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Category: Playing With Ideas

My debate teacher said, years ago, then when creating categories, you’ll always end up with a catch-all-category. I think he called it a “garbage can category,” but I don’t care for that implication. Playing with ideas is a chance to look at creativity and more idea-provoking resources.

Here is a place I’ll park interesting ideas, observations, miscellany, and fun items that don’t fit neatly into the other categories.

My goal is to offer material that will uplift, edify, or at least amuse.

Let me know if any of these postings point towards topics that interest you, or if you have fun facts that would allow me to expand anything posted here.

Why I Love Design

Why I Love Design

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Design rocks. It’s where science and engineering, cross pollinate with art–a G-rated way of putting it–and give birth to things that are beautiful and functional. I’ve been fascinated with elegant designs since I was a child. I loved inventions and gadgets, but […]

Tagged aviation, design, inventions, rhode island school of design, smithsonian
Steve Job’s Thoughts on Intelligence

Steve Job’s Thoughts on Intelligence

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I’m sharing a link to a blog post that dives into what Steve Job’s thought it meant to be intelligent. But the short take is that you need to seek different experiences than the rest of the herd. Here’s the article. But […]

Tagged creativity, innovation, intelligence, max strategy, steve jobs

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Sophfronia Scott at Erma Bombeck Workshop
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Thinking Funny Comedy and Humor Conference 4-3-2021
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Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4
Give Yourself the Gift of Confident Speaking
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Thank You!
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