Archive for the “Creativity” category

Original Ideas Don’t Exist

by mikekarnj on April 27, 2010

“There are no original ideas. There are only original people.” – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison A couple of weeks ago, I met with a passionate entrepreneur who pitched me an idea that he was working on for the past couple of (…)

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One Hundred Books

by mikekarnj on January 18, 2010

(image via Jonathan Harris) I’m a huge fan of Jonathan Harris.  He’s the creative genius behind We Feel Fine, Sputnik Observatory, and The Whale Hunt among many other projects.  His interview on 99% and talk on TED are my favorites.  And (…)

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List of Conferences

by mikekarnj on September 4, 2008

While planning and producing The Feast, I looked at a lot of other conferences all over the world.  I compiled a list of my favorite conferences, and since there’s nothing like this on the web anywhere, I thought I would (…)

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Think Inside a Self-Constructed Box

by mikekarnj on March 4, 2008

Check out the first Behance article I wrote with Scott Belsky (founder of Behance). After sitting in brainstorming sessions for the past couple of years that led to nowhere, we developed some keen insights that should help you “think inside (…)

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Innovation Monday

by mikekarnj on January 7, 2008

This year, one of the common themes that I will talk about will be around innovation. The New York Times ran a couple of great articles in the past week about innovation. The first article was titled, “Innovative Minds Don’t (…)

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