Tag Archives: creativity

The Flaws of Personal Branding

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

When I was a college student, I felt free to explore different interests and groups without worrying about how that would affect my personal brand. Now, recent graduates sit through workshops like “Careers, Beers and the Brand Called You.” Although … Continue reading →

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How 1970s Counterculture Has Influenced Technology

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

This post is inspired by Lee Worden’s article “Counterculture, Cyberculture, and the Third Culture: Reinventing Civilization, Then and Now”. Worden says the counterculture of the 1970s gave rise to the movements that have since spawned Google, WikiLeaks and Wired Magazine. … Continue reading →

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Kick-Starting Creativity: Tips from Newsweek

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

What gets people’s engines going? What leads them to take the leap beyond the ideas they use every day? I wasn’t surprised to read in Newsweek that leaving one’s computer is one of the best solutions. Creativity grows when people start moving; … Continue reading →

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Writer’s block busters

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

Although creative writing isn’t the main focus of this blog, I’ve collected some useful tools that I’d like to share here. They range from practical advice that I completely support to techniques that I will probably never try. The advice … Continue reading →

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