akallander.com Archives: January 2008
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27 January 2008
Local Project
Local Project is “collaborative storytelling” firm in NYC.. I found them looking through the StoryCorps initiative and love the way they look at how people interact and then conceptualize an environment to encourage people to express their curiosity.
I especially love all the hand drawn maps and notes, and to be reminded that it is […]
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15 January 2008
The Accidental Innovator
The whole story is here: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10328123&fsrc=RSS
The fascinating bits:
1) genuinely new ideas are accidentally stumbled upon rather than sought out
2) that new ideas are by definition hard to explain to others, because words can express only what is already known
3) that good ideas seem obvious in retrospect
He plans accidents, tries mental tricks, and ‘loves frustration.’ […]
