Weird Inventions Today features a gallery of obscure (i.e. “weird”) patents. Some of the patents on file include a machine that simulates a “high-five” (guess it also answers the question about the sound of one-hand clapping), pants that separate at the crotch so you can mix “styles” (like what… plaid and polka dots??), and a […]
Weird Creativity This week I’ve decided to cover creativity most would deem as “weird.” What better way to kick-off this week’s theme than with the latest theory of “weird ideas” by Professor Robert Sutton, author of Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation (Free Press, 2001). Sutton’s book is […]
A Creative Carry-along Fellow Idea Guy Chuck Green’s new IDEA JOTTER saves on stealing cocktail napkins. As creative folk, we all have our favorite way of recording ideas when we’re on the road. Some folks carry portable recorders, some tap their concepts into PDAs, some sketch their thoughts on cocktail napkins, and some just scribble […]
Karma for a Dolla
Writer Chuck Atkins personally invests in the happiness of strangers… and it’s CHEAP! This is one of the coolest ideas I’ve heard in the past week. I think I’ll start doing it too.Can anyone break a $5? Read about it HERE.