> Never trust your memory to keep your new ideas. Once you come up with an idea, write it down instantly. I disagree with this bit of advice very much. In my e

> Never trust your memory to keep your new ideas. Once you come up with an idea, write it down instantly. I disagree with this bit of advice very much. In my experience if an idea is a good one it will occur to me again. Very often in a more refined form. Of course if you are working on something actively feel free to write it down. But when not actively working on a given problem? My brain is a good place for ideas to percolate in. Besides I have a ton of ideas. It would be silly to treat each little thing as a precious resource like a miser.