Making creativity a priority

FIND YOUR OWN REASON. December 31, 2009

The intended use for something is just the beginning. For example,  I use PowerPoint for the same reason every one else does, but I also use it to organize my thoughts. I think of the slides as note cards, and put everything on them then move things around. I even wrote scenes for a screenplay that way instead of a screenplay program.  On poker sites (yes, I play poker…..a great place to be creative), there’s a feature where you can locate friends, intended so you can see what tables your friends are playing and join them.  I note who the bad players are, then locate them so I can play with an advantage.

I read that Flickr  was originally a feature in game, but that developers noticed that more than playing the game, people were using the photo feature to post their photos, so they dropped the game and applied user feedback to refocus their original idea into a profitable business.

You get the idea. Be creative and customize existing things to your own use, not necessarily the use it was created for. What examples of this kind of innovative thinking do you have?