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Catching the brain rain
Merlin Mann | Apr 20 2006
Warm, Partly Cloudy, 100% Chance of Brain Rain I like James’ ideas for catching the “brain rain” — a way of setting aside a few minutes each day for firewalled creativity through idea generation and capture. This kind of habit could fit nicely into an end-of-day ritual, maybe before a quick review and daily cleanup.
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[…] From Medium Pimping, via a 43Folders post: If you are feeling a little brain dead try and set aside 10 minutes a day to thing. Really think. About anything. About nothing. About the things between everything and nothing. […] »
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[...] You can imagine my...Submitted by Project Simplify » Blog Archive » Daily time for (not verified) on April 23, 2006 - 4:03pm.
[…] You can imagine my delight when I saw Merlin Mann’s post recently about Catching the Brain Rain on his 43 Folders blog. He introduces this as “a way of setting aside a few minutes each day for firewalled creativity through idea generation and capture.” A techie way of saying, “time for you to develop and play with ideas.” […] »
Give your brain a break... Over...Submitted by Lifehacker (not verified) on April 21, 2006 - 9:30am.
Give your brain a break… Over at James Ledoux’s Medium Pimping (love that!) there is a great post about what he calls “brain rain.” If you are feeling a little brain dead try and set aside 10 minutes a day to think. Really think. About…… »
[...] A few days ago...Submitted by Medium Pimping » Blog Archive » The Origin of Br (not verified) on April 23, 2006 - 3:00am.
[…] A few days ago I shared a post from February with Merlin. We were talking about GTD and creativity for an upcoming podcast when I used a pet term of mine - brain rain. Since his post I’ve received many interesting comments, e-mails, and links to the post. I’d like to say thanks to Merlin and everyone for stopping by to say hell. […] »
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