Monthly Archives: May 2008

Creativity Unleashed!

I recently read a fascinating article on unleashing creativity from Scientific America. Executive editor Mariette DiChristina conducted a roundtable discussion involving three experts on creativity: John Houtz is a psychologist and professor at Fordham University. His most recent book is The Educational Psychology of Creativity (Hamptom Press, 2002). Julia Cameron is an award-winning poet, playwright …

May 30, 2008 – 7:36 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Creativity, Ideas | Comments (0)

SnapThought 5/15/08

Just a couple of quickies today (gotta work hard to impress the new boss). I had some Internet issues this week.  This page came up as I tried to access Yahoo! Based on a search by Yahoo!, it no longer exists??  For a minute, I wondered if Microsoft had bought them out. About a 1/2 …

May 16, 2008 – 3:00 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in snapthoughts, Tom Peters! | Comments (1)

Moving to The Frontline

Some dreams are lived. Some die. Others change. For almost two years, I’ve been the creative director at Beyond Marketing & Advertising. I started that endeavor with high expectations for what I could accomplish and what we could create as a company. Some of those expectations were met, others were not. Overall, it was a …

May 16, 2008 – 7:23 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Ad Agency, Tulsa, Word of Mouth | Comments (5)

Reclaiming Your Orphans

I got some correspondence on The Idea Orphanage that encouraged me to share advise on reclaiming your idea orphans. I guess it would be rather cruel to raise awareness of the lost and abandoned without giving a way for you to help. So, here are a few ways to get the adoption process started: 1. …

May 9, 2008 – 11:14 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Creativity, Ideas | Comments (2)

Death of a Moleskine

I was plugging away on my computer when I heard the cry from upstairs.  “Oh no!”  I asked my wife what was wrong.  “You’re going to hate me.”  She said. I climbed up the stairs and found her in the laundry room.  She began to pull out pieces of paper and show them to me.  …

May 9, 2008 – 9:44 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Ideas, Personal/Family | Comments (4)

Building on Bad Ideas

“There are no such things as bad ideas.” Whoever invented that statement has never watched an infomercial. There are plenty of bad ideas. The essence of this statement is that bad ideas can lead to good ones. Unfortunately, we either disregard someone’s bad idea altogether or we embrace it, because we’re stupid and don’t realize …

May 3, 2008 – 4:57 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in Creativity, Ideas | Comments (0)