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July 23rd, 2008

Quick Idea-Generation Techniques, #6

You’ve pushed your creative mind through all the motions, and yet your idea well is as dry as ever. Looks like you’ll have to admit defeat and:
Ask others for help
To recap, here are the five quick idea-generation techniques I’ve written about over the past few days:

Remember what you did for the day, and get some […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Quick Idea-Generation Techniques, #5

So you’ve tried everything else, but still don’t have an idea for your project?
Re-use an old idea
This shouldn’t prove hard if you keep copies of your old projects. Just look them over, and see what you can use. Every great idea is ultimately a rehash of an older one anyway, so I don’t see anything […]

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July 22nd, 2008

Quick Idea-Generation Techniques, #4

If you really, really can’t come up with an idea, try this:
Make having no idea into your idea
For instance, if you have nothing to write about, try writing about how to come up with ideas. If you need to design something, do so with nothing as your focal point (e.g., you could try a minimalist […]

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July 22nd, 2008

Quick Idea-Generation Techniques, #3

Got a good gist of your client’s message but don’t know how to express it?
Turn the message on its head; be ironic or sarcastic
The best example of this quick idea-generation technique applied is the following radio from my country, translated into English:
Now, why would you want to join the [rock-music-challenge]? You have to submit your […]

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July 21st, 2008

Quick Idea-Generation Techniques, #2

You desperately need an idea for a project, so I’ll get straight to the point:
Just create. Write aimlessly, layout elements with purpose, take photos at your whim. Eventually, you’ll find something you can use.

A classic solution for the creatively challenged, just doing it is the simple act of forcing yourself to create, and hope that […]

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July 21st, 2008

Quick Idea-Generation Techniques, #1

Got less than five minutes to come up with an idea for a project? Let’s go straight to the point shall we?
Try to remember what you did for the day, and get some ideas from that
To be honest, a lot of what I’ve written here came from my daily life. As I found solutions to […]

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