planning – Page 4 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Is College/University Worth It?

2014-08-08

An answer to the question whether going to college/university is worth it -- and how to make the most of it.
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Hidden Calendars

2014-06-07

If you have calendars for rituals or tasks that are not that important but you want to be reminded of, and they clog up your calendar view, why not hide them?
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Suggestions for Writing an Autobiography

2014-06-06

Suggestions on how to write an autobiography -- some questions and memory triggers. Great as a gift for a parent. Just ... don't wait too long.
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Why not to trust in-department data storage

2014-02-19

A third point against local storage of research data: Professors are not forever — it only seems this way. Not meant as offense, but read yourself.
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Environmental protection for Smartphones

2014-02-04

A very cool addition to smartphones -- no matter whether you usually are outdoors or not. Apparently also helpful if you want to cheat on your partner.
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Better Surveys

2013-12-27

A great two-pager showing common mistakes in surveys on gender equality. I can't believe people actually do such bad surveys, but yeah, they do. Worst thing: They sacrificed the chance to find out what children actually need and improve their lives in order to foster their ideology. They want to be right, no matter how many children -- boys and girls -- have to suffer for it.
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Quickly Open a Text File to Jot Down Creative Ideas with Spotlight and Automator

2013-12-22

You can use a keyboard shortcut to quickly open a specific file to jot down your ideas. Here's how.
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“Oh, du weißes Blatt, inspirier’ mich … oder besser nicht!” — Wissenschaftliches und fiktionales Schreiben ohne Inspiration (aber mit Inhalts-Outlines, Scrivener, u.v.m.)

2013-08-07

I've written a brochure about scientific writing. It's written in German and I can only highly recommend it if you are working on your thesis -- and understand German.
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Dealing with (Personal) Infrastructure Failure

2013-08-03

Have you ever tested how resilient your infrastructure really is, or do you leave that to actual failures? Here are some suggestions.
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Creative Tips for the Summer

2013-07-27

Cool ideas for the summer, esp. an easy way on how to have a bottle half-filled with ice!
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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.