Comments on: Creativity Constrained http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/creativity-constrained-169/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:19:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scot Herrick http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/creativity-constrained-169/comment-page-1/#comment-346838 Scot Herrick Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:53:42 +0000 http://pimpyourwork.com/creativity-constrained/#comment-346838 Hi Eric, Exactly. Not that I wouldn't want to have a big promotion budget! Even if you do, things get better if you wrap some constraints around the budget. You can have all the promotion dollars...but you can't use any traditional media (e.g., television), only non-traditional media (e.g., text ads on blogs...). We get distracted by shiny things especially the million shiny things when we don't have constraints. Hi Eric,

Exactly. Not that I wouldn’t want to have a big promotion budget!

Even if you do, things get better if you wrap some constraints around the budget. You can have all the promotion dollars…but you can’t use any traditional media (e.g., television), only non-traditional media (e.g., text ads on blogs…).

We get distracted by shiny things especially the million shiny things when we don’t have constraints.

]]> By: LifeDev » Innovation Is Shaped By Constraints, Not Freedom http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/creativity-constrained-169/comment-page-1/#comment-346839 LifeDev » Innovation Is Shaped By Constraints, Not Freedom Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:10:45 +0000 http://pimpyourwork.com/creativity-constrained/#comment-346839 [...] Once we wrap our minds around that concept, we can start addding constraints to our work.  Scot over at Pimp Your Work gives a great example of adding a little constraint to whatever it is you do. Being a photographer and being able to creatively shoot pictures of anything is limiting of your creativity. Instead, shooting only sunsets Pimps your creativity. [...] [...] Once we wrap our minds around that concept, we can start addding constraints to our work.  Scot over at Pimp Your Work gives a great example of adding a little constraint to whatever it is you do. Being a photographer and being able to creatively shoot pictures of anything is limiting of your creativity. Instead, shooting only sunsets Pimps your creativity. [...]

]]> By: Eric Eggertson http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/creativity-constrained-169/comment-page-1/#comment-346840 Eric Eggertson Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:15:24 +0000 http://pimpyourwork.com/creativity-constrained/#comment-346840 I have to admit that if I'm working on a project that has a big promotions budget, I tend to get lazy about cheap, non-traditional methods, and rely on the expensive traditional methods. A lot of people cringe when they realize they have almost no budget. But sometimes it can get you out of the rut of always relying on what worked last year. This isn't last year, so why not try something new? I have to admit that if I’m working on a project that has a big promotions budget, I tend to get lazy about cheap, non-traditional methods, and rely on the expensive traditional methods.

A lot of people cringe when they realize they have almost no budget. But sometimes it can get you out of the rut of always relying on what worked last year. This isn’t last year, so why not try something new?

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