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Category: Creativity

Easy to Imagine, Hard to Imagine

October 24, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

This morning, my brother pointed me toward a very excellent rant by Steve Yegge about what he calls the “shit’s…

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Posted in: Creativity Filed under: complexity, creativity, systems

Rooms and Elephants

September 12, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

In defiance of Internet Time, I’m going to recommend an essay I came across a couple of months ago: Sven…

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Posted in: Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: creativity

A Very Old Freshman Musical

April 28, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Back in 1995, I was a college freshman. One night I was sitting around the dorm with some friends (including…

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Posted in: Creativity Filed under: personal

The Top of Your Mind, Part I

August 19, 2010 Jess 2 Comments

Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about Paul Graham’s essay, The Top Idea in Your Mind.…

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Posted in: Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: attention

Unrequited Romance With Media Figures

August 17, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

David Duchovny, why don’t you love me? Or, if you’re like me and have never seen the X-Files, you could…

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Posted in: Creativity Filed under: authorship, humor

Assumptions, Transgression and Plagiarism

August 10, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

In Stanley Fish’s post on plagiarism, he argues that plagiarism is not a “big moral deal” – a phrase I’m…

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Posted in: Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: authorship, originality, plagiarism

Reading List 2010 (7/99)

August 6, 2010 Jess 1 Comment

More books!  (And musings on creativity, below the cut.) Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child Relentless, Dean Koontz Undone, Karin Slaughter The…

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Posted in: Creativity, Reading List Filed under: books

Finding My Line

July 28, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Over the last two months I’ve been working intensely on my dissertation.  If you’re wondering whether this relates to my…

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Posted in: Advance, Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: dissertation, productivity

Which Test?

May 25, 2010 Jess 1 Comment

As a researcher, I’ve wanted a site like whichtest.info for ages. By answering a few simple questions about your data…

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Posted in: Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: research methods

OH JARON LANIER NO

January 20, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

I just came across the New York Times’ review of Jaron Lanier’s new book. Ordinarily I’d read it before opining,…

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Posted in: Creativity, Media Filed under: collaboration, culture, review

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