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Sometimes you get stuck in a creative rut, and it takes a li’l nudgeto get out of the rut, jus’ sayin‘
This deck of 70 cards on professional playing-card stock offers insights into design, creativity, and software.
These insights prompt you to adopt new perspectives, identify dissonance, look for structure, and explore different approaches.
Drawn from Mary Shaw’s decades of experience in software design and engineering, they provide thoughtful guidance to overcome creative blocks and discover fresh perspectives.
Insightful nudges for creativity and design
Each card has an insight on the front, which is elaborated on the back with more detail and an attribution.
Nudges include observations about the nature of the world and advice on what to do in practice.
Nudges offer advice on design, engineering, systems & society, research, abstraction & specification, and education.
They draw heavily on software system design but apply to a wide spectrum of design and educational settings.
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![Distinguish essential from accidental complexity - The mental crafting of the conceptual construct of software is the essence; the implementation process is the accident. [Brooks 86] Experts focus on the essence. [Experts 16] AI is better at the accident than at the essence. key =#6](https://creative-nudges.com/wp-content/plugins/creative-nudges/images-combined/combined-6.png)
Useful in many settings
You can use them individually or in groups.
These creative nudge cards capture what should be common sense about creativity and design, especially in software, but often isn’t recognized as such.
You can use them to guide discussions, for personal inspiration, for brainstorming, or as a game.
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Get the bibliography that explains the citations on the cards.
Get a booklet with a full listing of the cards and the bibliography.
