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How do you manage your ideas? I'm using a combination of Google Sheets, Notion, and a notebook. I rate each idea in Sheets using colors and I keep Notion and a

How do you manage your ideas? I'm using a combination of Google Sheets, Notion, and a notebook. I rate each idea in Sheets using colors and I keep Notion and a notebook for research so that I don't think about an idea twice.

x32n23nr 6y ago
I find this odd. Have you worked on any of those ideas?
- searchableguy 6y ago
  I do the same. I bookmark complaints from people and feature requests. Those that I want to research more gets pushed to notion or email with a specific tag.
- imedadel 6y ago
  Oh yes. And it feels good to go back and mark an idea as done! Whenever I have a thought, I write it down. If I got that thought again, I might do a quick Google search and then give a rating to the idea. If I kept constantly thinking about it, I start researching it. The research part might take maybe an hour a week. The other steps don't really take much time. I find this to help with procrastination or losing focus.
captn3m0 6y ago
I keep most public: https://github.com/captn3m0/ideas https://github.com/captn3m0/ideas. A few are in my WorkFlowy, but only because I haven't written them down properly. And then I have a section in my notebook for ideas. Stuff graduates from there to my GitHub (or gets built) I've always believed in swombat's quote on HN[1]: >There's no such thing as an original idea. Every idea worth having has been had thousands of times already. No point in keeping ideas private. Keeping them public lets other people build things I would like to see, even if I may not have the resources (time/energy/motivation/expertise) to actually do it. It's a win for me either way. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250793
- talmr 6y ago
  That's a great attitude to have. Thanks!
cdiamand 6y ago
I have a massive email chain I keep replying to anytime I have an idea.
cryptoz 6y ago
I use Sheets and Docs extensively for idea tracking and project kickoff. Docs for a scrachpad of ideas, lists, links. When I start working on something, it gets its own Sheet with a backlog, estimates, progress columns. Once it is published it will likely use GitHub issues or Trello or something a bit more robust. I use Slides to make mini pitch decks and keep all the related files in the same folder on Drive. Next to the main list in Docs. I am also working on an idea management platform, because I like Sheets but it is also a limiting experience. I'm making automated question-answer with TTS and speech recognition, and hoping to make automatic pitch deck starter kits from question-answer sessions in app. Maybe it'll be a product some day.
baxtr 6y ago
Good old trello with new, discarded etc lists
anitil 6y ago
Wunderlist, until it died.

x32n23nr 6y ago

I find this odd. Have you worked on any of those ideas?

searchableguy 6y ago
I do the same. I bookmark complaints from people and feature requests. Those that I want to research more gets pushed to notion or email with a specific tag.
imedadel 6y ago
Oh yes. And it feels good to go back and mark an idea as done! Whenever I have a thought, I write it down. If I got that thought again, I might do a quick Google search and then give a rating to the idea. If I kept constantly thinking about it, I start researching it. The research part might take maybe an hour a week. The other steps don't really take much time. I find this to help with procrastination or losing focus.

captn3m0 6y ago

I keep most public: https://github.com/captn3m0/ideas https://github.com/captn3m0/ideas. A few are in my WorkFlowy, but only because I haven't written them down properly. And then I have a section in my notebook for ideas. Stuff graduates from there to my GitHub (or gets built) I've always believed in swombat's quote on HN[1]: >There's no such thing as an original idea. Every idea worth having has been had thousands of times already. No point in keeping ideas private. Keeping them public lets other people build things I would like to see, even if I may not have the resources (time/energy/motivation/expertise) to actually do it. It's a win for me either way. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250793

talmr 6y ago
That's a great attitude to have. Thanks!

cdiamand 6y ago

I have a massive email chain I keep replying to anytime I have an idea.

cryptoz 6y ago

I use Sheets and Docs extensively for idea tracking and project kickoff. Docs for a scrachpad of ideas, lists, links. When I start working on something, it gets its own Sheet with a backlog, estimates, progress columns. Once it is published it will likely use GitHub issues or Trello or something a bit more robust. I use Slides to make mini pitch decks and keep all the related files in the same folder on Drive. Next to the main list in Docs. I am also working on an idea management platform, because I like Sheets but it is also a limiting experience. I'm making automated question-answer with TTS and speech recognition, and hoping to make automatic pitch deck starter kits from question-answer sessions in app. Maybe it'll be a product some day.

baxtr 6y ago

Good old trello with new, discarded etc lists

anitil 6y ago

Wunderlist, until it died.