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Video Rewind — The Creative Deadline, a Video
Simple technologies plus creativity and hard work can create stunning results, as this 2010 video shows. Continue reading
Making Mistakes in a Good Direction — The God Complex and Experiments
This fascinating TED talk will resonate on many levels with people who read this blog — study design, arrogance, vindication, creativity, inspiration, complexity, evolution, and authority are all dealt with. The topic is “the God complex” — the tendency for people to want to state definite known answers or utilize simplistic models with confidence, despite … Continue reading
Plan vs. Path — Which Is Better for Innovation?
Planning is a centerpiece of corporate behavior, but to encourage innovation, blazing a trail is perhaps a better approach. Continue reading
Is the Music Industry’s Recent Past Still Instructive?
Recent inflection points for the music industry may yet again prove instructive for publishers and others. But is it already too late for us to recover the craft of making products rather than providing content? Continue reading
The Internet’s Extended Cultural Memory — Is It Sapping Our Creativity?
One of the great benefits of the Internet is how it has extended our cultural memory. But has this also stolen our freedom of thought, our ability to create original works of art? Continue reading
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