Few people have made as big an impact on the technology industry as Steve Jobs. As the co-founder, chief executive and chairman of Apple, he visualized and pioneered countless new features such as the iPad, iPhone, and even graphic user interfaces. Born in 1955 in San Francisco, he was put…

Creativity can be thought of in many different ways. The most obvious notion of creativity is that of coming up with original and unique ideas that have not been seen before. This raises the question, how do people come up with these ideas that have never been seen before? I…

When I was a kid, I took piano lessons for probably around 8 years. Not because I wanted to, but because my mom made me. Everyone in my family was very musical and my mom had played piano and stuff growing up. I remember I needed to practice thirty minutes…

I’ve been playing electric guitar for about 8 years now, and my favorite thing to learn are 80s rock solos. Each one has an incredible amount of personality and emotion packed into it. Just a few seconds can pack in dozens of individually played notes that work together to create…

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most accomplished people to ever live in the United States. Born amongst unpromising circumstances as the tenth of seventeen children, he defied the odds to make a name for himself. Growing up he dedicated his time to studying prestigious works of literature until he…

I think that an important element of being a creative person involves being able to adapt to a plethora of different situations. The creative mind transcends any particular field of study and sees how they all are related. For example, while mathematics is a very algorithmic and procedural field of…

Creativity can be a frustrating thing sometimes. I wouldn’t consider myself a particularly artsy person, but sometimes when I’m listening to a certain band, or looking at a particular album cover I’ll be hit with a sudden inspiration to sit down and write some music. Maybe I’m listening to a…