Creative License

8 – Creativity from the insect world

admin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:10:01 +0000

Creative ideas can come from anywhere, including the world of insects. What do fireflies have to teach us about being more creative and communicating better? Just listen! Peter Lloyd at GoCreate.com contributed to this episode with this Right Brain Workout.

This is a long overdue episode of Creative License, which has been on something of a hiatus for the summer and fall — Dave is currently working on launching a new media network, which is taken some time away from “regular” podcasting. You’ll be hearing more about his latest venture in the next couple of weeks. For now, check out http://www.rvnewsnet.com for some preliminary information.

Music for this episode was provided by Music Alley.com.

Thanks to Dylan, Demarée, and Paige Dufour, along with Peter Lloyd at GoCreate.com

Hello world!

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:38:46 +0000

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Tarantino, Passion and Creativity

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:14:25 +0000

Creativity Central has a great article on how passion for something fuels creativity. Tarantino is an especially current example, but look at the creative geniuses of history. Are there any here who didn’t have a burning passion for what they were doing? For example:

Picasso
Mozart
Beethoven
Pollock
etc.?

And aren’t periods of low productivity the same as those where passion is low? I’m thinking of John Lennon in particular. He had a creative spurt after the end of the Beatles, but then, for most of the latter half of the ’7os, he did nothing, but passion returned around 1980 when he produced two more wonderful albums before his untimely death.

A friend of mine, podcaster Cliff Ravenscraft, talks about “finding your passion” because that’s the way to happiness and success. Sometimes your passion finds you, but whatever — get together with your passion — invite your passion over for dinner and into your life — whether it’s painting, composing music, marketing, baseball or waste management. You’ll be more creative because you WANT to be.

New article from Mr. Supernatural, Peter Lloyd

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:55:09 +0000

In his latest article for Idea Connection, Peter explores the nature of museums and creativity, if the twain ever meets, and treats us to a visit to his “friendly neighborhood sculptor”.

Peter Lloyd stole our name!

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:02:58 +0000

Well, not really. But he DID write a great article at Idea Connection discussing the concept of “creative license” and why it’s a license to experiment but not a license to do shoddy work. He was even nice enough to mention our podcast!

Check out this fascinating piece (and many others) here.

7 – Nitpicking

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:25:45 +0000

Nitpicking can be a major creativity killer in any organization, besides being incredibly annoying. In this Right Brain Workout, Dave discusses the psychology of the nitpicker, how pickin’ gets in the way of innovation and how avoiding the urge to pick makes for better learning and better ideas.

Music for this episode comes from Music Alley.

Thanks to Demarée Dufour-Noneman, Paige Dufour and Peter Lloyd of gocreate.com.

Glow as you go! LED Lights embedded in a toilet seat.

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:35:09 +0000

Talk about flashy!. This luminous toilet seat is pretty interesting, and I can even see something of a safety advantage to it, but it is funny, at the same time.

Google Goggles Video

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:04:34 +0000

This isn’t a tech blog or podcast, but the creativity that comes from the people at Google is so impressive sometimes, I thought this ought to be included here. Cali Lewis has the video demo of Google Goggles, an app that could be a real game changer in the world of cell phones.

6 – What box and how do I think outside of it?

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:14:13 +0000

Creative License Episode #6
We’ve all heard that overused phrase, “thinking outside the box,” and we have a vague idea that it means creative problem solving that doesn’t follow the same old paths. But, uh, what IS this box, and how do you think outside it? And why?

It really goes back to some basic understandings of how our brains work. Dave talks about pros and cons of stereotyping, lateral thinking and demonstrates how “brute force” can help us break our usual thought patterns.

Basics of “brute force” to help us think outside the box:

Think of a random object, animal, concept, etc. In the podcast we use “our favorite animal.”
List some attributes of the object — fuzzy, brown, hard, soft, angry, smelly, etc.
For each of these attributes, FORCE yourself to make a connection to the creative challenge at hand. How could fuzziness, or smelliness apply to the challenge.

That’s basically all there is to it. With a little practice, you’ll get proficient at using seemingly unrelated ideas to gain insight into any challenge.

Thanks to Peter Lloyd at gocreate.com and Demarée Dufour-Noneman for contributions to this episode.

Music provided by MusicAlley.com, Jamendo and Indiana University.

Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them – Fake user interfaces – Gizmodo

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:47:09 +0000

This is fascinating. Be sure to look at the video that’s down the page a bit, too. I am always laughing at the impossible technology on a lot of TV shows and movies, but this article explains why they’re the way they are.