ORGANIZING CREATIVITY – Page 136 – How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Scientists and Programming

2013-09-27

An argument for scientists learning to program -- for all sciences, not only for the mere automation. Highly recommended.
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iOS Updates: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours

2013-09-26

A short rant about the abysmal iOS7 release.
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Ask not what the program can do for you, ask for support to a concrete problem

2013-09-26

Your needs should determine which technology to use, not vice versa. A few needful comments, esp. on a site like this.
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Research Ethics and Whistle-Blowing

2013-09-21

Reference to a very good paper with practical tips for whistle blowers. Highly recommended.
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Apple’s Vista — “Upgrading” to a previous iOS

2013-09-19

Until Apple did it's iOS 7 update, I did not know what skeunomorphism was. But now I desperately want it back. Yup, a short rant.
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Plagiarism #1 – What is Plagiarism?

2013-09-17

Beginning of a series about Plagiarism. Starts with a definition of plagiarism and different types of it.
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Enter the MOOC Masochists

2013-09-12

Not all pain is gain and unless you really like painful experiences, why not leave bad MOOC?
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CourseTalk and other things to evaluate MOOCs

2013-09-10

There are countless MOOCs available, yet time is limited. How can you pick a good MOOCs? Some suggestions.
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Reactions to Really, Really, REALLY bad MOOCs

2013-09-09

MOOC participants are not students at a university, okay, not only students at a university: They speak up if the course is bad. Looking at a really bad MOOC, there are three counter-arguments against speaking up -- and valid rebuttals of these counterarguments. Also: One of the worst excuses for bad presentation I have ever read.
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Coursera Course: “Creativity, Innovation, and Change” started today

2013-09-02

Coursera Courses are often interesting and this one deserves a look.
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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.