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16
February
2007

Ways and 14 ways

For no reason we can think of, just telling you:

1. 47 Ways to work the wow
2. 27 Ways to get to heaven
3. 33 Ways to get money for college
4. 14 Ways to tie a tie
5. 11 Ways to promote your blog
6. 91 Ways to be annoying
7. 5 Ways to get rid of headaches

8. 31 Ways to write poetry
9. 20 Ways to say no
10. 10 Ways to achieve your goal
11. 99 Ways to open a beer bottle
12. 7 Ways to save the world
13. 1001 Arabian Nights (oops. . . )
14. 2225 lists of lists
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16
February
2007

We love this stuff

A little jaunt around the curve of hyper space called the internet coughed up this wonderful little Nuzizo wildbit from MP Daily Fix .

100 ways to jump start an idea:

1. Take a warm bath.
2. Go for a drive with the windows open.
3. Order Chinese food and eat it with chopsticks.
4. Call a random phone number — ask a stranger.
5. Ask a child.
6. Create an idea that would get you fired.
7. Paint your bedroom.
8. Consult tarot cards.
9. Gargle.
10. Play football.		 11. Sing a show tune on a crowded elevator.
12. How would your favorite uncle solve the problem?
13. Doodle.
14. Do a crossword puzzle.
15. Pray for a little help.
16. Ask the most creative person you know.
17. Ask the least creative person you know.
18. Run.
19. Ask your local postal worker.
20. Ice skate.		 21. Take a shower with your clothes on.
22. Ask yourself, “What rhymes with orange?â€
23. Talk to your favorite cheerleader about the idea.
24. Breathe slowly.
25. Flip a coin.
26. Mow the lawn.
27. What is the simplest solution?
28. Do 20 quick push-ups.
29. Go shopping!
30. Write the alphabet backwards.

31. Build a fort in your office.
32. How would an ant solve the problem?
33. Create a silly solution that rhymes.
34. Make paper airplanes.
35. Use three wishes to solve your challenge.
36. Browse through a bookstore.
37. Take a survey.
38. Make a sculpture with mashed potatoes.
39. Fish.
40. Go to Vegas, play a lot of craps.		 41. Daydream.
42. How would you solve it with an infinite budget?
43. Write out the problem with your opposite hand.
44. Sing the National Anthem with a cockney accent.
45. Eat dinner.
46. Change your brand of coffee.
47. Wash dishes.
48. Find the solution in the clouds.
49. Swing.
50. Take a nap at your desk.		 51. Go bowling.
52. Spin in your chair shouting: “WHOOPEE!â€
53. Eat a snow cone.
54. Contort your face in a strange and unusual ways.
55. High-five yourself.
56. Go camping.
57. Take Spot for a walk.
58. Massage your scalp for 10 minutes.
59. Play musical chairs.
60. Go for a walk in the rain.

61. Pick up something with your toes.
62. Communicate.
63. Stand on your head.
64. Stand on someone else’s head.
65. Go for a drive.
66. Call a psychic hotline, laugh at their predictions.
67. Caffeine.
68. More caffeine.
69. Imagine explaining the idea at an awards banquet.
70. Make a prank phone call.		 71. Think about it before you go to sleep.
72. Call mom, she can fix anything.
73. When in doubt, resort to duct tape.
74. Watch slasher movies to boost your creative confidence.
75. Fly a kite.
76. Shake up a can of pop and open it.
77. Go for a walk.
78. Draw a picture of it.
79. Pretend to snorkel.
80. Think like a child.		 81. Walk outside and wave to a stranger.
82. Look at the person’s paper next to you.
83. Climb a tree.
84. Find a new word in the dictionary.
85. Take an ice cream break.
86. Make a daisy chain.
87. Dance a polka.
88. Play in a toy store.
89. Just don’t think about it.
90. Jump on a treadmill.

91. Alphabetize your refrigeratables.
92. Pretend like it doesn’t matter.
93. Paint with your fingers.
94. Clean your toilet.
95. Lose yourself in your favorite music.
96. Watch old black & white reruns.
97. Listen to bees.
98. Walk in a grocery store – notice clever solutions.
99. Rake the leaves in your yard.
100. Sit outside and count the stars.
101. Still can’t find the answer? — Maddock Douglas “the agency for companies driven by innovation. We invent relevant new products, brand them and use unconventional marketing to help propel them into the world.” Least we could do.
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16
February
2007

For no good reason

Inspiration, information, advice and entertainment; what more do you want? The following blog list from our friends at Creative Stock offers us some help. In no particular order, we give you this shortlist:

  • Veerle’s Blog - Veerle’s blog is a cheerful and extremely insightful mix and she has a way of writing engagingly about anything. Belgium’s tastiest export ever – except for Leffe Dark.
  • N.Design Studio - N.Design Studio is the personal site of Nick La, an extravagantly talented who is Toronto based. His site is a well-stocked goodie-bag of inspiriation.
  • BrandSpankingNew - Timothy Groves from Munich, Germany writes about everything from design, fine arts and the business of design while also maintaining a comprehensive and inspiring ‘Recent surfing’ list.
  • Mark Boulton - Years experience in the fields of print, advertising, multimedia and web design offers up sound and authorative guidance on many of the core elements of good design. He is also a member of the BritPack collective.
  • Mike Davidson - CEO of Newsvine, somehow finding time to run his highly successful personal site. Mike was one of the pioneers behind sIFR.
  • 456 Berea street - Roger Johansson’s site cannot be rated highly enough. Impressive stuff.
  • Hicksdesign - Jon Hicks posts an excellent and engaging blend of web and graphics related content on his site.
  • Bartelme Design - Wolfgang is based in Austria specializes in top-notch interface and application design. Loads of cutting-edge web design and scripts and Mac OS information.
  • Colly.com - ‘Simon Collison’s Illogical Waffle’ delivers some rather interesting and entertaining content. Plenty of articles for anyone interested in design – or life in general for that matter.
  • Design Observer - Who’s Who of some of the most notable design writers from the last decade. Founding contributors include Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand and Rick Poynor. Regular input of well written articles on all facets of design and creative culture.
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