conveying_ideas – Page 2 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Interesting Article on Burnout on AsianEfficency

2022-03-23

Given the recent stressful episodes (which did/do wear me down), I found the article pretty interesting.
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Ray of Sunshine Presentation about Student Activism

2021-12-02

Recently stumbled upon this presentation – the tips are okay, but I have rarely seen a more happy speaker.
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Scaling Ideas: Apps vs Books

2021-09-19

One disadvantage if you are not a programmer is that you cannot use the scaling effects a good app has. But you don't need to. There are books, and there is that rarely used spot in between apps and books.

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Fuck Motivation, make behavior easier

2021-04-24

An observation about students designing apps — they seem to be preoccupied with motivation, instead of making things easier.
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Recommendation: The ABC’s of Morality

2021-04-22

A beautiful book on traditional, well, somewhat libertarian-conservative, morality.
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Die Zukunft deiner Forschung — Wie organisiert man eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit?

2021-04-22

A chapter I once wrote for a student conference on how to organize a scientific work. It's in German (unfortunately), but still, might be useful for some.
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Nudging and Covid

2021-02-18

Very interesting, well-thought out and balanced view on Nudging and Covid19.
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Recommendation: No Safe Spaces

2021-01-24

Interesting documentary about the state of free speech in the USA.
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Well, teaching face-to-face was fun while it lasted

2020-10-26

The Corona madness continues ... at the university. Unfortunately.
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Killing Ones Voice with Paid Endorsements

2020-10-25

YouTube and other channels allow people to contribute with their unique perspectives — but if they get successful, they can easily kill their own voices.

Image: Screencapture of Lauren Chen doing a paid endorsement.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

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.