I just went digging through some old blog posts of mine, and a found a few worth reposting. Here’s an excerpt of one from early 2004…
A colleague of mine gave a presentation yesterday about brainstorming techniques. For example, he talked about how an initial pool of ideas can be built up in the generation phase by pushing the boundaries, piggy-backing on the previous ideas, and inverting or negating the previous ideas.
I will never forget the first time I tried it. Continue reading Brainstorming for One →
The famous Microsoft interview process (as described by William Poundstone in "How Would You Move Mount Fuji? Microsoft’s Cult of the Puzzle…") asks the candidate, among other things, to solve puzzles such as the quintessential question, “Why are manhole covers round?” It’s a question with multiple answers (see below), and the interviewer is looking for how the candidate approaches the question more than what answers are givens.
I view this question as a quintessential example of simplicity. Continue reading “Why are manhole covers round?” →
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