Harnessing the Power of Shower Thoughts (▻https://alexanderell.is/po...
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Harnessing the Power of Shower Thoughts | #cognition #creativity #diffuse #focus #ideation
Harnessing the Power of Shower Thoughts (▻https://alexanderell.is/po...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/9998276
Harnessing the Power of Shower Thoughts | #cognition #creativity #diffuse #focus #ideation
FindCollabs: Share Your Open Source Projects and Find Collaborators
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FindCollabs: Share Your Projects and Find CollaboratorsEvery creative person has a project — or at least a project idea.FindCollabs is a place to share your projects, whether those projects are new or old. Your project doesn’t even have to have code associated with it yet — it can just be an idea, like a weather prediction system.Your project can be anything creative — a game, or an animation, or a song.One project I’m working on is a FindCollabs Theme Song. Two collaborators have worked on the project, Adam and AJ. I already gave Adam a review (he did a great job). AJ’s review is pending.The workflow for submitting a project is easy. As an example, I’ll go through a project that I want to share with the FindCollabs community.This is Escrow, a social betting game I invented. It’s not the prettiest (...)
Super human A.I. for #business
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Photo credit: liboriusSuperhuman artificial intelligence versus supercomputer humansA.I. will eat the world, but probably not entrepreneurship itselfThat A.I. is able to beat humans in board games is common knowledge by now. How that is relevant to companies is less clear. Normally scientists could be of help here. Clearing up the mess by debunking the hype and showing how trustworthy the technology really is. But many of the good A.I. researchers are connected to big tech companies and these companies have little incentive to debunk a hype when that negatively impacts their share holder value.As I am not yet hired by one of the big tech companies (you do have my email address, right?) I will do some clearing up for you.In this post I will argue that:Executives should embrace the (...)
#artificial-intelligence #human-resources #superhuman #creativity
How to manage the highs and lows for creative consistency
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The Path to Creative ConsistencyI think you really take on a the bipolar attribute of manic and depressive states when you take on the burden of anything “creative”. I run a creative business, so unfortunately it’s both a personal and professional struggle.Maybe 6 months ago, I was on fire creatively and professionally. I could handle anything coming my way with enthusiasm and execution. It was a wonderful feeling as I’m sure you’ve experienced.Recently, I finally decided to address past sexual abuse at the hands of a family member and deal with it properly. The process opened the Pandora’s box of the feelings of being absolutely worthless and powerless. This took a massive toll on my #creativity and ability to fight resistance to create. I found myself full of so much doubt and negativity (...)
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Data that you need is worth gold, not data that you already have
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New business requires new dataGold by Murat ÖzcanIt was early 2017 and it was only weeks after my start at the new institute for data science and entrepreneurship that I began to loose hope. Tons of companies had shown their interest to collaborate in research or with students on company assignments, the interest was overwhelming, but all of them had existing datasets that we were supposed to turn into gold.In this post I will argue that:Companies should strive for additional #revenue streams that have a positive impact on their continuity.Additional or new business requires new data, and this requires a new approach to data science projects.I have never created something meaningful new with old data. Yes, you can optimize existing processes, cut a lot of costs. But in a time of change, (...)
My Homeless Neighbor and What He Taught Me About #observation
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I have a quirky neighbor that lives across the street. He’s a middle aged bald man who watches TV on his phone at night and sleeps until 8 am. I know this because he lives out of his car.He’s been my neighbor for a few months, but we’ve never spoken. I’m not sure the stereotypical knocking on the door asking to borrow a cup of sugar applies in his case.You could jump to all sorts of terrible conclusions about this person, but I’d like to believe that he’s harmless. He’s more interesting than dangerous.His car is a nice Wrangler style Jeep. Maybe a Rubicon. I can’t keep up with the Jeep models. But it’s an expensive car. And because I’ve seen him watch TV from his phone while walking the dog I assume he has a cellphone account with wireless internet. Maybe even a Netflix subscription.And even (...)
How to hack your learning and be creative
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In this digital age where information gets increasingly cluttered and gets bigger instantaneously, sometimes we stumble upon the notion of how to learn fast, or how to cope up with these loads of information accessible to us in this generation. Developers like me seems to get this pressure very often because technology improves and standards change really fast. If anything, we’re desperate in learning fast.Also, there are a lot of variables in play on how a person learns fast in a short period of time. Some people were born with photographic memory, others were not. Often times we cannot conclude if increasing the odds of one’s learning new concepts quickly is really determined by standards such as IQ tests, certifications, higher degree of #education.Although we also have to agree that (...)
#reward-system #hack-your-learning #hack-education #creativity
5-hour rule: 3 little-known secrets to steal knowledge
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Photo by Maia Habegger on UnsplashSo, I once had a friend who sent me an email with a long diatribe of his ‘business #ideas’.You know, ‘I have this idea, I have this business concept, blah, blah, blah…’.I replied, ‘Well, why don’t you pick one of these ideas? Go ahead and pursue them. They all look pretty good on paper’.His response was, ‘Well, I would, but I don’t know how.’Now needless to say, but it’s a shame in the age of the internet if someone says that. Yet, when I look closely, he did have somewhat a point. Let me explain.To understand ‘I don’t know how’, we need to consider its syrupy cousin ‘I don’t have time’. And all of a sudden, it begins to make sense. If people don’t have time, it doesn’t matter even if all the knowledge in the world is available for free.The other day, I was reading The (...)
