Comments on: Work Better Within Known Confines http://www.theinnovationdiaries.com/2008/04/17/work-better-within-known-confines/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Katie Konrath http://www.theinnovationdiaries.com/2008/04/17/work-better-within-known-confines/#comment-1233 Katie Konrath Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:19:20 +0000 http://www.theinnovationdiaries.com/2008/04/17/work-better-within-known-confines/#comment-1233 This post made me think of Shakespeare and his sonnets. A sonnet is a really restrictive form of writing--14 lines in iambic pentameter--yet Shakespeare managed to write over a hundred fantastic and unique poems! (Not to mention the other poets who wrote hundreds of others.) It seems to me that creativity is at its best when it has to work within strict boundaries! This post made me think of Shakespeare and his sonnets. A sonnet is a really restrictive form of writing–14 lines in iambic pentameter–yet Shakespeare managed to write over a hundred fantastic and unique poems! (Not to mention the other poets who wrote hundreds of others.)

It seems to me that creativity is at its best when it has to work within strict boundaries!

]]> By: Frans-Jozef http://www.theinnovationdiaries.com/2008/04/17/work-better-within-known-confines/#comment-1222 Frans-Jozef Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:22:22 +0000 http://www.theinnovationdiaries.com/2008/04/17/work-better-within-known-confines/#comment-1222 Having just stared down a particularly aggressive powerpoint presentation, with a marathon number of slides made in combination with your post, me think of the 10-20-30 Rule of Powerpoint by Guy Kawasaki (http://tinyurl.com/96kww) - I wonder if we can stretch Hemmingway's recountre to Powerpoint? Having just stared down a particularly aggressive powerpoint presentation, with a marathon number of slides made in combination with your post, me think of the 10-20-30 Rule of Powerpoint by Guy Kawasaki (http://tinyurl.com/96kww) - I wonder if we can stretch Hemmingway’s recountre to Powerpoint?

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