9th
September
2004
“Below are listed a number of creativity techniques to help with creative thinking. Like most tools these creativity techniques all have their good and bad points. I like to think of these creativity techniques as tools in a toolbox in much the same way as my toolbox at home for DIY. It has a saw, spanner, hammer, knife and all sorts of other things in it, they are all very useful, but you have to pick the right tool (creativity technique) for each job. We will try and provide a little guidance along with each tool to let you know whether it’s best used for cutting paper or putting in nails. There are at least 200 different creativity techniques and tools available, listed below are some of these.”
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9th
September
2004
“News websites have been with us for about a decade, and editors and designers still struggle with many unanswered questions: Is homepage layout effective? … What effect do blurbs on the homepage have compared to headlines? … When is multimedia appropriate? … Are ads placed where they will be seen by the audience?”
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9th
September
2004
“Over five years in the making, poet, ípataphysican, performer and artist Christian Bˆkís much-anticipated second book Eunoia is about to change your perception of your own language forever.The word ëeunoiaí, which literally means ëbeautiful thinkingí, is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Directly inspired by the Oulipo (l’Ouvroir du LittÈrature Potentielle), a French writersí group interested in experimenting with different forms of literary constraint, Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram (the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter only E, etc.). Each vowel takes 0n a distinct personality ñ the I is egotistical and romantic, the O jocular and obscene, the E elegaic and epic (Bˆk actually retells the entire Iliad in Chapter E; you have to read it to believe it). Stunning in its implications and masterful in its execution, Eunoia is poised to be one of the most unusual and important books of the year.”
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