This post started because of a phone call to one friend and a conversation with another. First, the story:I picked up the phone the other day to call my best friend to tell her ‘I can’t talk right now, but I miss you and wanted you to know you were on my mind’. I told a friend (who will remain anonymous) about the phone call...
Matt and Craig (or @mmWine and @binendswine for my twitter friends) have an incredible noses for wine! Matt has been helping Craig (who has a store in Braintree) to promote a great concept of a live wine tasting via Twitter. I think that this has to be one of the most creative ideas I have heard in a while, and felt that it needed to be shared. Unfortunately...
Acording to an article from CNN, there may be a stronger connection than we thought. The article outlines the connection between depression and extremely creative individuals like David Foster Wallace and Sylvia Plath. It discusses whether creativity brings out or causes depression. Their finding is that they can’t prove creativity causes depression but there is a chance that it can cause depression to surface if the person...
Los Gatos High - my alma mater Think creativity is learned overtime? Some of the most creative people I have met have yet to get their drivers license. Yes, creativity often improves over time as we refine our skills and improve our abilities. But, we can all take a creative hint from the younger generations, as they often are able to free themselves from the pressure...
Attempting to be creative in the middle of a mess, with phones ringing, kids screaming and a million things to do is pointless. Attempting to be creative in a neat and tidy room, without any interruptions, and nothing do do but focus on creativity is pointless. Yup, I meant what I typed. Your OCE (optimal creative environment) can not be determined by anyone but yourself. You know you better than...
Have you ever heard a phrase that makes you cringe? Or one that has been repeated so many times that you never want to hear it again? Yeah, we all have. So, thanks to some help from my Twitter friends, I have come up with the ultimate list of words and phrases that should never be spoken again.Here is the list of words that were received:“Party like a...
Creepy advertisements are all around us – they are often confusing, disturbing and altogether ‘scratch your head’-worthy. Thanks to a post from Tornado Marketing about creepy advertisements that she found on http://www.weirdomatic.com/creepy-ads.html, I got to take a look at some of the creepiest advertisements in past decades. By far, the creepiest I saw was the Camel Cigarette ad using an Olympic Athlete as their spokesperson (showing...
Or better named – “How Civilization (the video game) can make you more creative in business” I am a nerd. I admit it whole-heartedly. I love everything techie and goofy and just downright fun! One of my favorite things to do when I am not writing or working is to play computer games – the ones where you get to take over the world as the...
We all draw blanks in life on creative ideas. What you do when you lose that creative spark is what makes the difference. I find that when I lose my creative way, asking others about their creativity can often put me back to track. With that said: What is/was your most creative moment? Is there one specific piece of work that shows of your creativity (feel free...
First and foremost – you! You are the only tool that you really need to be creative. Creativity is there, inside all of us and all it takes is pulling it out and putting it to use. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other tools that can help! I have millions of little creative tidbits bouncing around inside my head, but even I need tools...
