Yeah things like the inbox used by Getting Things Done productivity system handles that need, whether a physical inbox, or an email inbox, or a note to self IM

Yeah things like the inbox used by Getting Things Done productivity system handles that need, whether a physical inbox, or an email inbox, or a note to self IM channel, or even a page on a note taking program. Setting systems aside, if you define and use a queue, you don't lose things when ideas and information page out of the wetware's RAM (l3 cache?)