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On 10/28/24 09:18, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:17:36 -0700) it happened john larkin
> <JL@gct.com> wrote in <jaavhjd47r91dcva8mjffo6f7q7ehgk855@4ax.com>:
> 
>> On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:06:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On a sunny day (Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:37:19 -0700) it happened john larkin
>>> <JL@gct.com> wrote in <3gtshjh0v2s0ahia7d9lcfnp0nj6a13nga@4ax.com>:
>>>
>>>> In our new office/design center we don't have a real conference room,
>>>> so we go on group hikes around the Bernal Cut or in Glen Canyon. That
>>>> seems to really work, getting physical outdoors with the crew. I just
>>>> wish that more trees had whiteboards.
>>>
>>> Go to the beach and draw in the sand?
>>
>> We'd have to drive to a beach (ocean or Bay or Gate are about equal
>> distances) and that would be a nuisance with parking and such. And the
>> graphic resolution of sand is mediocre.
>>
>> No whiteboard forces more mental visualization. We can bail on the
>> hike and go back to the office and whiteboard, max delay about 20
>> minutes.
>>
>> Architectural and management concepts work in a hike, circuit design
>> not so well.
>>
>> Percolating ideas is an interesting process. There must be books on
>> the subject. The physical situation seems to matter.
> 
> Nature is very inventive, plants, animals,
> maybe spending some time there helps?
> There are simple drawing programs for on your smartphone or laptop
> that can be usd to show somebody more complex things wherever you are,
> even via the internet (My laptop has a Huawei 4G stick, is on 4G)
> I do need a working mouse however..

Nature is very good at "pleasing patterns" too. I sat next to a man on a 
long flight once, he had this huge collection of nature pictures, mostly 
trees and bushes, that he was browsing through...selecting patterns for 
wrought iron fencing to manufacture! Clever idea.