writing – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Sentence Numbering with Microsoft Word for Texts in Law

2023-10-11

For some texts, e.g. for some laws, the sentences have to be numbered, e.g., with superscript numbers. It's possible to do this relatively quickly with Microsoft Word.
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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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Woke vs Non-Woke Characters

2023-04-02

What makes a character woke vs non-woke?
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Onyx BOOX Tab X e-Ink Tablet for reading (and note-taking)

2023-03-06

Trying out a rather large (13.3 inch, or roughly DIN A4 size) e-ink Tablet. Turns out it is very well suited for reading (b/w only) and note-taking.
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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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Office Desk Stand for a Notebook

2023-02-05

Switching to an «Apache» two display setting, an idea for a small notebook and display stand.
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Dissertation Time — It’s a marathon, not interval training

2022-12-15

Short comment why «one day in the week for the dissertation/PhD thesis» likely will not work (well).
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Script Statistics and Methods for User Research (in German)

2022-10-14

If you are doing user studies, and you want to actually find out whether your products work, this script might be interesting. Well, if you understand German (sorry, I'll hope to do an English version soon).
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Full-Use Whiteboard

2022-08-08

Keeping the whole whiteboard available.
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Hemingway Test

2022-07-31

Using a template with a link to the Hemingway App for some style feedback.
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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.