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Journal writing can be hard. The blank page sits ready, teasing you and your pen. A million and one thoughts swirl around in your head and you can't settle on just one thought or idea. And as soon as the best idea one does float into your mind, you start to worry about whether or not you can get it down and how that will all look on the finished page of your journal. Or perhaps maybe you never get an idea at all, so your page sits blank once more, awaiting the muse. Sometimes it's easier to not write than it is to write at all with all this pressure.
Journalling Prompts: Resources for those days when the blank page bites back
Following World War II, the high quality, technologically advanced products of the United States dominated world markets. With the oil shock of the 1970s, however, many of the economic advantages associated with cheap petroleum were lost and the recovered economies of Europe and Asia emerged as strong competitors in many product areas. The innovative technologies of the US could no longer insulate industries from the customer oriented approaches of European and Asian producers. The 1990s have seen the recovery of many US industries, most notably the automotive industry. This has been due in part to the influence of many Japanese quality methodologies introduced here by the late Dr.
Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)
Since the beginning of recorded time, and probably since long before that, the human body has been highly politicized, particularly in the areas of sexuality and reproduction. With the emergence of biotechnology, genetic modification, and the further refinement of psychopharmacology, we can expect further political polarization around the ethical issues these new options will raise. For example: should we genetically enhance our offspring in accordance with our cultural values, thereby significantly shaping their future in unpredictable ways before they’re even born? In our time, many of the political battles over the body revolve around reproduction, and therefore the rights of women. Abortion and birth control, specifically, are epicenters of controversy in the United States, and the site of a fervent cultural clash between religious ideas about sex and reproduction and democratic ideals of personal liberty.
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The brave new field of genoeconomics has just two problems: Whether it will ever work, and what on earth will happen if it does. By Leon Neyfakh
Ideas - Boston.com
Tyler Cowen is best-known for being a libertarian economist at George Mason University -- his book The Great Stagnation changed the debate about the economy last year. It turns out, though, that he's also a prodigious food blogger and globe-trotting ethnic-food obsessive. In his new book, An Economist Gets Lunch , Cowen brings the two halves of his life together, and, in the process, comes up with a surprising take on American food. He manages to be a pro-agribusiness foodie. A large part of Cowen's book is taken up with dining tips which, while they probably won't surprise many dedicated omnivores, still have an enjoyable, counterintuitive ring to them. Cowen's goal is to get the best food possible for the money.
Brainiac - Ideas from academia
How to Do What You Love
January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." But it's not enough just to tell people that.
Creative Think
I'm an author, inventor, and consultant. I started my company, Creative Think , in 1977 to stimulate creativity in business. I'm probably best known as the author of A Whack on the Side of the Head and the Creative Whack Pack , and, most recently, as the creator of the Ball of Whacks®, X-Ball®, and the Creative Whack Pack® iPhone App [More]
Reading the Web - Ideas Blog
Today’s idea: More than a half century before 9/11, Adolf Hitler and his minions conceived of attacks on New York by suicide pilots, super missiles or long-range bombers. History | In Der Spiegel, Eike Frenzel explores the Nazis’ numerous projects aimed at attacking the American mainland — in addition to the infamous Operation Pastorius, a failed infiltration from a U-boat off Long Island: Associated Press The German aircraft designer Willy Messerschmitt, left, promised Hitler an “Amerika bomber,” but never delivered.
Ironic Sans: It Seemed Like A Good Idea on Paper
It’s a nerdy graphic design joke, and it became one of my more popular posts. Readers suggested that I create some keming merchandise. So I did .
What inspires you to create things?
I tend to find that I'm proficient enough (with a camera, Photoshop, InDesign, Notepad, as a writer) to bring my creative/artistic ideas into reality, once I think of them. The problem I have is coming up with the ideas. Do 'artistic people' just walk around and have ideas pop into their heads? Where do you get artistic inspiration?Kick start your imagination, ignite your creativity, and begin your journey towards becoming an outstanding writer. Grab a copy of WEEKLY WRITES: 52 Weeks of Writing Bliss! from Amazon.com and receive 2 free e-books to encourage and nurture the writer in you. You'll also receive Write Memories , a journaling workbook available for free only to WEEKLY WRITES book owners.
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52 Projects: Simple Things You Can Do Right Now To Jumpstart Your Writing Efforts
This A to Z of Creativity and Innovation Techniques, provides an introduction to a range of tools and techniques for both idea generation (Creativity) and converting those ideas into reality (Innovation). Like most tools these techniques all have their good and bad points. I like to think of these creativity and innovation techniques as tools in a toolbox in much the same way as my toolbox at home for DIY. It has a saw, spanner, hammer, knife and all sorts of other things in it, they are all very useful, but you have to pick the right tool (creativity / Innovation technique) for each job. This site will try and provide a little guidance along with each tool to let you know whether it's best used for cutting paper or putting in nails.