creative_people – Page 27 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

The Power of Silence (and the little green (wo)man)

2015-01-14

The Thesis Whisperer has a beautiful posting about an anything-but-beautiful situation: A person working for a prof is being exploited and goes (almost) crazy due to the seriously impaired communication. Two short comments.
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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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Intelligence Squared Debates — like a TED Talk where you hear more than one side (also: paying for sex)

2015-01-10

A shout out to a series of very interesting debates: Intelligence Squared. They cover different topics, are usually very good (with a few exceptions) and are very well moderated.
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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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Fuck Censorship and Draw On!

2015-01-08

A rant about the cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo.
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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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When geeks get some support

2014-10-29

If you are a geek, you might have heard that "it get's better". Here's why.
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Why should I care about #GamerGate — I’m not even interested in computer games?

2014-10-27

A short comment about a current and surprisingly long-living hashtag campaign.
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Smart Tools (Hair clips)

2014-10-26

A shout out to a neat tool -- a hair clip -- and a comment on limiting oneself to look stylish.
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Honest Journalism

2014-10-04

There's talk about the decline of journalism, but sometimes, you stumble upon honest and heartfelt articles. This is one of them.
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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.