Material for inspirational workshop

Question

I've been searching around for the last few days looking for resources for a inspirational workshop. What I have in mind—and haven't been able to find—in a set of "cards" with different technologies (e.g., smartphones, netbooks, iPads) and web-based services (e.g., Google Maps, Twitter etc.).

I intend to do a workshop where participants can use these cards as inspiration, i.e., two or three cards can be mixed and matched in order to initiate an inspired, focused brainstorm.

So far, I've found the Mental Notes cards. They seem promising but I would like some technology-specific material, too. Does anybody know whether this is available?

EDIT
Yes, I can make these myself and have them printed at a professional photo shop. But is there anything to be purchased?

Answer 1

See this question on Quora: What are some interesting playdecks to get creative/design inspiration?

Stephen Anderson posted a long list there of various card decks, grouped by type (creative thinking, psychology/design, design methods, etc) that should be of some use.

You may not find what you're looking for. The reason is that I think your approach may not be the best one: you describe a situation where participants combine technologies and services to initiate a brainstorm. They should be thinking in terms of methods, not tools. For instance, instead of a card saying "Twitter", a card saying "social media", "short messages", or (like Mental Notes) "scarcity" will help initiate the kind of creative brainstorm you're looking for without tainting the result with a specific technology or service. At the brainstorm level, it's important to identify solutions to high level problems - not immediately think in terms of "how can I use Twitter to...".