An Idea a Minute - ThoughtOffice Software Accelerates Creativity by 600%

With the intense amount of creative output required by Advertising Creatives, Authors, Engineers, Comics, Writers in TV and Radio, and Bloggers, being on top of the game becomes a real grind. Tools and techniques to maintain the creative edge are often mysterious and unpredictable. The ThoughtOffice Creative Software Suite may have answers in using 7,300,000+ word and image associations to stimulate the brain in any subject.

Portland, OR (PRWEB) December 27, 2005 -- The human mind is a phenomenally creative machine, but over time has a tendency to "fade" when tasked with either highly creative, detailed or monotonous activities. Solutions to this problem have included caffeine, a shower, or late night drives. But new software developed by ThoughtOffice (http://www.thoughtoffice.com) begins the creative process with a single word, phrase or image. It then works interactively with the user to build on their existing knowledge and experience, while stimulating new ideas along the way. An idea that may have taken weeks to arrive at now comes in seconds or minutes... with many more falling out of this process.

"We were expecting fractional improvements in the thinking process... maybe a 15% gain in creative output with ThoughtOffice (the creative engine in the ThoughtOffice software suite)" says David Lockman, Product Specialist at ThoughtOffice.com. "But we had not anticipated 600% and better results in individual case studies. We're more than encouraged by the results and continue to work on perfecting the process. Current testing is averaging 61 ideas per hour."

The software Mr. Lockman was referring to is called the ThoughtOffice Creativity Suite (http://www.thoughtoffice.com/?page_id=5), or just "ThoughtOffice", a program that taps multiple unique databases totaling 6.8 million words and phrases and 600,000+ images to help trigger new ideas and thinking processes. Based on the Associative Thinking Process (http://www.thoughtoffice.com/?page_id=226), the software works by using a starting point (a word or phrase) and allowing the program to search 6 different linguistic modes, from the most common searches on the web to Word Associations, Synonyms and Hypernyms. Images add a whole new scope to the program, providing visual clues and "a-HA!" moments that might have otherwise flown under the radar.

As a copywriter, when Samantha Hall goes looking to develop content for her corporate blogging, she often runs into too many dry or unstimulating phrases. "I can't stand to blog badly... and that means using time-worn phrases." Ms. Hall quotes. "So I 'tap' ThoughtOffice with a word like Hope, and end up with a dozen phrases that will support my point. So Hope >> Survival >> Evolution >> Darwinian Theory >> Galapagos Island >> Genetic Drift. So I can ask my readers if they "get my genetic drift" and know that at least I've added to their vocabulary... or maybe kept them reading. Either way I win... as does my client. After 12 hour days on the blogging circuit, I RELY on ThoughtOffice to keep me hot between the ears."

ThoughtOffice (http://www.thoughtoffice.com/?page_id=35) is one program with two faces: a creativity engine (the IdeaBrowser) and a scribe that collects and organizes the ideas and idea fragments (the Session Window) into an "Idea Storyboard", very similar to MindMapping and Outlining combined. Priced from $99 to $499 depending on configuration, the program runs on Mac OSX (including Tiger) and Windows 2000 through XP & Vista.

The company also develops eXpertTopic Modules that provide stimulating ideas, questions, images and links in 16+ areas of creativity, writing and business. The Modules sell for $29-$69 each and are crafted by bestselling authors, MBAs, CEOs, and other domain experts.

About ThoughtOffice Corporation

Based in Portland, Oregon, ThoughtOffice develops and markets tools that empower individuals and organizations to create rich content and improve productivity through creativity. Founded in 1998, the company produces writing, brainstorming and creativity software, and provides PR (http://301url.com/PR-Secrets) and business services to technology startups and fast-growth companies (http:///www.exitpath.com). The company can be reached at http://www.thoughtoffice.com or by calling 360-609-9272.

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