creativity
The small things
Scoble is doing his exit interview: A asks: “What would you say is the biggest flaw at Microsoft?” Its inability to see small things when those things are still small. Hello every boss out there. Copy. Open new text document. Paste. Select all. Font size: 300 pts. Print. Put on wall in front of desk. [...]
Meditation builds up your brain
New Scientist reports: They found that meditating actually increases the thickness of the cortex in areas involved in attention and sensory processing, such as the prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula. “You are exercising it while you meditate, and it gets bigger,” she says.
How to act like a designer
From Fast Company. Advice no. 1 is for everybody, not just designers. Trust your imagination but not your memory. You need to write down your good ideas when you get them. If you don’t, you will forget a lot of your best ideas. design
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
The title of this post is from Dorothy Parker. “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” It’s a great sentence, don’t you think? I had to think about it for some time. Espen Andersen writes about the S-curves of sinks, and technology at ACM Ubiquity. “It always surprises me how [...]
InnoTown conference nuggets
Joyce Woycoff is blogging about the InnoTown conference in Ålesund, Norway. Again: Wish I could have been there. Next year!
InnoTown conference – with great speaker list
Wish I had heard about this before, as my schedule doesn’t allow me to go. May 23-25, the InnoTown conference is on in Aalesund, Norway. It’s about creativity, inspiration, and internationalisation. From the program: “The aim of InnoTown is to move people’s minds, both rationally and emotionally; to inspire and enhance creativity and innovation, to [...]
