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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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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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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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