creative_people – Page 48 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Writing a Book

2013-02-11

Four misconceptions about writing -- and things to do and use instead. Highly, highly recommended.
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Improving University Teaching

2013-02-04

Thoughts on good teaching, how to support it, and why it matters.
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Feedback Filter

2013-02-01

Given the vitriol you get when you work creatively, perhaps we need human filters for criticism. Keep the information but remove the acid.
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AsapSCIENCE: Lucid Dreaming, Productivity and Procrastination

2013-01-23

A shout-out to and recommendation of a brilliant YouTube series about science. Also: Sleep, Productivity and the lack thereof.
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Interesting Academic Writing Blogs

2013-01-21

Shout-outs and recommendation of two very good blogs.
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Authorship of Scientific Articles

2013-01-17

A frequent source of anger: Who gets to be an author and in which order do they appear. Some answers.
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Interesting Article by David Wong for 2013

2013-01-03

Great article, esp. to start the year with: 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Task Management

2012-12-16

A couple of helpful tips for task management -- in Academia and other areas of life.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Time Management

2012-12-12

Three basic tips of time management. And the best graph I ever came up with (so far).
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The x of y

2012-12-11

Why you should be very upset if you or your products are called "the x of y".
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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.