digital – Page 9 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Interesting Podcast/Vidcast Episodes

2021-09-20

Just a small shoutout to a few interesting episodes.
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Semi-Auto Bullet Journal

2021-09-19

The digital bullet journal (using Notability) works quite well, I just wish there was a way to add some information automatically.
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Frequent Student Problem during the Creative Phase of a Project: Birch Solutions

2021-08-03

Just an observation that ... enough students to a pretty okay'ish analysis and then turn that fruitful playing field turns into one birch tree during the conception/conceptual design phase.
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Unread Books as Gifts to Authors

2021-08-03

I stopped thinking about unread books as anything negative. I almost all cases, I like the author or story idea enough to buy them. So why not consider it a gift/donation/feedback to the author?
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Downloading YouTube Videos (August 2021 Update)

2021-08-03

Hmmm, I thought the YouTube Download Site y2mate.com was broken (got an out of business message), so I look for a working way to download YouTube Videos. Seems it works, but given that I found another way, here it is.
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Making managing different student projects less sucky (esp. sending mails)

2021-04-24

If you have many student projects with repeating tasks, e.g., frequently sending mails to a small number of students, it pays to invest some time into organizing these projects.
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Let’s avoid digital stupidity

2021-04-24

Digital devices can help us immensely, but they shouldn't replace our intelligence and skills.
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When it comes to outliners (and other tools), be tool agnostic

2021-04-24

Tools are great, but do not tie yourself to a specific tool.
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Internet of Things, AI, Smart Cities and Planned Societies

2021-02-21

A short comment on an approach to plan our societies.

Image from "I, Robot".
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Downloading Coursera Materials

2021-01-31

If you like to watch videos offline and don't want to download each course video manually, this process might work.
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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.