrity, but storing data in-house could have unintended consequences for PhD students. They could be used and discarded even more quickly.
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Why a Creative Present is Better than an Authentic Past

2014-01-18

Do you dream about living in the past? Why not live it in the present and use the best of both worlds? You are already doing part of it when you look back at the past from the present.
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Data Sharing in Science: A Job for Journals

2014-01-18

There are companies offering to keep scientific data, and there are universities who want to have the infrastructure in-house. Realistically, only journals can ensure that data is shared. Here's why.
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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.