I dont' think that ideas are manufactured. They sort of "pop out" when the right kinds of pressure are applied from the right directions. You seem to be searc

I dont' think that ideas are manufactured. They sort of "pop out" when the right kinds of pressure are applied from the right directions. You seem to be searching for some sort of methodology for generating good ideas. I personally think procedure is detrimental to creativity. Procedure begets sameness. What you need to have new ideas are novel sensations. And stop trying so hard. Clear your head. Take a different route home. Go sit on a park bench for a couple of hours and try not to think about computers. Go out with a new circle of people and take an interest in them. Tune to a radio or TV station that you would normally skip over. When you get the seed of a new idea, it will usually be something nebulous. Don't write down. Hold it in your head and let it churn around for a while until you have something more concrete. Then talk to other people about it.