xBlog: The visual thinking weblog
22nd April 2004

Idea Generation Techniques

“There are hundreds of techniques for generating ideas, and many variations of these as well. We have taken a few techniques, and classified them according to the dominant Innovation Style strategy they embody.”

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22nd April 2004

IDFuel, the Industrial Design Weblog

“IDFuel is the daily weblog for Industrial Designers looking to keep current on the latest materials, processes, products, technologies, design contests, and inspiration.”

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22nd April 2004

Giving It Away (for Fun and Profit)

“But what’s really interesting is that as more and more artists use Creative Commons to tell the world that it’s OK to copy, distribute, and build on their work, the first glimpses emerge of an economy based on the free exchange of digital content. The ’sharing economy’ is built on a supply-and-demand equation wholly alien to traditional media companies”

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22nd April 2004

Not all journalism is words…

“‘…some time before 2000 we expected the web to take over with animated graphics and all,’ [Graphics editor Gert Nielsen] told dotJournalism. ‘But when it turned out it was next to impossible to earn money on the net, the editorial interest for the flashy infographics faded quickly because they’re quite expensive to produce.’ Infographics are often used to illustrate complex issues, such as the recent Mars landings, but fine detail is often better presented in print than on screen.”

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