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So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative

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Re: So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative

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Post by RaceAap »

Toenex wrote: post #9
analogmind wrote: post #5

To be really creative, you need to stop reading Hacker News frantically and go out and explore nature, other people and your own thoughts.

Yes, but what framework should I use for that? ;)

You could think of using the NERF framework :P

NERF: Nature Enabled Room Framework

Re: So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative

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Post by Springtime »

increment_i wrote: post #7

Were these articles written in response to each other - as you sometimes see on HN?

Seeing as the Wired article posted today was from 2010 while the original two Nautilus pieces are from this month I'd imagine it was submitted as a response.

Re: So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative

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Post by smcl »

analogmind wrote: post #5

To be really creative, you need to stop reading Hacker News frantically and go out and explore nature, other people and your own thoughts.

This is the simple take home for me. Same goes for the "N books/things all developers should read/know (about X)". You'd drive yourself daft reading all of them, and probably miss other opportunities in the meantime. HN is an interesting distraction which can sometimes inspire but can all too easily become a drag.

Re: So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative

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Post by collyw »

analogmind wrote: post #5

To be really creative, you need to stop reading Hacker News frantically and go out and explore nature, other people and your own thoughts.

Actually I used to work as a rafting guide. Didn't earn a lot of money, but I had a lot of free time (in nature), and met a lot of people.

I notice that I had way more ideas then than I do now that I have settled into a 9-6 lifestyle. Sometimes that creativity starts coming back when I am on holiday for a while.

I think a "normal" office job / lifestyle is very stifling to creativity.

Re: So I need to be sad, bored and happy to be creative

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Post by stdbrouw »

collyw wrote: post #17
analogmind wrote: post #5

To be really creative, you need to stop reading Hacker News frantically and go out and explore nature, other people and your own thoughts.

Actually I used to work as a rafting guide. Didn't earn a lot of money, but I had a lot of free time (in nature), and met a lot of people. I notice that I had way more ideas then than I do now that I have settled into a 9-6 lifestyle. Sometimes that creativity starts coming back when I am on holiday for a while. I think a "normal" office job / lifestyle is very stifling to creativity.

Might be true, but it's easy to misjudge this: in your 9-6 you have lots of time to process any interesting ideas that come your way and then move on to the next thing, whereas while you were a rafting guide you probably chewed on the same ideas for longer and at odd times, making them appear more salient and profound.
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