A Technique for Producing Ideas
by James Young, James Webb Young · first published 2003
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You might find this book useful: "A Technique for Producing Ideas", by James Young. Exceedingly short, simple, meant for advertising, but helpful for any industry. http://www.amazon.com/Technique-Producing-Advertising-Classi...
on “Ask YC: Could you provide a specific account of how you personally come up with novel ideas?” ↗This classic book: "A Technique for Producing Ideas" http://www.amazon.com/Technique-Producing-Advertising-Classi... is short and sweet. Bascially, 1. ideas are novel combinations 2. immerse yourself in information from many disciplines 3. think…
on “Ask HN: How to get ideas?” ↗I've done plenty of research on this topic and I'm immediately reminded of [1] James Webb Young's short but brilliant book called 'A Technique for Producing Ideas'. I first came to know about it on [2] Kirby Ferguson's YouTube channel. Other resources that are equally good are [3] John Cleese's talk on creativity and his [4] little booklet on the same topic. Also…
on “Creativity Faucet: A Mental Model for Generating Ideas” ↗Try reading: A Technique for Producing Ideas ‑ by James Webb Young
on “Ask HN: Tech-cofounder feeling lost/burned-out. What to do?” ↗The part about thinking hard then stepping away from a problem before the eureka moment reminds me of "A Technique for Producing Ideas". http://books.google.com/books?id=a8EqjMJXXEMC&dq=a%2Btec...
on “The Eureka Hunt: Why do good ideas come to us when they do?” ↗