Evernote Context: A powerful new catalyst for creative problem solving
Last week, Evernote announced that it's developing a new service called Evernote Context that will suggest additional content relevant to the note you're currently working with. This opens up some…
Use Ben Franklin’s clever hack to become astoundingly creative
In Robert Allen Black’s creativity book, Broken Crayons: Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines, the author shares an intriguing story from the autobiography of Ben Franklin that you…
10 remarkable ways to use Google for creative problem solving
Did you know that Google isn't just the world's most popular and powerful search engine? It's also an awesome tool for creative problem solving.
Creativity: Are you solving the right problem?
Business people, when faced with a challenge, often decide what the problem is, and immediately throw their full weight into solving it. There’s only one problem with that approach: Often,…
Social Notes: An incredibly easy way to capture tweets in Evernote
Social Notes is an app for the popular Twitter client Hootsuite that enables you to send tweets from it to your Evernote account.
Now is the best time to cultivate your creativity
Now is the best time in history to cultivate your creativity. I riff off of a Kevin Kelly article, in which he says the most exciting days of internet advancements…
3 simple ways you can use “time quilting” to be insanely productive
Here are 3 ways you can use a simple productivity technique called "time quilting" to get more done and leverage more of your ideas.
Kickstart your creativity – ask provocative questions
Many of us don’t give questions a second thought. They’re a part of how we gather information from others on a daily basis. But did you realize that asking yourself…
Austin Kleon: To sell your creative ideas, show your work
According to Austin Kleon, when you're creating something, don't keep it private until launch. Instead, share bits and pieces of it every day.
How to reimagine customer needs, reinvent your marketing and make a difference
Bernadette Jiwa, in her new book, Difference: The One-Page Method for Reimagining Your Business and Reinventing Your Marketing, provides a practical framework for rethinking how to make a lasting impact…