I used to think I had a pretty good idea of what “creativity” meant, and was confident that I was, indeed, a creative individual. However, I’ve always believed in the adage that “the older you get, the less you know,” and…
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[TID-BITS] : FROM FRANKENSTEINED TO FANTASTIC / BASTARDIZED TO BREAKTHROUGH Web development straddles a fine line between creativity and functionality. This is called user experience and it’s very important in what I do. Presenting the user with something new and novel…
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In general when I have to change something I’m used to and familiar or comfortable with, I find myself just short of annoyed, but certainly more inconvenienced than inspired. This doesn’t really surprise me – I’m pretty Type-A and don’t…
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[TID-BITS] : POINTS OF VIEW “Looking at the other side” or another “point of view” insight into problems or issues [work, relationships] see the situation from the other person’s point of view look at situations, or self, from another’s perspective be open…
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[TID-BITS] : COLLABORATION AND FEEDBACK I’ve always been a rather independent person. When it comes to doing, thinking, executing, making, solving, creating, fixing…(etc.) I gravitate towards a solo path. Put crassly, I don’t play well with others. Christine: on the job…
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[TID-BITS] : APPLYING THE MIND MAP {to} PERSONAL LIFE …find new relationships between all the different things I do, spend time on, am responsible for, want to do (or do more), have to think (worry?) about or am involved in. …expand…
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[TID-BITS] : MIND MAPPING …mind mapping helps “untangle” a problem or challenge…frame [work]…understand…process… I first started “mind mapping” at my former job when I discovered a tool called MindManager (by MindJet) and started using it to map out and organize…
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