Creativity Challenge 2002

Alan's Creativity Challenges 2003-52

Creatively Using the Remains of Wrapping

Recently my long-time creativity expert friend Andy
van Gundy sold me his Apple G-4 Tower computer to add
to my collection of Apple computers. Now I have a
tree full of them including: an Original Classic
(strange play on words), a Mac IIsi converted from a
Classic II, a PC 8550, a 1400c laptop and a G-4 laptop
plus the G-4 Tower.

To make sure that the G-4 Tower arrived safely Andy
went to his local UPS shipping store and had them pack
the computer and monitor. When the two boxes, the
size of stones from the Cheops Pyramid outside of
Cairo, arrived late one day I got one of the UPS to
carry them inside my creativity room. From there I
carried them upstairs to my office.

When I opened up the first box there was an explosion
of Styrofoam worms flowing onto the floor of my
upstairs hallway and into my office and floating into
the air.

I'll leave off my expletive deletives.

Today I carried 3 gigantic trash bags full of the
"worms" and the bubble pack to my local UPS store.

From our interchanged messages Andy recommended this
CC to end the year or start off 2004. I decided to
use it to end 2003.

The worms and the chute device that UPS uses to pack
our packages make their job so, so easy, yet they
produce a mess, problems and much work for those we
ship them too.

This week let's work on generating ideas for better
ways to pack that might lessen to eliminate as much
work as possible on both ends of the shipping process.

MONDAY
Think up as many different things that torn Holiday
wrapping might be used for other than be burned or
sent to the trash dump.

TUESDAY
Image you have a 25 x 25 room with 6" deep of packing
worms in it. How many ways can you think of for how
to clean them up?

WEDNESDAY
Image you have 3 gigantic trash bags full of packing
worms. Think of as many things you might do with them
instead of simply sending them to the waste management
center for eternity.

THURSDAY
How else might you safely pack a large monitor and
tower computer without using packing worms?

FRIDAY
How else might we pack boxes to eliminate or lessen
work and not create recycling or future storage
problems?

Please share your ideas. We will collet them and
share the total with all those who ask for them.

Have a creative week.

Happy 2004. May your realities in 2004 far surpass
your grandest and wildest dreams.

Alan

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