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MIke Johnston's avatar

Hey Gar, I really enjoyed this article, especially the section on Frankenstein prototyping. I think about assumptions a lot, usually because the ones I've made are faulty. Your comment "We have this perceptual blindness where we tend to see things as they are rather than the potential for what else they can become" is spot on. Making the perceptual shift can benefit us inside and outside the walls of the shop. Thanks for the thought-provoking article.

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SocratesCat's avatar

Your Frankenstein story of parsing known reservoirs of gadgets, goods, and such to scrounge for ideas reminded me of the first time I entered a farm & feed store with all manner of farm equipment and paraphernalia, of which I was clueless as I was a city boy. I just walked up and down all the aisles taking in the vast collection of things, many of which I had no idea what was the purpose of said items, but their configuration triggered ideas immediately. It ultimately made me aware of how websites apparently think they know what you want rather than just letting your imagination go and view the plethora of things that might set you free but they wish to control the journey. Bad. I will close my remarks with an observation about the first aid kit. Please include a tourniquet (North American Rescue makes the best) in the mix. I know because of an accident my brother had with a lawn mower when we were kids. Lots of red that day. The little brother saved the big brother. He never picked on me after that day.

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