December 2009
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Creativity Tip #365
Try something new, a change of pace, a food you haven’t eaten before, a new route home, a different pen, anything that introduces change into your routine.  You may be surprised in what you see, how you feel, and what you learn about your creative you.
Dec 30th
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“The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and...”
– Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dec 29th
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“I have always thought that humanity was animal-like. The Confucian theory was...”
– Lee Kwan Yew, Former Singapore Prime Minister via National Geographic
Dec 29th
The Singapore Solution — National Geographic... →
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“Creative thinking may mean simply the realization that there’s no...”
– Rudolf Flesch
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Problems with It's a Wonderful Life
sykadella: Having seen this movie again for the zillionth time allow me to vent my irritation. While the values it portrays are mostly good, I am still trouble by both its celebration of bad business practices and other issues: 1)Celebrating bad banking: a) The Savings and Loan is terrible at accounting. Example: On the day of the bank run, a customer takes a loan and offers to sign something,...
Dec 28th
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“You will always have to make something good before it will make money.”
– Roy E. Disney
Dec 27th
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“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker...”
– David Ogilvy
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Logo o' the Week
Logos for Lovers via BrandStack
Dec 27th
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This Week's Wordations (word creations--get it?)
Digitropolis Aerotropolis Inventure Fantasera Activenture Sportropolis Yesterama Send me yours and I’ll post them!
Dec 26th
7 Rules to Understand Design and Designers →
Great Wall Decal via How Magazine
Dec 25th
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“The more you use the word ‘synergy’ the less synergy haapens.”
– Roy E. Disney
Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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“The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our...”
– Ben Okri, Nigerian Author
Dec 25th
Creativity Tip #355
Take delight in your ideas and write them down. You’ll be surprised how your list grows as ideas are infectious.
Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Steampunk Nautilus Home Theater!
I love this home theater!  Click the image for more.  Via designmag.com
Dec 23rd
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“One supreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but...”
– Richard Wagner, Composer (1813-1883)
Dec 23rd
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“When one looks back over human existence, however, it is very evident that all...”
– Beatrice Hinkle
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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“If theme means story and a park is a place, then a theme park is, at its heart,...”
– Bob Rogers, BRC Imagination Arts, via Theme Park Insider
Dec 21st
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“A state-of-the-art product is followed by state-of-the-art problems, then...”
– Bob Rogers, BRC Imagination Arts, via Theme Park Insider
Dec 21st
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“Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a...”
– Loris Malaguzzi
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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The Three Types of Theme Park Management
1) Dare-taker - Walt Disney is an example, someone who takes risks and tries something new, always inventing new ways to entertain, reaping big gains in attendance. 2) Caretaker - Folks that maintain someone else’s vision, applying the same formula year after year, but not advancing the brand or the business.  The Disney Company in the 1970’s and early ‘80’s, and Six...
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
66.66% of X-Mas Shopping Done
Thank you Amazon.com! What would I do without you? You make my international shipping a total snap! With love and credit card, Kevin
Dec 20th
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Logo o' the Week
Finally, big wigs have their own theater logo!  Via BrandStack
Dec 20th
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“Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid...”
– David Duchovny
Dec 19th
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Woolly Pockets for Living Walls
Wonderful wall-mounted pockets for creating living walls!  Via Core77.com
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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“When people choose your firm, they choose to work with the people in it.”
– Markitecture
Dec 17th
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“Brevity is the sister of talent.”
– Anton Chekhov
Dec 17th
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Funny T-Shirts Entertain Me
Via Abduzeedo.com
Dec 17th
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Roy Disney Jr. Passes Away
It’s a sad day! Roy Disney Jr. lost his battle with stomach cancer, almost 43 years to the day that Walt Disney died. A 56 year veteran of the Disney Company, starting as an assistant film editor in 1953, Roy Jr contributed to Walt’s academy award winning “Real Life Adventures” nature series. In recent years Roy was responsible for ejecting Walt’s son-in-law Ron...
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Creativity Tip #349
Take an improv class to improve your creative abilities. The rules of improv provide a great basis for creativity: Take what you are given and work with it, transforming it, catapulting off of it Don’t block—introducing negativity stops the development of the improv scene When given some info by another improv artist, have an attitude of “Yes and …” given more...
Dec 14th
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“What a sandwich maker does is make the grilled cheese a little more special. Not...”
– Laura Werlin
Dec 14th
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LED Paving Improves or Detracts from Spanish...
Via Gizmodo
Dec 13th