This is the second post in the series Ideas From Start to Finish. If there’s one thing I’ve learned developing web applications is that you have to start working on the idea right away. Channeling that enthusiasm and adrenaline is a great way to kick-start the project. However, while adrenaline is great for short-term results, ...
Brainstorming
Marc Andreessen’s blog has an interesting little snippet from the book The Medici Effect boldly stating: Brainstorming Sucks. (I paraphrased for emphasis.) In a [1987 study, researchers] concluded that brainstorming groups have never outperformed virtual groups. Of the 25 reported experiments by psychologists all over the world, real groups have never once been shown to ...
Oddly enough, this makes sense. Typically, when one things of creative settings, one thinks of the open sea, or an endless skyline, or a blank canvas. All of these things have one common theme between them: endless possibilities. However, if we really need to think creatively, we almost need to have some boundaries. Why? Well, ...
Merlin at 43F points us to a terrific (mac only) resource for writers: Scrivener. Scrivener is more or less a project management tool for writers. It allows you to: edit multiple documents create “corkboards” to storyboard and arrange thoughts use a fully-featured outliner track keywords (like themes) you write about full screen edit … and ...
Doc Searls has a very convincing argument as to why collaboration is better when developing ideas, with a list of ten ideas about ideas. Doc is a major member of the Linux community and very fond of the Open Source movement, so it’s no surprise most of his list gravitates toward the thinking that ideas ...
