As someone who has more ideas, prompts and mental “huh’s” than I know what to do with, one of the struggles I’ve had over time is how to focus my thinking on a project so that I can get all of my ideas out and into useful form. I’m currently working on an idea capture/organization system (more on this in a few months…) that better serves my needs, but for now the main way I give “rails” to my creative thinking time is through the use of “project notebooks.”
Tools
iPhone Apps for Creatives
Thus far I’ve managed to avoid writing this post, but because I get frequent requests from artists and creative-folk wanting to know how I use my iPhone, (REALLY?!?!), I decided to give this one a whirl.
I’ve been using the iPhone 3G since July, and I’ve found it to be an indispensable part of my [...]
Spark
I recently had the chance to lead a few sessions at Design Revival, a conference sponsored by the AIGA. One of the other presenters was John Winsor, VP/Executive Director, Strategy and Product Innovation at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky and author of one of my favorite books on co-creation SPARK. (Yes…I got the chance to play “fanboy”, but I didn’t embarrass myself…I don’t think.)
Reading + Listening List
One of the ways we can grow as a community is by sharing some of the thinking and work that is inspiring us. In an effort to be more consistent about this, I’m building a “Bookshelf” section into the next iteration of the AC site so that it can be a resource to those among [...]
The Bookshelf
Here’s the low-down on my reading this week. It seems that I’ve uncovered a few (unexpected) gems.
Music, Desktops and More
Ahh… the miscellany. Here are a few items of AC interest that I thought might be helpful.
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