Share ideas, inspirations, dreams, goals, and action plans on AeyTimes Idea Journal, a free blog and social web site. http://aeytimes.com Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:12:00 +0000 When designing a website, a good way to ensure that the colours you choose are visually harmonious is to use a preset colour palette. It is sometimes hard to get a good set of colours. In fact, there is actually an area of knowledge called colour theory that studies this. There are many sites wi... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1013/Choosing_colours_in_web_design/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/1013/Choosing_colours_in_web_design/ Thu, 26 May 2011 19:37:51 +0000 Sometimes the best ideas are the ones that we just put into action. There is a profound motivation and energy to move the idea forward and see it to the end.  In the beginning those who watch this will wonder if you have lost your mind and then there will come that epiphany when they will say, "... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/502/Best_Ideas/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/502/Best_Ideas/ Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:22:33 +0000 As one who is needs to read a lot nowadays and tends to be very slow at reading, I find it useful to time myself by line and by page. When I have a timer with me that tracks the time between page turns, I find I can read a book in half the time. Moreover, I find it easiest to achieve a good ... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/287/Reading_books_faster/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/287/Reading_books_faster/ Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:44:04 +0000 Share your Futuristic Art on AeyTimes Ideas Journal.  Futuristici, sci-fi, or fantastical art is a great way to stimulate the imagination and help people design even more innovative designs or inventions to make the world a better place. Image credit: http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/futuristi... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/178/Share_Futuristic_Art/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/178/Share_Futuristic_Art/ Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:30:24 +0000 I came up with this solution to help people learn how to read musical notes better years ago before high prevalence of the digital age, which allows people to more easily perform tasks such as these on digital screens: The Western musical notation consists of a five-line notation system where ... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/170/Teaching_Music_Reading_with_Magnetic_Musical_Notes/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/170/Teaching_Music_Reading_with_Magnetic_Musical_Notes/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:58:01 +0000 After ideas from Sorcerer's apprentice, this is our 2nd idea to invite people to share ideas and inspirations below about what you learned or new ideas that you gained from watching a movie.  This time, it's the 1939 classic movie and musical, Wizard of Oz.  Google Doodle recently featured t... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/130/Share_Inspirations_from_Wizard_of_Oz/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/130/Share_Inspirations_from_Wizard_of_Oz/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:25:59 +0000 As all you know today cricket is one of the most known game of twenty first century and there are uncountable cricket lovers present today in each and every corner of the world. My idea about the cricket is like many other games in the world cricket is a game of mind. Mean that if anyone wanna s... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/127/Cricket/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/127/Cricket/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:24:51 +0000 There appear to be 2 main shapes and patterns that drive the world: (1) straight lines (2) curves The combination of straight lines and curves in various amalgamations appear to make up both the natural and the man-made world in which we live. Common shapes that arise from these shapes and p... http://aeytimes.com/ideas/113/Shapes_and_Patterns_that_Drive_the_World/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/113/Shapes_and_Patterns_that_Drive_the_World/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:20:28 +0000 Movies, books, and other art forms can be great sources of inspiration, giving us new insights and possibilities. Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice recently opened. Share your views here on what you learned or interesting ideas that you gleaned from watching Sorcerer's Apprentice. http://aeytimes.com/ideas/77/Share_Ideas_on_Disneys_Sorcerers_Apprentice/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/77/Share_Ideas_on_Disneys_Sorcerers_Apprentice/ Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:24:00 +0000 I just saw an innovative use of flowers at a park the other day. What the gardeners did was to plant flowers such that they formed an image of a maple leaf! I thought that this was an innovative way to make a design of a maple leaf! http://aeytimes.com/ideas/64/An_Innovative_Use_of_Flowers/ http://aeytimes.com/ideas/64/An_Innovative_Use_of_Flowers/