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- 1. Hacking the creativeBrain Working Better to Create More Denise R. Jacobs Future. Innovation. Technology. Creativity. Amsterdam, Netherlands 18 February 2013
- 2. Tweeting tall tales I am: @denisejacobs We’reat: #FITCAms @fitc I’m talking about how to: #hackcreativity
- 3. I used tohave long hair
- 4. I’m part Vulcan.Srsly! Photo: Stefan Nitzsche
- 5. I Almost adopteda chicken
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- 23. “Creativity is newnessproduced.” ★ “Creativity is the process of developing original ideas that have value.” - Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds
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- 25. Even though itfeels like it… “Creativity is magical, but is not magic.” - Charles Limb, “Your Brain on Improvisation” TED talk
- 26. Let’s get ourhack on
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- 33. The evil voicesin your head
- 34. Fear (“false evidence appearingreal” or “f*ck everything and run”) causes unnecessary inhibitions which obstruct the generation of new ideas on a biochemical and neurological level.
- 35. Banish you innercritic
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- 38. “An essential aspectof creativity is not being afraid to fail.” - Dr. Edwin Land “Being right keeps us in place. Being wrong forces us to explore.” – Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
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- 60. Be Mindful –Do one thing at a time
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- 70. Tools Zootool.com Evernote Gimmebar.com Diigo Pinterest.com Delicious Imgspark.com Flickr Scrnshots.com Trello Vi.sualize.us Emberapp.com
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- 74. Ideas are anetwork
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- 89. The d.school process • observe • suggest • tinker • review • apply feedback • reiterate
- 90. Get into theflow
- 91. All of thepieces in place… • Cleared space – work area, time, head • Concept in mind: know what you want to achieve and what it looks like • Necessary materials on hand • Distractions eliminated • Practice in place • Willingness in place
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- 98. “Whatchoo talkin‟ „bout,Willis?” “…the confidence that, when given a difficult problem, we have a methodology that enables us to come up with a solution that nobody has before.” - David Kelley, Ideo
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- 106. Articles for furtherreading (mine) netmagazine.com/features/ four-secrets-enhancing- creative-productivity alistapart.com/articles/ reigniting-your-creative-spark/ alistapart.com/articles/ banishing-your-inner-critic/
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- 108. Shameless Self-Promotion #2 Smashing Books #3 & #3 1/3 My chapter: “Storytelling in Webdesign” SmashingBook.com
- 109. Shameless Self-Promotion #1 The CSS Detective Guide CSSDetectiveGuide.com twitter.com/cssdetective
- 110. Shameless Self-Promotion #3 InterAct With Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design InterActWithWebStandards.com twitter.com/waspinteract
- 111. How to findme DeniseJacobs.com [email protected] twitter.com/denisejacobs slideshare.net/denisejacobs
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