think_differently – Page 118 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

If you ask students to be critical …

2011-05-18

... sometimes you succeed. But read on ...
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App Art?

2011-03-19

Art with the press of a button? Why not? Or no why?
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Constraints of Tools

2011-02-18

Tools shape -- including your solutions. An example to serve as a reminder to make sure you want to say what the tools say for you.
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Adapting to the world vs. keeping the necessary distance to change it

2011-02-12

Why being discontent might not be so bad, after all, esp. for writer. Also: Great quotation about why some people write non-fiction.
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The Usefulness of a Good Archive

2011-02-11

Archiving creative projects can lead to projects finally getting the chance to be used. And example involving a broken friendship and a born child.
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The Role of Data in Creativity

2011-02-04

If you want to know how to be creative, have a look at this posting. It shows you the most basic requirement.
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This morning in my coffee mug

2011-01-29

The things you see in the morning are nice, the reactions you get ... not so much.
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The Magic Is Here

2011-01-15

If you want magic, you can have magic. Really.
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Pushing Rope Day

2011-01-12

Just one of those days ... still, there are partly useful things you can do on these days.
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Did I get my points across?

2010-11-25

Let's switch to a meta level of communication and let me ask the question whether I did achieve what I set out to do with this blog. Essentially what I want to say in a nutshell.
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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.