Posts tagged creativity
Botanicula: The Return Of Creative Adventure Games
I grew up with adventure games. Without characters like Zak McKracken, Guybrush Threepwood, Roger Wilco or Dr. Fred, my childhood is hard to imagine. Not only did these characters teach me the first meaningful sentences of English outside of an education curriculum, they fed my imagination, humor and curiosity, as well. I still remember the many…
3 Ways To Get More & Better Ideas
People sometimes ask me: “Where do you get all these ideas for your blog posts and books?” Do I climb the looming summits of some private Kilimanjaro of the mind, digging for gold with a pickaxe? Or do I descend into some underground lair of wild ideas, slaying the best and dragging them to the light?…
All You Need Is A Good Idea: How We Create Our Own ‘Entertainment Industry’
In the wake of publishing two picture books for German language learners I became aware again of how how the Internet is the perfect roadbed for fresh ideas. Both of these publications have become instant best sellers. Did I need expensive equipment to produce them? No. Did I have to pay a gatekeeper? No. Did…
84th Spelling Bee Won By 14 year old Indian-American: What does it Mean?
Sukanya Roy spelled the word “cymotrichous” (= having wavy hair) correctly and won the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest. She will take home more than $40,000 dollars in prices and cash. According to ABC, Sukanya Roy is the “fourth consecutive Indian-American to take the title at the Scripps spelling bee, and the ninth within the past…
What A Damaged Brain Can Tell Us About A Culture of Isolated Approaches
It has become common sense that we have two brains. Or to be more precise: two specialized parts of the brain. This understanding has become known as “brain lateralization” or “hemispheric brain function” All of this has become heavily popularized but rarely do we see actual applications of this knowledge. Also, the generalizations are so…
Living Outside the Box
We’ve heard it so many times it has become a cliché. “Out of the box” thinking is praised and demanded everywhere. Especially in the so called creative industries it has become synonymous with “come up with new ideas to sell more stuff.” But let’s leave all of that aside for a second and ask: What…