Netdiver Mag

Reigniting Your Creative Spark by Denise Jacobs

We cannot expect to be inspired or creative while we’re stressed…or can you? Frequently, at the root of a debilitating creative paralysis which cripples our imaginations is negative stress from perceived pressure from external sources, fear of failure, and a sense of danger.

Not all stress is negative, however.

Negative stress has an upbeat doppelganger known as eustress. Triggered by taking on challenges that are internally mandated, eustress causes exhilaration, focus, optimism, curiosity, and a sense of excitement. Eustress transforms uninspired boredom into high motivation.

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via: Jeffrey Zeldman

Anyone heard of the co-creation principle? The Spirit of Co-creation (Risk-Managed Creativity for Business) white paper by Sense Worldwide – free to download as .pdf.

This is what I’m currently reading and suggest you do too – it’s an eye-opener about the ‘sharing’ future.

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Illustration via: USOTA content / capacity

We have a ‘strategic plan.’ It’s called doing things. — Herb Kelleher

That quotes resonates w/ me as I’m enterprising to build the divingboard and initial network for the upcoming fanta project I’m working on.

It’s an template statement of exactly how I’m thinking.

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Valid and smart list of cues in the following post:

Just get things done, and not another strategy plan! by Andre Ivanchuk

It’s not about talking to do something

It’s not about thinking to do something

It’s not about planning on doing something

It’s not about creating hoops to jump through

It’s not about creating forms

It’s not about distributing memos

It’s not about meetings

It’s not about adding more resources

It’s not about inner-office politics

It’s not about bureaucracy

It’s not about policies

It’s not about the leadership

It’s not about nostalgia

It’s not about could’ve, should’ve, would’ve

It’s not about playing business

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poster by: MODD – Like it? Youu can buy it here.

Daily grind of filtering /deleting spam is a pain I could do without.. After all these years – still don’t get what is the motivation of those programmers and employees that deliver day-in day-out a massive load of annoyment.

Sometimes I blacklist IPs – because of somekind of server attack.. in the comments section – it’s a deluge. I’m not a back-end person. Anyway.

I’m seriously thinking of closing the option down (and I won’t be the first to do so) since most interactions I have are on my social networks..

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Pixel illo: Big server by Supertotto

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. – S.Beckett

Struggling with mapping a design project. Tho I read and do research – tried and failed so far. Beckett’s quote and c31913 maps are right-on for me.

Need a design-like GPS to locate these loose ends.

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via: Comosgraphies by c31913

Our encounter with urban space is mainly volumetric and sensorial, but never planimetric. Instead, we live surrounded by maps, GPS and other geo-location systems.

The 10 Commandments of Steve by Leander Kahney. More than anything else, Jobs’s genius is in managing the creative process. Here’s his playbook.

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Some of these are keepers:

1. Go for perfect
2. Tap the experts
3. Be ruthless (not sure about that)
4. Shun focus groups
5. Never stop studying
6. Simplify
7. Keep your secrets
8. Keep teams small
9. Use more carrot than stick
10. Prototype to the extreme

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Errata #2 – I.M. Pei is an architect and he did not design the Next logo. Geeze. It was none other than Paul Rand.

via: Stella Gassaway

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via: The Daily Beast

The Eight Pillars of Innovation by Susan Wojcicki

As Google’s employee #16, she has learned a thing or two about innovation. Nurturing a culture that allows for innovation is the key. As they’ve grown to over 26,000 employees in more than 60 offices, they’ve worked hard to maintain the unique spirit that characterized Google way back when she joined.

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Think_big_but_start_small

Strive_for_continual_ innovation, not_instant_perfection

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Share_everything

Spark_with_imagination, fuel_with_data

Be_a_platform

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