December 2009
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I've returned to Tumblr after a week without my...
clientsfromhell:
Client: You see where you have a full stop at the end of the first sentence?
Me: Yes.
Client: Can you change it to a comma?
Me: Er, well I can, but you should put a full stop at the end of a sentence.
Client: Oh, that grammar stuff is very old fashioned.
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“Why Thinking Is Overrated
Imagine you have no head. I’m serious. Imagine you...”
– Why Thinking Is Overrated | Lateral Action
McGuinness, M. (2009, December 14). Why Thinking Is Overrated | Lateral Action. Retrieved December 15, 2009, from http://lateralaction.com/articles/thinking-is-overrated/
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“There is scarcely a subject that cannot be mathematically treated and the effect...”
– Lomas, R. (1999). The man who invented the twentieth century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten genius of electricity. London: Headline. (p 27, ch. 22)
An excellent exam question for a course in creativity! “….. Discuss.” I do not think Edward de Bono would agree with Tesla’s...
“Nikola Tesla - The Forgotten Genius. When I was asked to write about Nikola...”
– Tesla: The Forgotten Genius of Electricity
Tesla: The Forgotten Genius of Electricity. (n.d.). . Retrieved December 12, 2009, from http://www.viewzone.com/tesla.html
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Size Matters - studentsfromhell
clientsfromhell:
Client: I want a poster that’s bigger then a piece of printer paper
Me: Well a lot of people also get 11 by 17 posters made up.
Client: How big is that?
Me: 11 inches by 17 inches.
Client: Yes but how big is it?
Hmm…. this little creative pause (de Bono) in my day suggests an awesome/awefull/evil POsibility:
STUDENTSFROMHELL
using the same tumblr mechanism as...
How the iPhone Could Reboot Education | Gadget Lab... →
How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones — and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum.
That’s the idea Abilene Christian University has to refresh classroom learning. Located in Texas, the private university just finished its first year of a pilot program, in which...
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“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein (via rememo) (via pota)
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“I sense that Peter is really sorry to be relinquishing this course but...”
– Jocelyn Williams
Head of School - Communication Studies
Unitec Institute of Technology,
Private Bag 92025 Auckland, NZ Tel + 64 (09) 815 4321 ex 8829 Fax + 64 (09) 815 4330 Immediate Past President, ANZCA | Media, Democracy & Change | Conference 7-9 July, 2010 | Old Parliament...
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“Hi Peter
I applaud the efforts you have made to recreate Creativity in...”
– Dr. Sara Donaghey Programme Director Undergraduate Programmes Department of Communication Studies Unitec New Zealand Private Bag 92025 Mt Albert AUCKLAND Ph: 64-9-815 4321 ext 8281 sdonaghey@unitec.ac.nz www.communication.unitec.ac.nz
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“I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when...”
– Terry Pratchett, http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=http://www.quotationspage.com/data/qotd.rss&source=imag
Take my project ... or else!
clientsfromhell:
“We are a kickboxing gym and need a website to advertise our classes and post tournament details and results - we previously had a web designer but he could not finish the project and is in hospital now - can you help?”
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Photos taken by orangutan prove hit on facebook →
(via creativityandcommunication)
… But is it art?
Seriously, who decides what counts as art? the market of the masses (facebook), or at the other extreme, the Csikszentmihalyian field of leading artists, art critics, and fellow orangutans?
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Planet A: March and Concert for the Planet 1 pm 5... →
I had my performance review with my Head of Department last week. At the review, we discuss and negotiate my mission, roles, outcomes, key performance indicators, and how many emails I will respond to every day.
We continue in negotiation. However, I have decided to encircle my research and teaching projects with my revised personal mission:
“To foment citizen-led revolutions to re-create...
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Innovate on Purpose: Now, brainstorming is dead:... →
Abstract
Last year in an effort to be provocative, Bruce Nussbaum of BusinessWeek proclaimed that innovation was “dead”. That elicited the usual outcry and defense of innovation, from yours truly and others. Bruce wasn’t really trying to argue that innovation was dead. I believe he was trying to help us gain perspective on what innovation is - and what it isn’t.
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“The winners for the Sustainable 60 Series Awards were announced in Auckland on...”
– Unlimited > Sustainable 60 >Sustainable 60 Series awards - Winners
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On reflection - an accountant managers's...
clientsfromhell:
The art director had flown from the UK to Florida to take a shot of a beautiful old Ford Mustang. Back in the UK, the account manager says the client is unhappy with all the palm tree fronds.
Account Manager: “Couldn’t we just photoshop some of them out?”
Art Director: “Well, it’s not quite as easy as that, because if you look at the shot, there are reflections of the palm...
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“I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn...”
– iGoogle
Corollary:
I think it’s the duty of the professor to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. - Peter Mellalieu
http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=http://www.quotationspage.com/data/qotd.rss&source=imag
I don't wear that dress anymore
clientsfromhell:
In response to a brochure layout we presented.
Client: I don’t like the colors you’ve used.
Us: Oh? Is there a particular reason why you don’t like them?
Client: I once had a dress with those colors in it. I don’t wear that dress anymore.
Client learns a word he doesn't understand
clientsfromhell:
Trying to wrap up a design for a client, he asked how big the graphical header was.
“700 pixels wide” I replied.
“It’s too small. Can we make it a half pixel bigger?”
I roll my eyes epically on my end and them send him the exact same comp image back. “Here you go”
“Perfect!”.
———
Later in the project, he asked if we could re-use pixels to save money.
PROCESOS: 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage... →
Julio N Vogel from Chile posted these rules on his Ontological Website, Procesos.
Having two young daughters recently out of teendom, Julio’s posting attracted my immediate attention.
Julio VOGEL suggests that we have matters to share and discuss on the topic of creativity and ontology… through my quick visit to his/her website, I agree!
I have been advised that my CraC! course has...
Photoshop vs. Paint
clientsfromhell:
“I understand that you prefer to use photoshop, but we don’t feel like that program is universal enough. If you could do all of the design work in Microsoft Paint it would be easier for us to edit what you do and give you an idea of the changes we want.”
November 2009
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“Are you attempting to unleash creativity through familiar, comfortable pathways?...”
– The 8 Types of Creative Intelligence | Lateral Action
McMaster, R. (2009, November 30). The 8 Types of Creative Intelligence | Lateral Action. Retrieved November 30, 2009, from http://lateralaction.com/articles/multiple-intelligences/
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