living_as_a_creative – Page 66 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Friends that hold you down

2010-07-04

Friends can be the anchor to keep you afloat in stormy seas, but they can also hold you down. And sometimes you have to cut the line -- even if this is ... painful for all involved.
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Research & Administration

2010-07-03

If you want to work with new, untested technology in a research institute, you might get resistance from the administration. They usually prefer tried and true technology. There are good reasons for both positions -- and a little perspective taking might be needed to resolve the issue.
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Communicating Psychological Disorders

2010-06-29

Psychological disorders are hard to understand unless you suffer from them (or, depending on the disorder, people you know suffer from them). Here are two suggestions -- one for depression and one for Aspergers.
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Intelligence, Creativity and your own Contribution

2010-06-27

Sometimes people confuse the ability to understand complex ideas with having these ideas. (And all I wanted was to enjoy my Frappuccino.)
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Worth Living For: Art

2010-06-26

Yup. Have a look at this TED talk. Seriously. No really.
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Cupidtino — Marriage in Heaven or a Poisoned Tool?

2010-06-24

This is either the best or the worst idea I have seen for some time ...
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Bad Bristle Day

2010-06-19

Some days ... I just don't know.
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The Internet is International. It’s a chance for a world government, but nothing for local regulations and control!

2010-06-17

Just when you thought that this world had a shot at a Golden Age politicians begin a narrow-minded quest.
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The Incompetent Whore

2010-06-10

The worst a country can do for its culture is to decouple it from feedback. And a law proposed in Germany is aiming to do just that.
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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.