Prof. Adolfo Neto (DAINF-UTFPR)

• A technique for producing ideas
  1. Gather raw material
  2. Work it
  3. Forget the whole thing (most important step)
  4. Eureka!
  5. Refine and develop
  6. Profit

• SQ3R
  • Survey
  • Question
  • Read
  • Recall
  • Review

• Target daydreaming

• Morning pages
  • Write 3 pages, longhand (no typing)
  • Uncensored
  • Do not skip a day

• Notice good ideas, or you won't get more
  • Exocortex: notebook
  • Space pen

• Go to some place outside the stream of normal life
• Don't multitask
• Mindmaps
  • Hand-drawn
  • Doodling is a powerful tool
  • Colors and textures
  • Deliberate crazy connections
    • Abnormal thinking

• Play freely: it is OK to fail

• Generate new meaning
  • “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”

• Forget the whole thing
  • Poincaré
    • Walker (also Nassim Taleb and Queen Elizabeth II)
    • Hold lightly
    • Just don't focus

• Tolerate the discomfort of the unsolved problem
  • Leave the subject “open”
    • Easy, constant access
  • Let it cook

• Refine and develop
  • Wiki
  • Learning is content creation
    • Example: Elixir Cheat-Sheet
  • Testing isn't just for code

• Exploring Modern Software Development
  • It's All an Experiment
  • Idea → Feedback → Fix → Repeat

• Stupid ideas?
  • Ship Your Enemies Glitter

• Carol Dweck
  • http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/

• Link: http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/corporate_relations/fi_lit/609
• http://adolfonetoresearch.blogspot.com/2015/01/notes-from-its-all-in-your-head.html