Creativity support tools: accelerating discovery and innovation

2007/11/30 by Ben Shneiderman · 738 citations
Computer Science · Psychology · #Computer science #Creativity #Data science #Human–computer interaction #Innovative Human-Technology Interaction #Open Source Software Innovations #Political science #Psychology #Public relations #Social innovation #Usability and User Interface Design

paper · doi:10.1145/1323688.1323689

published in Communications of the ACM 50(12), 20-32 (Association for Computing Machinery)

openalex publication_date 2007/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

How can designers of programming interfaces, interactive tools, and rich social environments enable more people to be more creative more often?

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