The Genesis Of An Idea

I think the most fun I have (at least in the web industry) is when I have an idea but it's floating around in my head with only a vague outline. Normally it's just a piece of functionality I find novel, but who would use it and the technicalities around the functionality aren't hashed out yet. The idea is kicking around unbridled with more questions surrounding it than actual answers. I've got some ideas like this currently and I'm relishing the process because it's not every day that I have ideas that stick around in my thoughts for more than a few minutes. To keep the process of shaping the idea a little more organized I've been just writing the basic facts about the idea down on paper, then working with each part of the idea individually until it works more cohesively with the whole concept. I don't know if it'll work or not but putting pen to paper about something exciting in my head is exciting by itself, so it can't hurt.

Comments

[Ann]

Hey, as I always say, write it down to leave space in your head to come up with even more great ideas.

[Ram krishna wagle]

"I don't know if it'll work or not but putting pen to paper about something exciting in my head is exciting by itself, so it can't hurt."

Well said. In my case too that's the way I go. I do that for all the exciting pulses that runs in my brain every now and then. I do that with a belief that "Someday something great will click from that little exciting pulse". And yeah it won't definitely hurt.

[Mike Rundle]

Ann: That's really true..... basically once it's down I don't have to remember everything about it anymore!

Ram: I need to remember to write things down more often :)

[Joe Dolan]

Hey Mike, is that a New Year resolution for you...to write things down more?

I have been struggling with this same issue. Ideas come and go, but I either never write it down, or I cannot find a way to put it in writing yet. Soon the idea fades away and I am off thinking of another!

--Joe