Comments on: Beautiful Accidents

By: Sergei Muller

Sergei Muller — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:37:31 +0000

So Dan… is there any chance we get to hear how this guitar setup works?
Short 30 seconds riff per chance?
Great article and well written.
If my strings weren’t new, I’d go rip them off and restring.

By: Mel Rodicq

Mel Rodicq — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:04:10 +0000

I think this is the ‘source’ where all true creativity springs from. When i look back at my best work, on the whole it’s occurred as an ‘accident’. Certainly you can help the process along – keep yourself inspired. I tend to find that the real world (as opposed to browsing so-called inspirations sites) fire me up the most. Libraries,galleries,people,the weather – on a good day I’m inspired by everything.
I guess the worry is that these accidents stop one day.. I suppose that would be ‘designers block’!
Great post anyway, given me food for thought..
Mel from Mels Brushes (design stock and freebies)

By: Dan Cederholm

Dan Cederholm — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:52:58 +0000

@uhhhhhh Where were you 12 years ago?

By: Johannes

Johannes — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:34 +0000

When the idea goes to code add a .happyAccident on the design element in question. Actually isn’t there a happy accident tag in HTML 5?
Great post.

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:17:31 +0000

Thanks for posting the link, Dan — I’m enjoying these tracks.

By: Dan Cederholm

Dan Cederholm — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:21:23 +0000

@Dan: Nope, haven’t managed playing in a band in over 10 years. Sadly no time for that now.
But also, I wasn’t reluctant to post the link because of the design and/or code that was done by my pal probably 10 years ago. Just wanted to clarify that.

By: Bryan Veloso

Bryan Veloso — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:13:45 +0000

This post pretty much explains my life. I’ve been trying to control them, but I guess that’s just the nature of the happy accident. :)

By: Forrest Frazier

Forrest Frazier — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:18:03 +0000

A similar thing happened to me in my photography style. I broke a strobe light and replaced it with a hot light and got a nice mix of color and movement.
I now try to bust out of the norm and try something different every time I shoot, always on the look out for the next happenstance of creativity.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:13:59 +0000

That’s pretty cool how you can manage life, family, lecturing, and a band without going nuts. I also see why you were so reluctant to post… the band page looks (and is coded) pretty bad.

By: Dan Cederholm

Dan Cederholm — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:49:09 +0000

@Rob L. Are there any tracks posted online from that band? I'm reluctant to post, but indeed there are :)