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Five Daily Elements to Boost Creativity
To say there are rules to creativity is hubris.Β I’m reminded of that scene in Dead Poet’s Society where Robin William’s character addresses that section of the poetry book about graphing poems. powered by Splicd.com Yet we cannot deny there are some very basic elements that can be applied to enhance creativity. Creativity is not [...]
Android App of the Week: CallTrack
If you are a fan of Android apps, you are probably already aware of this wonderful, amazing tool. I know several luminaries of the web have already spoken about this app and I hate to jump on the bandwagon but I fell in love with this tool. It wasn’t love at first sight, though, since [...]
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Tagged Android, CallTrack, Droid, organization, problem solving, projects, scheduling
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First Words of the Day – March 9th
Is it really just about beer or is it a desire to have complete control over a creative project? [display_podcast] First Words of the Day by Sean D. Francis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.seandfrancis.com. The podsafe [...]
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All You Need Is Time
Time, not talent, seems to be the true indicator of expertise. What I am about to discuss comes to me via a very circuitous route that one can only find on the internet. Lifehacker.com did a write up of Penelope Trunk’s article regarding an article she is attached to from the July/August 2007 issue of [...]
Three Lessons From an Afternoon of Moviemaking
A week ago, several friends of mine and I got together to make short movies.Β We really didn’t expect to get much done because when we get together we don’t tend to be very focused.Β Yet, we all really wanted to get some things accomplished. We had only one complete script and two ‘improv’ type [...]
