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As I coach new developers, I've taken to scribbling out ... diagram for visualizing the creative process again and a... coffee-ringed napkins. In order to limit my future abus...
The conversation usually starts with the following state ...
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Lost Garden: Visualizing the Creative Process
http://www.lostgarden.com/2010/08/visualizing-creative-process.html

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As I coach new developers, I've taken to scribbling out the same useful diagram for visualizing the creative process again and again on coffee-ringed napkins.  In order to limit my future abuse of culinary paper wares, I've reproduced my images in a more formal fashion in this essay.

The conversation usually starts with the following statement: "Creativity is like a snake swallowing a series of tennis balls."

And when confused looks inevitably result, I sketch some variant of this odd little picture:

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As I coach new developers, I've taken to scribbling out the same useful diagram for visualizing the creative process again and again on coffee-ringed napkins. &nbsp;In order to limit my future abuse of culinary paper wares, I've reproduced my images in a more formal fashion in this essay.<br> <br> The conversation usually starts with the following statement:&nbsp;<i>"Creativity is like a snake swallowing a series of tennis balls."</i><br> <br> And when confused looks inevitably result, I sketch some variant of this odd little picture:<br> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6Xr4xtKY5XTY_6KZlwrt7GULdflaONOUs1l777hvoq_Nv5VNnErKs3nC4BK6372FeSQj5-LoWnEyEcXgRL1gOtqLKEpv9h7mrgCfKxq6ntJ3XYSkAdLg6NqD1P5YygI" height="166" width="400"></div>