You can’t write well when the sun is shining on your laptop screen; the glare prevents you from seeing the words. This phrase popped into my head as a little writing exercise. I was observing something I’d seen before on many occasions: direct sunlight tends to make a computer screen hard to see. The observation…
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When generating ideas is like child’s play
Seth Godin: marketer, entrepreneur and, most importantly, catalyst. He’s inspired me to talk about how ideas get discovered with his recent post. We’re going to look at idea generation techniques in this article. Ideas are a dime a dozen, to paraphrase a cliche. Good ideas are somewhat rare and great ideas even more so….
Dealing with the lonely pursuit of creative work
Much creative work is solitary and/or lonely. The act of trying to create something that no one has ever seen or said before is something that has to be done alone, by definition. Even while working in teams or with a collaborative partner, you must still extract your thoughts and ideas and give them form….