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October 2006 - Posts

Creativity -- another perspective

I'm a fan of IT Conversations . Recently they published the audio portion of a presentation delivered by Kathan Brown . If my view on this subject is that creativity can be approached in a systematic and rigorous fashion, it would appear (I've not yet
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On Creativity Part 2

In part one I put forward the view that creativity could be learned. In this post I'll discuss how. Or, more accurately, how we've tried to get ourselves out of the box. Be warned, the timing of this post is not ideal. The fruits of this process, for
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My first experience with the Live Search OPML Generator -- Searching for feeds.

This OPML Generator idea is clearly right up my alley. Kudos to Andyed for pulling it together. I've been whispering about the relevance of social network placement in every Live(.com) ear that would listen for well over a year. I took my present position
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Internet as social space -- how should that affect corporate communications strategy? Part 1.

It should go without saying -- but I'll make it clear anyway -- that the views expressed herein are exclusively my own. If my boss should see this, or his boss (or heaven forbid his boss), please consider this in the spirit in which it is offered. And
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Be creative -- but understand, it's difficult and it's risky. Part 1.

[Also posted on TheWorkingNetwork ] I was recently speaking with an associate looking for change-the-game ideas to overcome an apparently impossible competitive situation -- and still make money. Now as a person that manages creative teams, and considers
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Recasting "Of Citizens and Pioneers"

Crossposting from TWN Many months ago I posted a essay on the original TheWorkingNetwork. That site is gone now, and with it most of the content I had created. In any event, it discussed the stages of the internet as I saw them. I called out three broad
 
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