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I have a text file on my desktop where I keep ideas. When I come up with some off-the-wall idea, usually x264-development-related, I throw it into the text fil
by DarkShikari 17y ago
I have a text file on my desktop where I keep ideas.
When I come up with some off-the-wall idea, usually x264-development-related, I throw it into the text file; it rarely takes more than a dozen words. I'm not writing it for someone else, I'm writing it for myself--all I need is enough so that I remember what I was thinking when I have time to try the idea later.
I'll often do this when developing normally as well; I'm working on X, and my thought process with X produces some idea that applies to Y, so I throw it into the list and try it later rather than breaking my concentration on X.
- greyman 17y agoBut what if some new idea hits you while not sitting in front of the desktop?
- jacquesm 17y agosms to 'self'.
- DarkShikari 17y agoI use a laptop, not a desktop, and it's always with me (almost).
- christofd 17y agoI've been throwing my thoughts into text files as well. I just hate scrolling through a long text file to find something. Gotta figure something out... Also, I use the webcam of my laptop to make snapshots of paper notes I've written (the paper notes then can be disposed).
- kristiandupont 17y agoI use Code Browser: http://code-browser.sf.net http://code-browser.sf.net It folds text so it is similar to having a mind map or personal wiki. But it is still a text editor, which I like and feel most at home in. I wrote an article about it: http://www.chrylers.com/agile-knowledge-management http://www.chrylers.com/agile-knowledge-management