“Your Ad Wasn’t Approved Because Facebook Doesn’t Have a Sense of Humor.”
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“You shall not pass,” says Blue Bot Man.I just came out with an animated cartoon for my Audio Issues followers.When I tried to boost the video, the Facebook robots said no because it violated their #advertising policies.Something about:“We don’t allow ads that use profanity, or refer to the viewer’s attributes (ex: race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, name) or harass viewers.”Although I do curse a lot, I didn’t use any profanity in the video. I double checked to make sure but, alas, no. I wasn’t that fucking stupid it seems.Although I am a privileged white male, I don’t attack my readers by calling out their race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or name either. That’s just stupid business practice at best, racist at worst. I’d like to do neither of those things.So, it left me to conclude (...)
The Easy But Powerful Process That Crush Your Huge Goals
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Proven Ten Steps to Win at Life Right Here…Type-A hyperactive overachievers love being productive. However, there’s a difference between “being busy” and “achieving your goals.”The former leads to burnout because you’re running out of energy on the hamster wheel of forced overachievement. The second is a methodical way of achieving the things you set out to do without sacrificing your health and happiness.The second one is way more fun wouldn’t you say? Thought so. Let’s talk about creating that process for you.1. Create a BHAGThe first thing you should do is create a BHAG.A BHAG is a Big. Hairy. Audacious. Goal.It’s something way too ambitious and way too big. It should be something almost unreachable. However, it should also be something that make you think:“If I really put in the work, maybe I’ll (...)
#personal-development #creativity #self-improvement #entrepreneurship #productivity
Give The Customer What They Want and Stop Worrying About Illegal Downloads
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Got into an interesting debate about my last post: How I Doubled My Revenue By Breaking Up With Amazon.This author seemed appalled at the notion that I would offer my customers the option to buy a PDF version of one of my books.Even though the data told me it would reach more people, he simply didn’t get it.He writes:“OK, I’m mystified. Why would anyone in their right mind want a PDF version of an #ebook? …It’s terrible for e-reading unless you have a large screen, high resolution tablet. It’s the format commonly used on pirate book websites because it’s easy to scan a printed book and easy to conceal malware in it.”Now, there are some interesting assumptions going on here.First of all, asking “why would anyone in their right mind want a PDF version” is a bit judgmental.It seems obvious that he (...)
Where does the Internet go to ‘Change its mind’?
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maybe it’s the reddit thread treasure trove Change my View (CMV)…It is human to hold beliefs. Superhuman to be able to change them. Photo credit — Raj EiamworakulOn February 16th, 2018 when comedian Steven crowder tweeted a picture of himself with the sign ‘Male Privilege is a myth. Change My Mind’ , chances are little that he knew what was coming. Internet took to photo-shopping various versions of this photo and in a matter of hours the ever so mysterious deity of all things viral took over and birthed tens of thousands of children of the image; also called memes.But, it got me #thinking about the lost art of changing our minds. In today’s age, it is only to human to have opinions, but superhuman to be able to change them . I asked myself, when was the last time I said ‘This changed my mind’.Do (...)
9 Reasons Nobody Pays Attention to Your Content (You Need to Hear This)
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Nicolas Cole InstagramEveryone wants to know how to succeed online.“How do we get people to pay attention to us?”That’s the big question.So-called social media consultants will say things like, “You have to use photography and video. That’s the future.”OK, that’s like asking “How do I cook something people will like” and being told to use food.Obviously.The truth is, it’s not really about the format of the content as much as it is the quality it provides people. If “high-end photography” is the key, then how is it that low-budget meme-factory Instagram pages have three million followers? If video is the key, how come there are YouTube channels with content being posted weekly that barely scratch 1,000 subscribers?Too often, brands (and individuals) think the actions themselves determine success. And (...)
#marketing #content-marketing #social-media #content-strategy #creativity
Solve a problem by not working on it.
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It’s 3:30 am standing holding my daughter, my t-shirt has puke on it from the 7pm feeding.Daughter finally falls asleep I hand her off to my wife. And go to #sleep. But can’t sleep. That thing that happened earlier the day before and all those other things the week before. They crept into my head and I’m wide awake 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, all roll by and I’m wallowing in it.Crap I can’t sleep this is horrible that was horrible all of this is horrible.It’s sooo easy to keep piling on the horrible instead of just not.Just looking at it differently. Change your perspective. Be flexible. Shake things up and look at it upside down.Sure I’m not sleeping now, but I got some sleep, and the baby is asleep.Instead of wallowing in bed mourning the inability to accomplish something. Get out of bed go work out. (...)