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Home Office Advantages

2022-01-28

Personally, for me, home office sucks. But there are things you can do to make it more bearable.
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Mind the cable you use for backups

2021-12-26

Not sure whether I have identified the problem correctly, but it would make sense — and explain how a backup can take 20 hours longer than it needs to take.
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Book Recommendation: Hoover (2017)’s «The Lifetime Learner’s Guide to Reading and Learning»

2021-12-26

Strange book, a mixture of book recommendations with tips on how to read and think, incl. thinking creatively.
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Removing auditory distractions

2021-12-02

Working at home — stupid regulations — I am once again remembered of a really useful invention: earplugs.
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Creating quick teleprompter slides (mirrored slides or text)

2021-11-05

Yeah, finally, after all those Corona-tainted fucked-up postings, one posting with a clear use case. Yeah. If only how to quickly use a Keynote presentation to build a teleprompter-like display.

Image: Amazon.de
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Things I wish I had had sooner: A Whiteboard at Home

2021-09-27

Seems strange to have a whiteboard at home, but is actually a good idea.
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Bed Version 2.0

2021-09-24

Not sure whether it works, but the bed now has a slope.
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Establishing a working infrastructure/meetings/etc vs Entropy

2021-09-19

Why do so many attempts to improve organization fail? In part because continuous energy is needed.

Image from a cartoon about better not teaching children about entropy.
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Semi-Auto Bullet Journal

2021-09-19

The digital bullet journal (using Notability) works quite well, I just wish there was a way to add some information automatically.
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Whiteboard Markers

2021-09-05

Sure, test it on the surface first, but Whiteboard markers are surprisingly useful.
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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.