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Tiny House Movement, or: doing more with less

2015-01-13

How much living space do you need? It might be less than you think. And there are books about it that are both interesting and stimulating.
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Using the Computer’s Text-to-Speech Feature as Proofreading Support

2014-11-01

It's hard to proof-read what you have written. You know what it should say, but will you notice when you have written something else? Or whether a construction is too complicated to be readable? The computer's text-to-speech feature can be helpful here.
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Paying for it (Open Access in Science)

2014-10-28

No, this one is not about sex. It's about something that ... yeah, goes a bit deeper than that. It about open access journals in science. And the things you are willing to do to get your message across.
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Updated Academic Workflow 2014

2014-09-03

My academic workflow has become relatively stable over time ... luckily. Here's the current version with apps used along the way from literature to paper.
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Using Circus Ponies Notebook to collect and sort information for your thesis (or article)

2014-09-02

Someone asked me whether it is possible to use Circus Ponies Notebook to "code" papers for a thesis. Here are some answers on how to use CPN to make sense of the material for your thesis.
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How about starting your own little library?

2014-08-16

Love books? Why not share them in your own little library? You can start one, no matter where you live.

Image from: http://littlefreelibrary.org
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The Uses of Writing a Blog

2014-08-12

Some meta comments about this blog -- and why I write it.
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How about sketching or painting your travels?

2014-08-07

People usually take their camera on vacations (or use the camera of their cellphone). But how about sketching/painting instead?
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Ignoring Critics?

2014-08-04

A short comment on a great quotation by Andy Warhol about ignoring what critics write about your work.
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Paperpile for Collaborative Online Writing

2014-07-05

A way to work collaboratively -- if you trust not only your collaborators but also Google.
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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.