writing – Page 7 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Reading Books with Notability and GoodReader

2020-07-25

Recently switched to Notability for Note-Taking on the iPad. It works very well for making notes when reading books as well.
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Thesis Template – Media and Computer Science – Medieninformatik [German Template]

2020-07-01

We use a template for thesis at our university (in media and computer science). Given that there are a few things I have to tell almost every student, I did an annotated version.
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Finding a Bachelor, Master and perhaps even PhD thesis Topic in Media and Computer Science

2020-06-16

After advising a couple of ... well, diverse bachelor and master theses a few tips on finding a good topic.
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How did this series get so dark so soon?

2020-06-16

A short comment on the tendency of some series to really get dark quite quickly.

Image: "Penny Dreadful" (TV series)
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Looking at a Shadowrun Future — By political parties delegating censorship powers to corporations

2019-09-17

We are weary of censorship by the state. But unfortunately, censorship got delegated to private companies. Unfortunately for us ... and the state.

Image: Shadowrun Rulebook Cover Image.
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Gab.ai releases Dissenter — A tool to free comments on the Internet

2019-02-28

Gab.ai introduced Dissenter, a tool (website/browser plugin) to comment on websites (incl. tweets, news stories, etc.). Practically anything with an URL. So, all that closed comments on news sites ... they're open again.
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Semi-intelligent Cookbooks with Numbers and Keynote

2018-09-18

Using Numbers (for ingredient calculation) and Keynote (for book creation) work really well for creating semi-intelligent cookbooks.
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Digital Bullet Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes)

2018-08-10

A possible way to create a digital Bullet Journal — with most of the advantages of analog and digital.
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Digital Night Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes)

2018-08-10

An alternative to using a light pen or smartphone to jot down notes in bed.
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Academic Writing: Seeing the whole text at once

2018-04-19

Yep, there are times when working on paper has its advantages — esp. if you just need a very very large screen. ;-)
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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.