Even at the highest levels of creativity, all great ideas have to pass through the filter of the spreadsheet. Great ideas are numbers with skin on. My two platforms for dreaming are 1. my Moleskine, and 2. Excel.
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Hey Ben!
More specifically, how do you use the spreadsheet to dream? (I have an idea, but just curious.)
Posted by: Ted | January 19, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Ted, I'd elaborate, but I was hoping to keep my thought to 3 sentences. =)
Posted by: Ben Arment | January 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Spoken like a true ENTJ.
Posted by: kendra | January 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Tease.
Posted by: Drew | January 19, 2009 at 01:36 PM
I was wondering the same thing.
Posted by: Gavin Baker | January 19, 2009 at 02:37 PM
ever heard of apple's spreadsheet called "numbers" of all things? it blows excel out the water!!!
Posted by: perrin | January 19, 2009 at 02:54 PM
Ben: Unless you wanted to make it another post that was comprised of more than 3 sentences. :-)
Posted by: Ted | January 19, 2009 at 03:53 PM
Well, great ideas have to be sustainable. So they have to satisfy financial goals as well as spiritual, artistic, or otherwise.
If you're really interested in hearing more about this, e-mail me and I'll spell it out.
Posted by: Ben Arment | January 19, 2009 at 04:27 PM
Ben: Sounds good to me...although, I don't have your email address. Do you want to shoot me an email first?
Ps. Was going to meet you in person with Scott this past weekend, but I was unable to make it, because of prior commitments. Next time.
Posted by: Ted | January 29, 2009 at 02:39 AM