Scrivener – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Configuring Scrivener (Make Scrivener grey — and get that icon back)

2018-05-22

A few tips to configure the best writing software I have ever worked with — Scrivener.
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Online Presentation [Broken English]: Scientific Writing

2017-10-14

An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this version is in broken English. Probably doing another take with less accent, more clarity.
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Online Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben

2017-10-14

An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this one is in German.
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Some remarks on Student Project Reports

2017-04-15

After correcting four student project reports, I wrote down a few remarks on writing reports (in German, sorry). Might be interesting for media computer science students.
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Scrivener on iOS devices

2016-09-08

Scrivener is by far the best writing software I have ever worked with. And now it also runs on iOS devices.
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Looking back at the postings of 2015

2015-12-26

Postings of 2015 ... somewhat sorted for a quick overview/recap.
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Another Way to Use InDesign to Layout your Thesis (with some help from Zotero and Word)

2015-09-21

If you need a high degree of control -- incl. visual control -- of your thesis layout, you might want to check out InDesign. Here's another workflow to use InDesign to layout a thesis.
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Organizing Creativity — A few tips to realize creative projects (presentation/video)

2015-08-22

A presentation that gives a short overview of creativity, organization, and the steps you can do to organize your creativity. Plus some reflections on recording a presentation at home.
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Beware of a (wo)man of one book

2015-05-16

Some comments on advice -- referring to a blog entry at patter.

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A Critical Look at Scientific Writing Courses

2015-05-04

There are a lot of courses on scientific writing. Unfortunately, some focus on the least important aspects: the words.
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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.