Thought I might kick off my blogging life, besides the obligatory “hi mom – will this thing last” post, with an ever so brief description of the title of my blog and Raison d’etre.
Developing – a play on words really, overloaded to mean developing (my software development), developing (my photography/film) and developing (as in early childhood/cognitive development and what I most want to get out of this blog)
the – definite article no explanation really.. (geeky I know)
right – another play on words. right (as in correct) and right (as in right hand or creative side of the brain)
brain – the thing that I am hoping to change by blogging
Earlier this year, I found myself in a vicious cycle of attempting to read, watch and listen to every possible source of developer news available. From blogs, twitter, news, podcasts and video casts, on a wide range of topics. The information was in many cases taking a one way journey in one ear and out the other, so to speak, and worse still the more I consumed the more I realised I was missing out on (hence the viscious circle).
The epiphany came to me after listening to, ironically, a podcast by Tom Kelley from the Stanford University ETL series titled Young at Heart: How to Be an Innovator for Life. Tom gives some excellent tips for increasing your level innovation and creativity, the take away points being;
- Think like a traveller
- Treat life as an experiment
- Cultivate an attitude of wisdom
- Use your whole brain
- Do what you love
This really struck a chord with me, so I read his book The 10 faces of innovation The Ten Faces of Innovation: Strategies for Heightening Creativity
. The logical conclusion was basically, I consuming too much information, I had no time to think, no time to create. So hence this blog was born.
So the first step… admiting you have a problem…
Hi may name is Christian and it’s been 56 days since my last podcast…
