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A Creative Distraction of junebird creative Musings from: A Recovering Type-A An Engineer’s Daughter
read moreA work in progress Some assembly required Under construction The sandbox An experimental sandbox An experiential sandbox digital musings in/on a physical world Unlearning the world musings from the mission control sandbox {un}learning the world the creative sandbox Journey back…
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“Toast” on your way to [work]. Apparatus would fit in cup holder (for safe toasting) and plug into the cigarette lighter for power. Features: Single slice Slight pop-up when “done” Ability to “load” toppings (butter, jelly etc.) onto a “sheet” which could…
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[TID-BITS] : COMMUNICATION Since this class is part of the “Communication” department, I decided to use this last journal to reflect on communication. Because communication is a big part of relationship building and management, and relationships are very important for me…
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[TID-BITS] : VISUALIZATION I’ve come to realize, and am beginning to accept, two things about my process. One is that I’m a visual person, and two is that anxiety is just a necessary evil in my process. DETOUR: I’ve realized lately…
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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] : MISUNDERSTANDINGS I get Seth Godin’s daily email. I read, or at least skim most of them; although I find the longer ones annoying. My gauge of a good email from him is if he can illicit an insightful reaction…
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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] : HERO OF {your own} STORY One night I found myself emotionally drained and needing to veg out watching a mindless comedy movie and just put my life on hold for a few hours. We rented Central Intelligence which,…
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Failure is not an option Reflect on the human condition. Choose actions and activities that either result in personal betterment or at a minimum don’t harm others. Make it possible when faced with roadblocks Look for solutions and ways around,…
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[TID-BITS] : RESOURCEFULNESS When I find myself needing to be resourceful in a non-critical situation, I delight in “forcing” myself to come up with solutions. By looking at these situations as “opportunities” to find creative solutions—without the pressure of a solution being necessary—I find myself having…
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The route I take to work doesn’t have much room for alternatives. I walk up the stairs from my bedroom to the kitchen, make a U-turn from the kitchen to the dining room, walk through the dining room and take…
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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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[TID-BITS] : FACE TO FACE WITH THE ISSUE …stuck…procrastinating…{now} unavoidable. Wednesday. “when I sat down to tackle it, in the moment, realized what the solution was.” issue (problem) rather than {…} disallow users from taking an action {…} require that they make a conscious effort…
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[TID-BITS] : FINANCING DESIGN… who is {…} more skilled at “prettifying” art? back to the drawing board. funds allocated {…} were limited a “creative” solution to finance the work accommodate {…} requests and unique situations Running a business is just that – business.…
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PREMISE: A greeting card company with a multitude of less than conventional, at times borderline obnoxious, greeting cards for any occasion. custom and commission available. “Anthropomorphism” Line [Images of animals with captions of what the animal is “saying”] “Life Events”…
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