Looking in the rearview mirror...

Bonjour Heroes.

A slightly embarrassing challenge this week. It seems we have to talk about ourselves? I don't really like that, but it's true that I've done it through my participation in challenges. You can already guess my interests, my favorite topics, where I live, and where I go on vacation. So...

OK, here goes. I've participated in 26 challenges this year. The reasons why 20 are missing are:

-no ideas. None good enough. At all. Nothing. Nada. Zero.

-not enough time

-fed up with Storyline! (I work on it 5/6 days a week)

What I've learned this year, and in the seven years I've been participating in challenges:

-almost everything I know how to do today, and much more by watching other people's demos.

Honestly, I'm rarely challenged by my clients in my daily practice. Only once or twice a year do I say, “Give me a day to see if it's possible”... Okay, it is, in one way or a dozen other ways. On the other hand, it's not uncommon for me to use my challenges to show what could be done...

Weekly challenges encourage me to stay more creative. Creativity is the most powerful, interesting, and attractive power of the mind. Powerful people who have no creativity (who just rehash and apply old ideas) hold no interest for me.

And the best creativity comes from the obviousness of the (good) idea and the simplicity of its execution. That's what I've learned here, too. I often post comments to emphasize how much I admire the simple relevance between David's proposal and the result, and the idea that I wish I had come up with myself. I'm not going to name any specific people in this community (so as not to embarrass Jodi), but there are hundreds of examples.

What else can I show you? This year, I was lucky enough to have my challenges #505 (a GO game, a simple use of “button sets”*) and #524 (the best coffee in space, for which my wife gave me the best idea of the year) highlighted by the Articulate team. So, I'll leave those choices up to them.

And I have a soft spot for my simple little ghost #529 Poor ghost: this illustrates what I was talking about earlier. I've gradually learned how to do things, so when I have a slightly weird idea without really knowing how to achieve it at first, it's not a dead end I'm taking, it's a path of possibilities.

Finally, I would like to say a few words about my favorite demos from this year's challengers. But I don't have time to review them and find my messages (I don't like to just give a thumbs up, which doesn't mean much). You are all talented.

And the image I'm putting on the cover sums up my personal way of using Storyline.

There's still a lot more to say, but that's enough! Have a good week.

*Strangely, my demo has disappeared from the recap 505, I don't know why.