The Myth of Zero Sum Creativity
When I give ideas away I am simply making room for new ones. My creativity is not a zero sum economy. There is always room for more. Because the more ideas I grow and give, the more ideas I discover...
View ArticleThe Commodification of Ideas
When ideas become a commodity, creativity comes with a price tag rather than an open invitation. My creativity is not for sale. It is my gift to the world. Record your own or leave a comment Words: Jim...
View ArticleOutsourcing My Prefrontal Cortex
A friend of mine is a neuroscience expert. We talk every couple of weeks to dive into the way our minds and personalities operate. One day she told me about the prefrontal cortex, the part of our brain...
View ArticleIn The Beginning Was An Idea
“In the beginning was an idea.” I love this phrase. The beginning of every new project, every new adventure, every new everything starts with an idea. But this phrase is missing two important words:...
View ArticleGenerally Speaking, Don’t Be Specific
You’ve got a problem your trying to solve, an idea you’re trying to express, a conundrum that needs your creativity. You open up your favorite web browser and pause for a moment before firing away in...
View ArticleIdeas Should Be Free
One of my first online projects was called ideacus!, a project that set out to give away ideas. Because ideas should be free. Yes, ideas are valuable. But they shouldn’t be caged up, trapped behind the...
View ArticleAgain And Again And Again
You don’t train for a marathon only to stop running the day after you cross the finish line. This experience changes your identity: you are a runner. This isn’t something you did that one time. This is...
View ArticleIt Isn’t Finished
You’ve got an idea. You throw it in Evernote or scratch into your Everything Notebook. And while some ideas are satisfied to call these spaces their long term home, this is one idea that demands to be...
View ArticleRecipes, Cakes, & Biscuits
Open sourced is not the same as crowd sourced. The later is an invitation of public opinion and collaboration. The former is open access to ideas and information. While they both say, “let’s do it...
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