digital – Page 34 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

‘Server not found’ can happen to any site — are you prepared?

2012-09-09

Online information is fleeting. A few ways to deal with it.
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Learning from Video Lectures

2012-09-04

Given the hype about MOOCs, here are some suggestions to get more out of the video lectures.
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Remote access to your Mac or PC from an iPad or iPhone

2012-08-23

Sometimes a mobile device is not enough -- you need your notebook. If you have an iPad/iPhone and a Mac, this App allows you to control your notebook from anywhere in the world. You actually see the screen and can control mouse and keyboard.
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Old School HTML

2012-08-01

Short info about the relaunch of my personal/professional Website (nope, this one here isn't it ;-)).
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Quick Hierarchical Tagging in DEVONthink

2012-07-19

Tagging is powerful and DEVONthink has a few interesting options to make it easy.
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Learning about Work Methods for Doing Scientific Work

2012-07-15

How do you learn about work methods when you should actually doing the work? Some suggestions that involve workshops and workers and work profiles -- in short, work to make work work.
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Coursera — Free Online Courses

2012-07-08

Coursera seems like a really great way to learn online, have a look for yourself.
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Re-Installing Lion (Clean Install)

2012-07-06

A few tips on re-installing an OS, prior to a clean install, doing it, and afterwards.
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Circus Ponies Notebook for iPad

2012-07-05

Circus Ponies Notebook is available for the iPad. A short review about the pros and cons and the possible usages.
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Collaborative Editing of Text Documents (e.g., Project Proposals)

2012-06-19

Let's compare Word with Scrivener -- e.g., in terms of personal responsibility.
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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.