change_yourself – Page 13 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Insightful (and helpful) reflection by Noah Bradley on his journey to become a professional artist

2015-07-09

A recommendation of two impressive postings about an artist's journey to become a professional, and why you shouldn't go to art school.
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How about a Geeks’ Day?

2015-04-18

Finding a profession that suits you isn't easy, and it's easy to overlook interesting jobs if you never hear about them, or consider them fitting for your interests. For more introverted geeks, perhaps a Geeks' Day is something to think about.
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Tips for Doing Presentations with Apple’s Keynote: Hello Transparency!

2015-04-12

Keynote offers you a lot of effects by default. However, you can go beyond those effects and create some impressive animations by using images with transparency.
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Interesting Reddit Sites

2015-02-28

When it comes to getting information about interesting topics, I can highly recommend Reddit, esp. the following Reddit sites ...
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Taking stock of oneself

2015-02-04

A table that might be helpful to find out more about yourself.
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Wishes

2015-02-02

A short comment about wishing ... well.
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Tiny House Movement, or: doing more with less

2015-01-13

How much living space do you need? It might be less than you think. And there are books about it that are both interesting and stimulating.
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Questionable Views in Academia

2015-01-12

There was an interesting question on stackexchange Academia regarding how to deal with the questionable views of a colleague and whether his prospective employer should be warned about them. I repost the question and one answer (mine) here.
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Support Roles

2015-01-09

A comment on an interesting posting at LessWrong about the importance of sidekicks.
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Self-Defeating Self-Talk, or: The Enemy in Your Head, Where Your Friend Should be

2014-11-03

I recently listened to an interview with David Allen (founder of Getting Things Done), and he had a brilliant remark about the tiny voice in our head and how you can shut it up.
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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.