Category Archives: 10 Ideas in 10 Minutes

The First 10 Creative People Who Come to Mind (in no particular order of importance or stature)

By jted | Published: August 2, 2006
1. Albrecht Dürer 2.Douglas Coupland 3. Dave Eggers 4. Edward Tufte 5. Nicholson Baker 6. Chris Ware 7. Hergé 8. Nick Bantock 9. Bruce Mau 10. Liam Lynch This list was created very quickly and reveals more about me than it does about creativity. After a quick review I realize how highly I view authors and designers. 9 out of 10 on this list are [...]
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10 Questions About Cathedral Balloons

By jted | Published: August 1, 2006
The next time you’re in a public place with high ceilings, look up. Look for the dead balloons, the ones that didn’t make it outside, the ones that got stuck in the rafters. The ones that strived to touch heaven but were held back by their heavy coloured casings. Look for the shrunken and shriveled [...]
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How to Brainstorm Right Now (republished)

By jted | Published: July 28, 2006
On January 22, 2005, I wrote the following precursor to 10 Ideas In 10 Minutes called How to Brainstorm Right Now! I wrote it in my moleskin book while giving my daughter a bath. Previously, I had used her as an excuse, a barrier, to getting anything creative done. Sometimes a barrier can become a [...]
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Ten Ideas for Where to Find Future Celebrity Baby Names

By jted | Published: August 26, 2005
1. Baking books. Children named after types of bread. Pumpernickle Rye Keiser 2. Periodic Table. Whipper-snappers named after cool elements from the periodic table. Californium Tungsten Boron 3. Martha Stewart Colours Rugrats named after domestic diva swatches. Shoji Beryl Cameo 4. Oranges Ankle-biters named after varieties of oranges. Satsuma Mandarin Clementine 5. Architectural Books Wee-willie-wonkas named after terms used in buildings Transom Ashlar Mortise 6. Unix Reference Mini-geeks named after a programming language which will [...]
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WARNING: Mirrors!

By jted | Published: May 3, 2005
D bought a little IKEA bathroom mirror. Inside the package (it’s a mirror, but you still have to put it together) was a paper with a dire warning. I decided to apply my atrophying 10 Ideas in 10 Minutes™ to come up with titles for this wonderful work of paranoid and litigious art: 1) The Deathstar [...]
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Top Ten Worst Blog Book Titles

By jted | Published: March 23, 2005
10. Blog-o-rific! 9. The Blogs Must Be Crazy 8. Go, Blog. Go! 7. My Life as a Blog 6. The Blog Whisperer 5. The Complete Book of Blog Breeding 4. Blogging for Apples 3. It’s a Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog World 2. The Curious Incident of the Blog in the Night-Time 1. Who Let the Blogs Out Biz Stone is a great blogger and a [...]
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The Official Rules

By jted | Published: January 22, 2005
Here is a simple process called 10 Ideas in 10 Minutes™, or 10 in 10™ for short. It is a simple creative approach to creativity problem solving. Try it right now! Get out your stopwatch (it’s a selling feature on almost every new phone), or set the timer on the microwave, or look at the analog [...]
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