How Crayola crayons are made
Thanks to Mark Frauenfelder and Boing Boing for introducing me to this video about the creation of Crayola crayons. I think I might pick up a box and a sheet of paper this week. UPDATE: A careful...
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Creativity, inspiration and confidence in the kitchen
Last week was a bit of turning point for my views and approach to creativity and content creation. Combined with my increased confidence in the kitchen, I found myself inspired me to record a podcast...
View ArticleYour brain on improv
Creative people need to do three things today. Start a new creative project Pick up the book Free Play (if you don’t already own a copy) Watch the incredible TEDtalk (below) by brain surgeon, musician...
View Article16 iPad apps that prove your iPad is a productivity and creativity device
Shortly before I got my own iPad in May, a number of friends told me it was nothing more than a fantastic content consumption and interaction device. Basically, it was great for surfing the web, doing...
View ArticleKeep trying something new
Three years ago I completed a creative project I’d never considered having the skills necessary to complete. I didn’t when I started. I had the curiosity and drive to give it a try. I learned as I...
View ArticleThe creative process never ends
If nothing else, I’ve learned the creative process is never over. Case in point… a video I produced earlier this week has already gone through two updates. It’s invigorating to know the process never...
View ArticleMark Poirier on technology in service to story
The first of the PAB2011 videos has been posted. It’s a video of excerpts from the PAB2011 keynote speech delivered by IMAX cinematographer and director of photography Mark Poirier. Mark kicked off...
View ArticleFacilitating creativity
There just isn’t enough space in my brain to make sense of all of my creative projects including those for my clients and my own hobby pursuits. I made that realization during a brainstorming session...
View ArticleOK Go strikes again
It’s hard not to blog about these guys. Everything they do seems to incorporate a number of different creative ideas. Plus, they always look so serious when they’re doing the crazy stuff noone else...
View ArticleConference Saturdays: Creative process and teamwork
Notwithstanding the fact that I’m an Arrested Development fanboy, there is a lot to learn about the creative process, chance, teamwork, dynamics and relationships from this outstanding and insightful...
View ArticleConference Saturdays: The Unattended Moment in the Communication Jam
This year’s annual PAB Conference is the seventh and final in the franchise. That’s right. The conference which first brought together Canada’s podcasting community and ultimately evolved into an...
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Colin Hay: a unique concert experience
I’ve seen my favourite band of all time, The Police, twice (once with hair dyed for the occasion), Sting twice, Huey Lewis and the News and ZZ Top four times each, Eric Clapton twice and Dire Straits...
View ArticleConference Saturdays: Eggs. Act. Lie. The Perfect Failure
The seventh and final PAB conference, PAB2012, took place last weekend. It was a fantastically insightful and social weekend. The speaking program began with a keynote from Scott Florence, Artistic...
View ArticleConference Saturdays: What exactly am I writing?
I met Brandon Wint in October 2011. It was at TEDxOttawa where he was scheduled to speak that afternoon. I didn’t make it through the morning program. It wasn’t the strong program I expect from a TEDx...
View ArticleCelebrate What’s Right eXposed: two positively disruptive creative projects
Allow me a few minutes of your time to tell you about two positively disruptive creative projects. Celebrate What’s Right I met former National Geograhic photographer Dewitt Jones a few years ago. He...
View ArticleCutthroat is not how they roll
Andrea and I mothballed our Just One More Book children’s book podcast in 2009, just weeks before she was diagnosed with breast cancer. One consequence of the diagnosis was we had to set aside plans to...
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CreatorCamp Ottawa 2012 is this Sunday
CreatorCamp Ottawa 2012: exploring the creative process across disciplines, be it audio, video, fabric arts, cooking, woodworking, photography, sculpture, painting, poetry, stories, books, etc…...
View ArticleCan imagination save your life?
You know how they say books open a doorway to your imagination? They really do. So much so that when Andrea and I were considering how to budget our money as we started our family in 1999, we decided...
View ArticleConstraint-based creativity
I was about five episodes in with my Electric Sky Podcast when I realized the charm of podcasting wouldn’t be realized by having no limits. That’s counterintuitive if you think about it; podcasting...
View ArticleI’m a Twitter purist
Twitter is not Facebook, LinkedIn or a blog. Trying to become them, or compete on their terms, means Twitter risks becoming redundant. I’m a Twitter purist is a post from Mark Blevis. Sign up for my...
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