New ideas sometimes\nemerge when you are asleep and dream. Then, unfortunately, when you wake up\nthey are gone. That\u2019s why some people have a pen and paper on their bed tables\nto note them down. I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes\nyou come up with a great idea by accident, doing something that is not thought provoking\nat the very first sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my case\nit does not work this way. Usually it does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because when\nI sleep, I sleep. When I swim, I swim. When I dance, I dance. When I am on\nholiday, I reset my mind, switch to relaxation mood, don\u2019t turn on my computer\nand set an autoresponder message in my email box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My\ncreativity is encouraged best when I:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before\nholiday I wrote a topic for a potential presentation or a blog post on a sheet\nof paper: How to Use Machine Translation for Teaching. I have past the sheet\nmany times this summer but never conceived a word. I had used machine translation\na few times before I went for holiday, though. Today I have opened my notebook\nand described three different tasks machine translation can be used in. As I\nwas describing them, another idea evolved to extend the topic into a whole\nchapter in the book I am working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nconclusion is therefore one and only and as old as hills \u2013 only work can\ngenerate fruits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New ideas sometimes emerge when you are asleep and dream. Then, unfortunately, when you wake up they are gone. That\u2019s why some people have a pen and paper on their bed tables to note them down. I don\u2019t. Sometimes you come up with a great idea by accident, doing something that is not thought provoking … <\/p>\n