That makes an interesting point: the poster would maybe get more a varied response if he asked "how do you get ideas" instead. One heuristic that may help find

That makes an interesting point: the poster would maybe get more a varied response if he asked "how do you get ideas" instead. One heuristic that may help find different ideas is to look for challengeable assumptions in your current ones. If you don't believe in brainstorming, what works best for you? [Edit: See section 2 on brainstorming here; very interesting: http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051026/gabler_pfv.htm http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051026/gabler_pfv.htm ]