Posts Tagged ‘brainstorming’

Get Random!

We spend a lot of time at Lifehack talking about getting organized – making up lists, labeling files, simplifying your workspace, and so on. Everything in its place, and a place for everything, right? There’s nothing wrong with this view of organization, so long as you’re getting more work done than the time you’re spending on staying organized. But a lot of times, our brains don’t work quite so neatly. For… Continue reading

July 9 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: brainstorming, creativity, filing, flexibility, idea, randomness, search, unschedule | 12 comments»

The Idea Generator Brings Brainstorming to the iPhone and iPod Touch Platform

Considering the variety of applications you can download for the iPhone and iPod Touch from Apple’s comprehensive AppStore, it was only a matter of time until someone introduced a brainstorming tool for these popular devices: The Idea Generator. Developed by creative consultancy The Director’s Bureau, this intriguing tool uses randomly-displayed words to help you generate ideas for your next creative project. Continue reading

March 23 2009 | By Chuck | Tagged: brainstorming, creativity, idea, idea generator, iphone, ipod | 8 comments»

4 Pocket-Sized Tools to Help You Generate Killer Ideas Any Time, Anywhere

The ability to generate creative, profitable, problem-solving ideas is growing in importance, especially with the global economy stuck in the doldrums. But how can you be creative on demand? Here are four pocket-sized card decks that you can take anywhere – to your next team meeting or to a quiet park where you can brainstorm free from distractions – to help you generate your next breakthrough idea. Continue reading

March 6 2009 | By Chuck | Tagged: brainstorming, creativity, idea, ideation, innovation, mind | 22 comments»

Free Your Mind with XMind

Mind-mapping is a popular tool for brainstorming ideas, outlining projects, and organizing information. While some people feel most comfortable mind-mapping with pencils or pens and paper, others enjoy the ease and accessibility of software-based mind-mapping, and there are a variety of tools designed to help make, share, and store mind-maps on your computer. Some, like MindManager and iMindMap are powerful, enterprise-level programs, with price tags to match; free… Continue reading

February 24 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: brainstorming, creativity, idea, mind mapping, mind-map, xmind | 21 comments»

5 Alternatives to Time-Wasting Meetings

Nobody likes meetings. Well, not “nobody” – that older guy with the beard that nobody seems to know personally that comes to every meeting? He likes meetings, because he gets a free donut and a nap. But other than him, most people see meetings as way too unproductive and time-consuming to be likable. Necessary, sometimes, but not likable. There are a lot of reasons why meetings can waste more time than… Continue reading

August 6 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: brainstorming, collaboration, im, meeting, software, web-app | 20 comments»

Unleash your Inner Genius

Let's say you are wrestling with a tough issue - maybe at work, at home, with your children or in your social life. You have been stuck for a while and you can't seem to make a breakthrough. You want to come up with some really creative ideas. What can you do? Here are ten great practical ways to boost your inventiveness and to crack the problem: 1. Ask why… Continue reading

March 7 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: brainstorming, creativity, idea, ideation, lateral, problem, problem-solving, solution, thinking | 15 comments»

How to Use Bubble.us to Make 2008 Your Most Productive Year Ever

Bubbl.us has been featured on Lifehack before as a top web-based tool for 2007. Now that we’re moving into 2008 it’s time to really kick this app into gear and show you ways to use it to make 2008 your most productive year.

A little background on Bubbl.us

bubbl.us is a flash-based mindmap creator, which enables you to create interactive… Continue reading

January 1 2008 | By Steven | Tagged: brainstorming, creativty, mindmap, Productivity | 13 comments»

Rico Clusters: An Alternative to Mind Mapping

I'm not a big fan of mind mapping, though I concede that it does have its uses. Recently, I learned of a different approach to brainstorming that seems both more practical and better grounded in the way the mind works than traditional, Buzan-style mind mapping. This approach, called the Rico Cluster after its developer, Dr. Gabrielle Rico, focuses on the creation of a "web" of related and… Continue reading

October 24 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: brain, brainstorming, creativity, mindmap, outlining, rico_cluster, teaching, thought, writing | 36 comments»