Saturday, March 24, 2012

How it works

How it works

'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:47 PM PDT

In his new book, Imagine, Jonah Lehrer explores the art and science of original thinking — from Shakespearean tragedies to the invention of masking tape to Nike's "Just Do It" campaign. And when you get stuck? "Take a very long, warm shower," Lehrer says.

CoverIt Live

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 06:22 AM PDT

How it works is simple. Log on to the River News website, follow the Cover It Live link and start reading. Using a computer or SmartPhone, readers can post comments, links, answer questions and be part of interactive polls while keeping up on what's going on.

HOCKEY: Clifton Park's Patch Alber readies Boston College for berth in Frozen Four

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 09:31 AM PDT

In other sports, someone might play four years of high school then head off to college.

How the New iPad's (and iPhone 4S') Retina Display Works

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Apple never has been a company to go for a "bells and whistles" approach to design. The first iPad, released in 2010, was a literal blank slate, with only a single button on the front. The 2011 iPad 2 lost some weight and gained a new outfit, in the form of the Smart Cover, but aside from under-the-hood improvements was mostly unchanged.

“Imagine: How Creativity Works,” by Jonah Lehrer

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Not many writers can make plausible links among musicians Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma and David Byrne, animators at Pixar, neuroscientists at MIT, an amateur bartender in New York, entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and Israeli army reservists. Not many reporters do research about an expert surfer who has Asperger's, information theorists, industrial psychologists and artists. But Jonah Lehrer is such a ...

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