Chris is right, riffing off his idea if I got it right, the tools you choose to do your work defines how the work will be done.

Think about how you write a blog post or read RSS or even fix something around the house.  What do you use to get the job done?  Of course there is the right tool for the job, but sometimes I’ve found that just trying a new way is the key to inspiration.

I was trying NitroDesk today.  It’s a cool app, in beta, that lets you move pics from say Flickr to Facebook just with dragging and dropping.  It handles the leg work of transferring in the background.  Interesting … just moving data around like that.

There is my favourite mindmapping, which I know some people don’t get.  My daughter doesn’t nor does my best friend, neither of them think like that but…

Showing them a mindmap I did for my daughter’s project helped them focus on the ideas.  New tool, new way of doing things.

Maybe we should all take a sec and think about how we get things done and then see if there is another way.  If you post to your blog online, maybe try an offline editor.  If you read RSS through a client app (like I do) maybe trying Google Reader for a little while would be good (I’m going to to test the new aideRSS tool they have in private beta).

A tool is a means to an end and the end is the completed work.  Don’t let your tool become a barrier to that.

Post from: EveryJoe

Creativity and tools–you need to be open and try new things