Chess’ Checkered Past Those random moves aren’t so random I’m a big fan of chess. I learned to play at a young age and have had a lot of fun playing games with my younger brother. We used to play a version we called “To The Death” — meaning we’d play beyond Checkmate until you […]
The Limits of Innovation Innovator-As-Hero vs. Innovator-As-Bureaucrat Excellent article from Carleen Hawn at Fast Company magazine on Apple Founder Steve Job’s vision (and lessons learned) on creativity in business. There’s an insightful comparison in the article between Apple’s innovations and those of Thomas Edison: “…most economically valuable forms of innovation often aren’t the tangible kind. […]
Creativity Co-Op IdeaCradle enables open-source funding of ideas Interesting discovery today via Peter Lloyd’s Heads-Up newsletter. IdeaCradle.com was conceived by Brad Sears, a web developer living in Toronto Canada, in order to fund additional projects by his favorite band, Swervedriver. It evolved into an effective, community-based way to raise funds for any kind of project. […]
Screwing Up a Brainstorm How to turn your tropical storm into a light drizzle There’s a great article on lousing up your idea-generating efforts posted on my buddy Chuck Frey’s Innovation Tools website. It’s called “Six Great Ways To Ruin A Brainstorming Session” by Paul Sloane. InnovationTools has quickly become one of the best websites […]
Buy Your Dream Job for 7¢ Per Day Norm Needs New Life on ‘Net One of my favorite comic strips over the past couple years has been “The Norm.” I’m not certain of the particulars, but for some reason The Norm creator (Michael Jantze) has decided to end his relationship with King Features Syndicate. Rather […]
Ideas Inside Apparel and Paraphernalia I’ve been hanging on to this design for a couple years now. I use it as my computer wallpaper and on my personal notecards. I always figured if I tried to sell it on t-shirts or something, the logo-police might track me down. I’ve decided this qualifies as a PARODY, […]