Tesugen

Teresa M. Amabile, et al: Creativity in Context

Creativity in Context: Update to the Social Psychology of Creativity, from the first chapter: “First-person accounts of creative activity contain ample evidence on the major issue considered in this book: the creativity-enhancing effect of working on something for its own sake, and the creativity-undermining effect of working on something for the sake of meeting an external goal.” (Via Renee Hopkins.)

The above was posted to my personal weblog on October 28, 2002. My name is Peter Lindberg and I am a thirtysomething software developer and dad living in Stockholm, Sweden. Here, you’ll find posts in English and Swedish about whatever happens to interest me for the moment.

Posted around the same time:

Ed Felten: Schoen vs. Stallman on Trusted Computing (October 29, 2002)
XP and culture (October 29, 2002)
Extreme Programming and culture (October 29, 2002)
Expecting (October 28, 2002)
Sourceforge and emergence (October 27, 2002)
JD Lasica: Where Net Luminaries Turn For News (October 27, 2002)

The seven most recent posts:

Tesugen Replaced (October 7)
My Year of MacBook Troubles (May 16)
Tesugen Turns Five (March 21)
Gustaf Nordenskiöld om keramik kontra kläddesign (December 10, 2006)
Se till att ha två buffertar för oförutsedda utgifter (October 30, 2006)
Bra tips för den som vill börja fondspara (October 7, 2006)
Light-Hearted Parenting Tips (September 16, 2006)