DON! The Idea Guy

Mental Aerobics
Improve your memory by exercising your brain
New advice from Dr. Gary Small, the director of the Center on Aging at the University of California states that it’s never to early to start on a preventative fitness plan for your brain. Mental Aerobics.

Now and Zen
Every now and then, I enjoy a little Zen.
Anytime I need a “deep thought” I enjoy visiting DailyZen.com.
It’s design is simple and pleasing (you might say it’s almost Zen-like) and the site has some simply great features like the ability to email the daily quote, send a Zen card, or even view a [...]

Weird Inventions
Today features a gallery of obscure (i.e. “weird”) patents.
Some of the patents on file include a machine that simulates a “high-five” (guess it also answers the question about the sound of one-hand clapping), pants that separate at the crotch so you can mix “styles” (like what… plaid and polka dots??), and a toe-puppet (that’s [...]

Weird Creativity
This week I’ve decided to cover creativity most would deem as “weird.”
What better way to kick-off this week’s theme than with the latest theory of “weird ideas” by Professor Robert Sutton, author of Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation (Free Press, 2001).
Sutton’s book is fantastic list of [...]

Chuck O’ the Day
Today I complete week long coverage of “Chucks.”
Perhaps I’ll focus on a different name next week —
Send me an email and suggest a name!
This Made Me CHUCK-LE
Sure, it’s a bad pun — but is there really a such thing as a *good* pun?
I’ve seen all sorts of writing contests, but the [...]