ORGANIZING CREATIVITY – Page 148 – How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Workshop: Scientific Work — Managing Literature

2013-03-10

Don't get buried under a pile of papers. Here are ways to deal with academic literature by making it available digitally and storing it effectively. Also: Literature managers, DEVONthink, Circus Ponies Notebook, and more.
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Workshop: Scientific Work – Finding & Selecting Literature

2013-03-09

Reading for your academic work is not leisurely reading where you stumble upon books and read them at your pace. Here are some ways to deal with literature efficiently.
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3 Toxic Adviser Types

2013-03-09

Three types of advisers that can really screw you in Academia: The Dark Lord of the Sith, The Absent Captain, and The Fair-Weather Adviser. Also: Combos.
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Tips for (mainly) Fiction Writing

2013-02-28

Links to interesting articles on fiction writing -- huge amount of tips.
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Impressive examples of everyday creativity

2013-02-27

Reference to a cool list of everyday life hacks. Squashes some daily life bugs.
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Time for Ideas

2013-02-26

How to create time for ideas -- and what to do with the source of permanent distraction in your pocket. No, the other one.
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DEVONthink Workspaces

2013-02-25

You can configure Workspaces in DEVONthink, which is a nice way to have the databases you need instantly available. Great when you frequently change contexts.
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3+ Pillars to Keep You Up

2013-02-25

A good tip for staying resilient even if the work (or private life) goes down the drain.
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Singapore Statement on Research Integrity

2013-02-21

A great document that should be posted in every lab. Also: "Experts" on TV and people selling out.
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Costly Solutions

2013-02-20

Some projects just cost too much. But which price is too high for continued human existence?
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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.