The iTunes app store has revolutionized the way many creatives manage their time and stay connected with peers and clients. However, app developers are stepping up their game yet again. I spent an evening searching the app store for the best apps for artists and creatives, and because there are so many available, narrowed my search to the best of those that are free. The following five apps take creative work and sources of inspiration to the next level. Continue Reading
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This morning’s post in the How to Get Your Creative Groove On series focused on the importance of expanding your skill set to increase creativity. While dedicated tutorial blogs are difficult to find, there are many excellent blogs by fellow creatives willing to share the knowledge. Here are ten great tutorial blogs to help you … Continue Reading
As a solo designer, freelancer, or self-employed individual, the on-the-job benefits far outweigh a stuffy office environment any day. However, from the standpoint of innovation, the benefits are bit tougher to nail down. Creative Liberty – No one knocking down your ideas Can define the creative space according to your prefs, be it Star Wars-style … Continue Reading
Geoff Moore created a bell curve that depicts how ideas move through a population. Most of us experience the highest peak of the bell curve, the early and late majority, where knowledge about an idea and its popularity in the population is at its highest peak. But ideas are born at the beginning of the … Continue Reading
Many of us seem to have our best ideas while we’re doing semi-unconscious tasks and our minds are allowed to wander. You know, in the shower, or in the bathroom, or when we have our hands in a sink full of dishes, or while we’re mowing, or when they wake up in the middle of … Continue Reading



