ideas

IdeaSpotting: How to Find Your Next Great Idea
$14.99
Here is what happened over the July 4th weekend. I first read the book listed below, Zing by Sam Harrison. It helped me with some creative ideas that I had, but still needed some additional development. Zing was just the ticket. Sitting on my shelf was ideaspotting, also by Sam Harrison. Since Zing worked so well for me, I decided I might as well jump into ideaspotting right away. Another easy read, I finished the book over the July 4th holiday as well.

ideapostting is a bit more in-depth than Zing, but the premise is the same. Open up your creative mind, and allow yourself see the things around you in a while new light. You never know from where your next great idea will bloom, so walk through the world like a wide-eyed child, seeing things as if you are seeing them for the first time. ideaspotting prods you into looking for new ideas, new ways of thinking. While the material might seem a bit basic, it is a great tool to help you become a bit more creative than you might currently be.

I recommend this book, especially if you read it in conjunction with Zing. The two books together do a great job of helping the reader become a better creative thinker.

Ideas: Interiors
$19.95
? 400 full-color photographs? Inspiring idea book for designers, architects, and home owners How can home interiors be made as pleasant and livable as possible? Ideas: Interiors answers that question with 400 stunning full-color photographs of inspiring homes around the world, focusing on outstanding work by an international team of designers and architects. Living rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms?dozens of spaces that surprise and delight through their originality, functionality, and inviting design are showcased, with revealing commentary from their creators. Settle in!

Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
$19.99
This is an encyclopedic work I bought in a local book shop and finally finished reading today. It took me a year to read from cover to cover and pages were falling out of the glue but I continued to read. Highly recommended for education and another view on human history. The review of Freud was enlightening to me because I didn't know about the recent scholarship criticizing his work. In fact, I so liked this book that just bought it again in a hardcover version from Folio Society and start rereading it again soon. The second encyclopedic book seems was written before the previous one but looks like the logical sequel to it. I'm starting reading it next week: The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century

Thanks,
Dmitry Vostokov
Founder of Literate Scientist Blog

How to Get Ideas
$19.95
I got this book for just a few dollars, the school books store was charging A LOT more. It got to my house within 3 days and it is brand new.