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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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Transfer to Practice

2011-02-02

A nice comic really nailing the issue of transfer from theory to practice.
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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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Getting your Smartphone (iPhone) back

2010-12-06

An easy way to ensure that there is at least a chance to get your smartphone back.
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Ethics are Optional

2010-11-02

Not only in throat-cutting organizations, although in Academia. But read on.
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Vanishing Mails

2010-10-20

When something works flawlessly and instantly for a long time, it's hard to imagine that it can fail. But it can -- and that requires the right person to deal with.
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Being a little different …

2010-10-08

If you are only a little different, other people can make your life a living hell. And if you are in school, you cannot simply leave. But there's something to this campaign worth listening too.
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Dealing with Rejection

2010-10-07

A very useful tip for dealing with rejection. Well worth keeping in mind -- whether for dating or for creative projects.
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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.