Cellphone Novels in Japan

Its all thumbs!!! Her novel sold 400,000 copies.
Why?

I am amazed. Technology and people produce change that is unexpected all the time. The internet is such a creative platform for communication.

A Space for Creativity

Some environments seem to promote creativity. An artist’s studio, a pottery studio, a kitchen, and hopefully a writer’s desk come to mind. The class was very observant about how they create an environment for learning:

• Ermira said, I have to work with loud music
  
• Jesse said, What helps me is by looking at scenery and just drawing it.
  
• Kelsey said, When i take notes they arent very helpful at that tiem and place but later on i usually go back to them and use them for guidlines.
  
• Lauren said, Thinking or drawing always helps me understand things much better.
  
• Ariel said, I can always draw in my old sketchbook if I want too, or I can use my computer and write in a word document to get my thoughts down on paper.
  
• Autumn said, When I'm most creative when I'm listening to music in my room.
  
• Brendon said, Most of these places are eerie places such as cemetaries, or in the woods at night. I also get inspiration believe or not from places such as churches or any sacred place like that
  
• Brendan said, I need to be distracted while I work
  
• Jacob said, Although it is hard to explain, I believe that nature is the best cultivator for the mind.
  
• Jay said, I think that people are the most creative in the places that they are most comfortable. I also like to write in my spiral notebook.
  
• Jeremy F. said, i feel like im most creative in my room sitting at my computer with no sounds.
  
• Jeremy Z. said, Sometimes I realize that I write my best work when I am inspired by some sort of recent event, particularly a tragedy. For example, for my English class, we were given an assignment to do one of various things to write a two-page entry in our journals, but for mine, a great deal of ideas ran through my head.
  
• John said, I have a cool pen made 100% of blue glass, that you dip in ink to write with, and a really cool green leather notebook, that really help my creative side come out.
  
• Katherine said My house is a good place for me to be creative. My basement is very quiet and away from any distractions.
  
  
  

YAHOO

Post on your blog about Yahoo

Internet heavyweights like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Facebook may not be major corporations on the internet in the future. In many ways it is survival of the fittest. They are competitors.

In your post restate the business plan for Yahoo that may help it remain an internet leader. Discuss whether you think this plan will be successful. Be specific. Write in your own words do not copy and paste from the internet. Your post should be a few paragraphs. You may have a quote from the Times article. Include a small appropriate image, links that support your opinions ( linked to words in a sentence).

Use information from the Times article,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/technology/14yahoo.html?pagewanted=all

the video about Facebook
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
and looking at the websites of these corporations. And budget your time.

Good Luck!!!

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Place for Creativity

Cre-ate v.t. to produce by one's own thought and imagination.

Sometimes a moment of creativity is supported by your immediate environment. Think about it. Do you need to be in a special place or special time of the day. Do certain pads of paper or markers or pens help you write a story or design a webpage. Does taking notes in a special pad help in the creative process?

Please write a post that describes the environment that helps you be creative.