Summary: Stef Lewandowski is definitely not our typical guest. I came across his work on Medium and noticed that he had some really profound insights to share about creativity. Between running a record label, working at an agency, and building a technology startup, I thought he'd have a really interesting perspective on creativity. Here are some highlights from our chat: * A Look at Building Creative Projects in an Afternoon (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ded1655236f13ca22adb18b9646863fc.jpeg) * The Power of Exploring Seemingly Pointless Ideas * Why It Makes Sense to Blend High and Low Tech Ideas * How to Rapidly Sketch and Test Out Your Projects * Why You Should Test the Edges of What's Possible * The Power of Mixing People with Disparate Skillsets * Why Solving Your Own Problems Can Lead to Business * A Look at 12 Different Ideas in the Course of a Year * The Power of Self Reflection Through Writing * Writing a Letter to Yourself to Learn from Your Past Mistakes * Treating Your Mornings as a Creative Bootup Time * How to Accelerate Serendpity in Your Creative Efforts * Why You Should Revisit Your Old Content to Get New Ideas * A Look at Hack Events that Lead to Interesting Ideas * Leveraging the Creative Hacker Framework in Your Efforts * Knowing When to Kill or Keep a Side Project Tweetable Insights Include: * Nowadays careers are a patchwork of many smaller careers (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/g5rZC)) * The first step to doing a new thing is experimenting in your spare time (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/23K4e)) Stef Lewandowski (https://medium.com/@stef) is co-founder/hacker at Makeshift. He sketches with code, writes at at Medium, gives a leg up to the little guy, and creates something every day. You can follow him on twitter @stef (https://twitter.com/stef). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/b_76R) to post it to Twitter.
