My FirSt Cr3aTive StuDies~~: Week 3~

Today is the last day with Mr. Yap Sau Bin and he is as funny as usual. He show us the same file but different slide and taught us more about creativity, innovation and invention. Today is also the day that I came to learn a new word called "innovation" and I also only realize that Steve Jobs wasn't an inventor but an innovator.

What is the different about innovation and invention? Invention is someone create something new through new idea that is came from himself where innovation is also create something new but using or use some of others idea and edit it and add some of the idea from himself. Maybe I explain it in a complicated way, but that's what i get from it! And here's what I get it in my mind~

Besides these, creativity is the main thing we learnt today. Creativity is an ability, an attitude, a process. Everyone has creativity but it is just depends how do we use it. However, to reveal our creativity, lots of hard work is needed. Although being creative is hard but if we want it, nothing can stop us! That's why I've choose this "Creative Multimedia" course even I know i'm not that creative as those geniuses, but I'm willing to learn! Actually creativity is within everyone and anyone can be creative. As Mr. Yap Sau Bin gives the talk, we get to know more about creativity. That's not all, we also watch a talk on TED by Steven Johnson. The topic was : "Where good ideas come from". Maybe it is just me but i really think TED knows how to grab the right people to give those talks. It is not just only interesting, but also a information sharing place. Okay, Lets get back to what lecture gives us to do.

1. Visit http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/tech/article/the-pc-is-dead-long-live-the-tablet/
What does it tell us about the process of invention and innovation?

After viewing this link, we can know the main three subject, that is tablets, window and apple. Window that runs throughout most of the computer in the world is invented by Bill Gates and Apple which is invented by Steve Jobs. Where tablets is an innovation product! It is clearly written in that passage :"The company also believes that by 2016, tablets will have replaced computers in most companies and that more of us will become mobile workers as a result"

Innovation is actually a new idea which is created by a old idea or knowledge with the mixing of customers and consumers' need. Tablets is a combination of mobile phone with computer and an edition version of laptop. It tells us, innovation is always better than invention, but if there weren't any invention, there won't be any innovation. that's why both innovation and invention is very important. Both invention and innovation also require hard work and determination to get it done. Nothing is easy to archive but it isn't impossible. The process of invention is usually harder than innovation because invention is using things that exist and but using knowledge that haven exist and create something new that is helpful to everyone. Where the process of innovation is using existed knowledge and with advance technology with some new idea and create something new that is fulfill the needs of consumer.

2. And this one http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20071644
Ask yourself what kind of environment, situation etc, would make you to become a creative/inventive/innovation person?

This link shows us how important of an environment and situation to make people to become more creative, inventive or innovation person. For me, there are few answer in my head.

First of all, friends are most important to create a good environment. As people said :"You depends your family when you're in home and you depends your friend when you're out are home".

How is friend important to make this environment? how could they make you creative? The matter a fact, they can! Whether your friends are good or bad, it doesn't matter because when you have your friends around you, you will talk whatever with them! They could have been checking out some chicks and just simple says, "it would be better if their skirt can be shorter". This could lead a person to think of something new and creative! why couldn't the skirt be shorter and nicer? ok, i create a mini skirt! WALA! innovation is created! not only that, when you're chatting with your friend, they might be complaining something else and it can lead to another creative invention or innovation. Because only your friends that are close to you will talk whatever stuff and there will be many idea although some are just simply talk. But every opinion and idea is very important or a designer and this can lead us to become creative, inventive or innovation person.

A place where everyone can put their own creation everywhere and can express themselves freely! Someone would say a place there's no body can make us calm and be able to think creatively. But if there's no body around, how would you know your work is creative? Not only that, creative is not a thing that cant be share, it is not something very formal or serious. We need to be CRAZY to be able to be creative! When i mean crazy, is not mentally crazy, but being crazy! Besides that, when we saw other creative work, we might intent to be more creative than that person and create a fresh new things! Sometimes, creativity is born within another creativity, that's why idea sharing is important~ We're able to see other creative people works and make ourselves more hardworking! Not just that, a brand new idea might just pop out when we're looking at others' work. That's where innovation came from and also creativity is born again! As a simply law, if there's a strong opponent, we'll get even stronger! but if the opponent is weak, we cant be able to grow any stronger.... that's why, idea sharing is important and I think a environment which everyone can express themselves or their work is very important to give birth to another creative, inventive or innovative person.