Moreover, Eno's recently published diary is also salted through with
"new" Oblique Strategies. One of these Strategies actually made
it into the fourth edition of the deck. you'll find it highlighted.
Here is a list of the "diary" Strategies. Each Strategy is
followed by the date of the diary entry in which it appears:
Steal a solution. (22 July)
Describe the landscape in which this belongs.
(9 August)
What else is this like? (9 August)
List the qualities it has. List those you'd like.
(9 August)
Instead of changing the thing, change the world
around it. (9 August)
What would make this really successful? (9 August)
Who would make this really successful? (9 August)
How would you explain this to your parents? (9
August)
Try faking it. - from Stewart Brand (9
August)
What were the branch points in the evolution of
this entity (20 August)
Back up a few steps. What else could you have
done? (20 August)
When is it for? Who is it for? (23 August)
What do you do? Now, what do you do best? (27
August)
First work alone, then work in unusual pairs.
(8 September)
What most recently impressed you? How is it similar?
What can you learn from it? What could you take from it? (10 September)
Take away as much mystery as possible. What is
left? (30 December)