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Muses

2011-07-03

A few comments on muses -- they are not gone, they are just harder to find.
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Peer-reviews in Psychology

2011-07-02

Excerpts from one of the best papers on peer-review I've read so far. It's about social sciences, but features Einstein, Newton, and even some ancient Greeks.
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Literature Management with DEVONthink

2011-07-01

DEVONthink is extremely suited to deal with literature, esp. those you are not sure you need. Also powerful for quickly creating backups of webpages you want to keep.
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Literature Management with Papers on Mac

2011-06-17

Papers is a beautiful app and shows great promise for managing literature, but ... well, read on.
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flickr vs. deviantART

2011-05-15

flickr is probably more well-known, but there's a better service out there to make your works public. Much better. And way more artistic. So here's a comparison of flickr and deviantART.
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Guttenberg’s Dissertation

2011-02-17

The case of Guttenberg's dissertation scandal to illustrate a few issues about scientific integrity. And it's not only Guttenberg who failed.
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Momento App for Life-Logging and Instant Diary Writing

2011-02-16

Very, very interesting app for life-logging. Beautifully designed as well.
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Dear Editor … Feedback on Articles/Scientific Papers

2011-02-15

Peer-review can make you question the quality ... of the peer-reviewers, and the editors. Two examples of how not to do it. And yup, these stung.
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Curio

2011-01-15

No, not the dog, but an app to visually deal with information. Interesting concept, although I work differently. But perhaps it's interesting for you.
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Did I get my points across?

2010-11-25

Let's switch to a meta level of communication and let me ask the question whether I did achieve what I set out to do with this blog. Essentially what I want to say in a nutshell.
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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.