Pick people you care about. And solve problems for them. To be precise: * Problems can be Jobs[1] they have in their daily life * Learn to listen[2] * Think

Pick people you care about. And solve problems for them. To be precise: * Problems can be Jobs[1] they have in their daily life * Learn to listen[2] * Think of Space > Problem > Solution. * Zoom out. As Developers we tend to be in the details. This is not where inspiration comes from. * Work with ideas like with with clay. See the whole piece, look patterns while working with it, simplify and fine tune the things that work. [1] http://businessofsoftware.org/2012/02/professor-clayton-christensen-at-business-of-software-2011-the-job-your-product-does/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2012/02/professor-clayton-chri... [2] http://dex.io/robfitz/how-to-do-and-what-to-expect-from-customer-development-and-sales-custdev/ http://dex.io/robfitz/how-to-do-and-what-to-expect-from-cust... Most importantly: have fun.