#creativity
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- Entries
- 47 total
- Writing
- 41
- Book notes
- 4
- Publications
- 2
Writing
2026
- Apr 24, 2026 Writing Is a Process. So Is Losing Your Voice.
Why I use AI to mirror my voice without outsourcing the thinking that happens in drafting.
2025
- Nov 16, 2025 We’ve Been Thinking About Prompts All Wrong
Why prompt engineering is less about crafting perfect inputs and more about orchestrating an ongoing dialogue with the system.
- Aug 20, 2025 The Day AI Analyzed My Entire Knowledge System: MCP + Obsidian in Action
What happened when I connected an AI to my personal knowledge system.
- Jun 11, 2025 Designing Loops Worth Living In
How to design AI loops that keep human flourishing at the center.
- Jun 5, 2025 Reimagining AI in Education: Embracing the Violin of Cognitive Amplification
How AI can amplify human thinking in education.
- Jan 7, 2025 Generative AI as a Critical Friend Redefining Collaboration
How generative AI can act as a critical friend in writing.
- Jan 2, 2025 Designing the Structure of My Digital Garden
How to structure a digital garden with folders, tags, and note stages.
2024
- Jun 6, 2024 Harmony Over Heroism - Why the Republic Does Not Need Geniuses
Why civic progress depends on coordinated work, not lone heroes.
- Apr 23, 2024 The Art of Serial Focusing - Mastering One Thing at a Time
Why focusing on one task at a time can reduce stress and improve productivity.
2023
- Nov 11, 2023 Unlocking Your Inner Genius with the Feynman Method
How the Feynman method can help you learn and explain ideas better.
- Jul 21, 2023 CollaboraThink: Using AI to help people brainstorm and make decisions
How AI can help people brainstorm and make decisions together.
- Feb 9, 2023 The Challenges of Becoming a Manager vs. Maker in the Age of AI
How AI pushes knowledge workers to balance manager and maker modes.
2022
- Feb 14, 2022 The Beginning Will Suck
Why starting a new project often feels messy before it gets better.
- Feb 2, 2022 Think Of Your Life In Chunks
Why long-term thinking works better when you break life into chunks.
2021
- Oct 3, 2021 The Best Questions Are Naive Questions
Why naive questions can lead to better thinking and discovery.
- Mar 19, 2021 Writing Myself Into Existence
Why writing has become a way of making sense of my life.
- Mar 4, 2021 Transform a Chore Into a Choice
How to turn obligation into agency by reframing a chore as a choice.
- Feb 17, 2021 Diamonds and Glass
How diamonds and glass illustrate pressure, beauty, and strength.
- Jan 8, 2021 Luck, Preparation, and Opportunity
A reflection on how preparation and opportunity shape what we call luck.
2020
- Nov 12, 2020 Speak To An Audience
Why speaking to one specific audience makes writing stronger.
- Oct 27, 2020 Play “What’s The Rule?” to Develop Computational Thinking
A simple game for helping children notice patterns and think computationally.
- Oct 23, 2020 Innovation & Execution
Why innovation matters less without execution.
- Oct 13, 2020 Writing For Yourself
Why writing for yourself is often the best way to find your voice.
- Sep 21, 2020 Are you on offense or defense?
A reminder to stay on offense when setting and pursuing goals.
2019
- Nov 12, 2019 A Turning Point
How poetry can mark a turning point in a collaborative project.
- Oct 1, 2019 Shape of My Story
How poetry and performance shape a community storytelling project.
- Sep 22, 2019 Recognizing the details
How close reading and detail work shape a poetry-making practice.
- Sep 17, 2019 Where I’m From
How poetry can help people tell where they come from.
- Sep 3, 2019 Where I Begin
How a poetry project uses voice, performance, and shared making.
- Mar 13, 2019 Storytelling
Why storytelling still matters for identity and meaning-making.
2018
- May 29, 2018 Identifying what we can control in our own lives
A reflection on control, influence, and where to focus your energy.
- Mar 9, 2018 What is creativity?
What creativity means and how useful ideas get made.
- Jan 31, 2018 Cold brew coffee
A personal take on coffee, making, and the rituals that start the day.
2017
- Nov 24, 2017 Wisdom is Tolerance of Cognitive Dissonance
How cognitive dissonance shapes judgment, wisdom, and learning.
- Nov 9, 2017 Control Your Controllables
Why focusing on controllables can reduce stress and improve flow.
- Nov 9, 2017 Understanding key differences between divergent & convergent thinking
How divergent and convergent thinking work together in learning.
- Oct 12, 2017 Using Constraints to Build Creative Confidence & Divergent Thinking
How constraints can build creative confidence and divergent thinking.
- Jun 29, 2017 Stop Motion Animation, Creativity, & Divergent Thinking
How stop-motion animation can support creativity and divergent thinking.
2015
- Dec 22, 2015 Transmedia Storytelling
How transmedia storytelling spreads a narrative across multiple media channels.
2014
- Jul 3, 2014 The FacePalm Social Mood Experiment
A satire of Facebook's mood experiment using Google Forms.
2013
- Mar 9, 2013 Backyard Science – The Rocket Report
A backyard rocket project and what it shows about learning.
Book notes
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- 2024 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
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- 2023 The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
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- 2018 Destructive Creation
Mark R. Wilson
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- 2018 Creative Quest
Questlove
Publications
2018
- 2018 Designing Spaces for Creativity and Divergent Thinking: Pre-Service Teachers Creating Stop Motion Animation on Tablets
Journal article · O'Byrne, W Ian; Radakovic, Nenad; Hunter-Doniger, Tracey; Fox, Madison; Kern, Reggie; Parnell, Stephanie. (2018). Designing Spaces for Creativity and Divergent Thinking: Pre-Service Teachers Creating Stop Motion Animation on Tablets. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology.
2014
- 2014 Multimodal response and writing as poetry experience
Book chapter · Pet, Sue Ringler; McVerry, J. Gregory; O'Byrne, W Ian. (2014). Multimodal response and writing as poetry experience. Exploring Multimodal Composition and Digital Writing.