Inspiration and Deadline

The signal to noise ratio of blogosphere regarding inspiration and deadlines seem to have gone up.

About a week back, Veerle talked about how deadlines could kill inspiration:

If the designer is rushed, quality work can be compromised.

In a response to this, Andy wrote about the Tao of Deadlines, where he takes a rather opposing view. And in my opinion, as Veerle says, it is a rather "black and white" view of the situation.

Deadlines does effect your inspiraiton. It basically is in how you take a look at it. It can deter, and it can help your inspiration too. This is something that I learned during a week of personal challenge where I was racing against a deadline every day.

Having a deadline looming on your head, sometimes is all you need to get ideas. You get creative ideas to get ideas and that is a good thing...