All posts by: andys

Meta Sequence

Deep – Research & Define Deep dive and define the objective Wide – Creative & Divergent Think openly, play, and minimize criticism Narrow – Critical & Convergent Use objective evaluation...

Go Slow

Immerse yourself in research and visual references, then let your subconscious go to work. Sleep on it and give your mind time to synthesize. Try this before you start and/or...

101 Ideas

Give yourself or your team a deadline to compile 101 ideas in a list. By having so many ideas you give yourself permission to have more bad ideas, which in...

Shower Thoughts

The reason we have great ideas in the shower is that we’re not doing anything else. Use your time in the shower, on the train, during your run, or meditating...

Draw On Inspiration

Instead of writing ideas, simply start sketching relevant concepts. By activating your visual cortex you’ll open up new ways to think about things. Don’t try to solve the problem right...

10 Ideas In 10 Minutes

Force your internal critic to shut up by generating as many ideas as possible. Quantity over quality will help your mind to expand rather than contract. Set a stopwatch for...

Audio and Video Production Tips and Tricks

Link to the slideshow presentation here https://lostswordfish.com/av/audio-video-production-zoom-2020-04-15.mp4 Open Broadcast Studio: https://obsproject.com/ Shotcut (Video editing): https://shotcut.org/ Audacity (Audio editing): https://www.audacityteam.org/ Voice Meeter (Software mixer): https://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/ Microphone: AT2005USB B007JX8O0Y Ring light:  10”...

Building a products attributes override

This week, I was working on a clients site that presented a problem with the pull-down menu of the product page. The old version of the template had the attributes...

Yoga Training Will Improve Your Life

Our psoas major muscle, sometimes lovingly called, the “muscle of the soul”, is a core-stabilizing muscle and runs from the thigh bone through the length of the belly, connected at...

Overcome Your Body Weakness with Your Mind

Our psoas major muscle, sometimes lovingly called, the “muscle of the soul”, is a core-stabilizing muscle and runs from the thigh bone through the length of the belly, connected at...