Personally, I have been in a bit of a blog slump. It isn’t that I don’t have a ton of interesting stuff to write up, but time constraints, the holiday season and playing catch-up have landed the blog at the bottom of my to do list. Having realized this and thinking about recent project slumps, I thought I would share some thoughts on getting inspired. I have been thinking that being in a slump is like having your car stuck in the snow. For those who live in snow free areas, do some visualization.
First, we help a lot of inventors out of slumps and I love that. They have been thinking about this idea for years, working on it here and there but have been stuck in a certain stage. We can step in and provide direction for the next step, essentially towing them out.
Second, we often get stuck. There is one project in perticular that has some compliated design issues. We have been sketching, duck tape prototyping and brainstorming trying to get a clear solution. Unfortunately, we keep getting more and more complicated, when simplicity is what we are striving for. So we asked one mechanical designer to step in and provide some new insight, essentially getting someone to help push.
Thirdly, what I am going to try to do with this blog… Do it on my own. Now this strategy is probably the hardest, because it really requires some umph. I am going to spend a ton of time over the weekend developing new material including what I have previously promised from Jamey Bennett. I even think it might be my new years resolution to keep up the effort. This is kind of like getting sand and putting it under your wheels.
Often you get an idea, you work it hard for quite some time then things come up like other ideas, friends, family etc and it gets lost in the shuffle. These three strategies can help with ideas and even blogs!
