Business idea: some sort of business. Step one: hire an ideas guy.
― Avery Edison (via bullshit)
Most people seem content just to post cat pictures and get on with their day. I think I need to let go of this notion that every blog post I make has to be some ground-shakingly new idea that, oh my goodness, probably nobody’s ever had before.
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Steven Frank (via marco)
this used to be me on wordpress. i’ve learned not to force it anymore.
Ideas on their own are just not that important. It’s incredibly rare that someone comes up with an idea so unique, so protectable that the success story writes itself. Most ideas are nothing without execution.
In fact, real moments of inspiration often come at the last minute, when you’ve sweated and fretted your way through a couple of drafts. Suddenly, you start to see fresh connections, new ways of doing things. That’s when you feel like you’re flying.
― How to write a movie and kottke
Basement.org: "I've Got A Great Idea! Now What?"
The germination of an idea is an oddly singular, individual experience. Yeh, you may pitch something to your office neighbor and a furious brainstorming session may ensue, but in the beginning it’s just you and your idea. In any organization today, it’s tough to get ideas out. Yeh, you may blurt out an idea at some company meeting (even though it’s slightly off-topic) or you may let one fly at the tail-end of an email thread, but let’s face it: sharing ideas is hard.
Richard announces Kindling, “a web-based idea harvesting tool for groups and organizations.” I’ve requested an invite and am looking forward to giving it a try.
This stop may be a context switch to another task, but it’s often a break to soak in the white noise, and it’s in these pauses that I’m brutally creative. When I stare out the window of the hotel, I see a small harbor full of sailboats, and, somehow, the haphazard arrangement of the colorful sails reminds me of a summer in Minnesota where my jerk of a cousin taught me to play Bloody Knuckles after everyone went to bed. Bloody knuckles, now that was a game, and games remind me of the bizarrely different ways human beings have figured out how to communicate, which is the EXACT topic I’m currently writing about, so I jump back to my MacBook and continue writing. (via Rands In Repose: I Don’t Multitask)
When you find new information, you get an opioid hit, and we are junkies for those. You might call us ‘infovores.’
Geistesblitz Email & SMS - MindMeister
Good ideas don’t wait until you’re sitting in front of a computer to pop into your brain - they just happen, anytime, anywhere. This is where the new Geistesblitz Email & SMS gateway comes in: just fire a quick email from your Blackberry to your personal Geistesblitz address or text your brainwave to our inbound SMS number from wherever you are, and never miss a great idea!
i don’t mind map but the whole feature is pretty neat. there are certainly other options out there that possibly might have a lower UE threshold, but, they’re not geared specifically towards idea capture and subsequent action-focused output.
via steve rubel
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
― Transcript and video of JK Rowling’s Harvard commencement address, The… (kottke.org)
The flash of inspiration is important, and so is the final product, but pay attention to the bit in between.
― A List Apart: Articles: Saving the Spark: Developing Creative Ideas (via jeff)
you had a great idea! high five! everyone does. some people have better ideas than others and maybe it's easier for them as well.
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