carlyhylton Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 You have an inspired moment... ''THAT would be a good research question!'' How do you organize your ideas? Do you have a notebook? .doc file? Is there an app for that? Somewhere online? I'm curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I have a moleskin notebook that I use as an external brain. Usually, ideas are written on whatevers handy to remember... And then when I get back home/to my desk, I get out my moleskin and transcribe the idea and add in any necessary additional details, references, etc. I do usually keep a small pocket sized moleskin on me most of the time for quick idea notations, but it can also be a napkin, the back of a receipt, a voice notation on my ipod, etc. It's not so much about writing it down initially as getting it into a relatively permanent form. Usually, as the idea progresses, I take the time to sit down and write up a semi-formal proposal in word, complete with citations and figures. Then I can either present it to my boss, or keep it in hold for the future when I have time to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runonsentence Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I have friends who love Evernote for things like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Posting via email to a WordPress blog (and then searching the blog whenever I need to search for something). I also use Quora as a way of organizing things (haha). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behavioral Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I usually write a note on my phone if I'm away from my computer. If it's a little more well-developed, I record a voice message and transcribe it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Wow - the "record a voice message" idea is quite creative - I should try that sometime. Edited February 1, 2012 by InquilineKea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behavioral Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Wow - the "record a voice message" idea is quite creative - I should try that sometime. I try not to use it as much as I can -- my best ideas usually come when I'm somewhere public, and talking to my phone while looking extremely pensive doesn't give the best impressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiaowen Lei Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I have a moleskin notebook that I use as an external brain. Usually, ideas are written on whatevers handy to remember... And then when I get back home/to my desk, I get out my moleskin and transcribe the idea and add in any necessary additional details, references, etc. I do usually keep a small pocket sized moleskin on me most of the time for quick idea notations, but it can also be a napkin, the back of a receipt, a voice notation on my ipod, etc. It's not so much about writing it down initially as getting it into a relatively permanent form. Usually, as the idea progresses, I take the time to sit down and write up a semi-formal proposal in word, complete with citations and figures. Then I can either present it to my boss, or keep it in hold for the future when I have time to work on it. Thanks for advising the proposal part. It sounds cool, we should do proposal quite often even without doing the whole research. That practice exercises our mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaMom Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I have a Word document that I add to whenever I come up with an idea. It's a stream-of-consciousness brain dump mess, but it makes sense to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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