planning – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Paper Journal for Reflection and Habit Change

2024-02-12

Even in a digital age, there are good arguments for using a Paper Journal.
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Pre-Event Photoshooting

2023-04-02

Just a short comment on doing a photo shooting for an events and — no surprise — the benefit of checking out the location a day before.
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Using Obsidian and R for a Blogging Workflow

2023-02-05

A way to make the overhead when blogging a bit less sucky (if you do not trust APIs).
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Presentation on Digital Minimalism for Creativity (German Version)

2022-11-11

Combining an earlier presentation on digital minimalism with time enough for creativity.
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Winter is Coming

2022-07-31

Not that optimistic for the coming winter, as without gas, things will get explosive.
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Things vs OmniFocus

2022-07-26

I switched from OmniFocus to Things. Seems to work out ... better.
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Using an Alarm Chair … errr Table … for quicker morning routines

2021-01-30

Just something to make the morning a little bit less sucky.
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Digital Lifeboat

2020-09-26

You know the game of "If there was a fire in your building (apartment/house), what would be the five things you'd take with you?" Now imagine you would not have the time to get anything, because it's either "get out immediately or die". What would you still have with you?
An argument for "Digital Lifeboats".
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Method to Make Sense of Your Data: Build the Wall

2020-08-25

A frequent problem in analyzing a situation is to make sense of your data, esp. when you have an abundance of information. In these senses it makes sense to build the wall.
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Your Past, Present and Future Selves — do you like these guys?

2020-07-03

Wondering whether people can make friends with these selves, or at least collaborate professionally.
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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.