tool – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Reformatting Books with Affinity Publisher

2023-12-03

If you have found texts, incl. books, online that are in a bad quality — why not reformat them for better reading?
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Private Library Catalogue in Obsidian

2023-11-17

If you have digital books — outside of Kindle and the like — you can create a nice library catalogue with Obsidian.
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e-ink Tablet Experiences (Notebook, Book Reader, Day Page)

2023-05-06

A few comments on a small e-ink tablet for use as notebook, book reader, and day page.
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Getting up Early in the Morning

2023-05-06

Using an old fashioned alarm clock it is really helpful to get out of bed early in the morning, and getting up early has a few other benefits.
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Modifying Clothes – Pockets

2023-04-02

One of the nice things about learning to sew is that you can modify clothes. So, what bugs you about your clothes?

Image: Old Comic strip.
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Since when does macOS search text in images?

2023-04-02

WTF — suddenly Mac OS finds text in images when doing searches? Whenever did that happen. I mean, it's a great feature, but, hey, surprising.
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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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Old-fashioned Alarm Clock

2023-02-05

Sometimes old technology is the most ... effective.
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Update and Shedding Skin

2023-02-05

Last posting has been a while, a short update and the need to shed some skin.

Image: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Doing Product Demonstrations

2022-09-14

A few comments on doing product demonstrations (prototypes on a scientific conference).
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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.