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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Anyway this is partially a post inspired by:
http://uncabob.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/o...tions.html

As well as this video:





And my train ride on which I randomly thought of a random idea of an invention that may be possible due to unique circumstances that occurred me on the train and the direction daydreaming took.

Anyway here is why having a writing pad at all times is so important. You due to the unique direction that your train of thoughts take, you influenced by others and via the unique circumstances may think of a world-changing idea. For instance sticky notes:

In 1968, a scientist at 3M in the United States, Dr. Spencer Silver, was attempting to develop a super-strong adhesive. Instead he accidentally created a "low-tack", reusable, pressure-sensitive adhesive.[1][2] [3] For five years, Silver promoted his "solution without a problem" within 3M both informally and through seminars but failed to gain acceptance. In 1974 a colleague who had attended one of his seminars, Art Fry, came up with the idea of using the adhesive to anchor his bookmark in his hymnbook.[4][5] Fry then utilized 3M's officially sanctioned "permitted bootlegging" policy to develop the idea.[5] The original notes' yellow color was chosen by accident, as the lab next-door to the Post-it team had only yellow scrap paper to use.[6]

3M launched the product as "Press 'n Peel" in stores in four cities in 1977, but results were disappointing.[7][8] A year later 3M instead issued free samples directly to consumers in Boise, Idaho, with 94 percent of those who tried them indicating they would buy the product.[7] On April 6, 1980, "Press 'n Peel" was re-introduced in US stores as "Post-It Notes".[9] The following year they were launched in Canada and Europe.[10]

In 2003, the company came out with "Post-it Brand Super Sticky Notes", with a stronger glue that adheres better to vertical and non-smooth surfaces.[11]

Until 3M's patent expired in the 1990s post-it type notes were produced only in the company's plant in Cynthiana, Kentucky.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_note


Now if one comes up with an idea but don't manage to record it. It may be lost to time forever.Think about that. Who knows what kind of world changing ideas are lost due to the lack of recording them at the moment of inspiration and when life's circumstances cause one to forget the former idea.

Likewise I oppose censorship and copyright for much the same reasons, it prevents ideas from gaining publicity and may condemn it to obscurity as well as preventing it from combining from other ideas at the other side of the world fostering innovation.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I use a voice recorder app on my phone for that sort of thing.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I carry a small notepad with me at all times.

People will sometimes look at you weird, and sometimes chicks will open you - they are highly interested in what you are writing about.

That being said, yes it is an excellent idea. You can record ideas, funny conversational bits and observations on unique situations/people around you.

Plus, when you are bored, it beats flipping open a phone like most of us zoned-out zombies on iPhones. Sometimes, I play a game where I try to remember the different state license plates I have seen in the past week. Other times, I will write a few brief sentences on what is happening around me. It can be cool/eye-opening/embarrassing to re-read months later what you were thinking at a particular time: for example, when the smelly fat-ass broad in front of you in line at the grocery store was scratching her ass crack.

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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Yes, I do this all the time. It's a great conversation starter, sometimes girls even open you, and restaurant staff treat you nicer because (if you're also dressed nicely) have a suspicion that you might be some sort of government inspector scribbling notes on their business practices.

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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I started doing this 3 weeks ago after realizing that great ideas were lost in over four consecutive days. It's increased my situational intelligence in some ways I suspect; that's possibly because I have number sequences, addresses, emails, passwords, dates, meetings and the day's personal interests in my conscious thought at all times. That can make a person negatively aloof or removed from his immediate surroundings. A few hot girls checked me out and I only noticed these situations in hindsight from being distracted with myself.

My personal recommendation is to carry around a pocket sized notebook. I have a set of sturdy, miniature composition notebooks that are wallet sized. Each is purposed by it's time used and reason. Of the four I have one army dedicated for throwaway notes and math; a daily planner for professional correspondence and epiphanies; one master record book for all passwords, emails, receipts etc.; and one for spare that serves as the daily planner's backup.

This practice relates directly to my newfound success rate at daily tasks and being able to implement my best ideas on a consistent basis since they don't fade into obscurity anymore.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Very important. I always carry a notepad in my back pocket as well.

However, to make the most of the strategy, you need to have a greater filing system for purging these notes and organizing the ideas (or whatever comes to you) in a logical fashion, as well as revisiting them from time to time to get the better ones back into the forefront of your mind. Otherwise, you're just hoarding paper.

For this, I recommend you read "Getting Things Done." That's what it's all about, and "collecting," as he'd refer to your note-taking, is a huge part of the system.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I go one step further and pretty much always have a full day to page A4 size year book with me wherever I go.

It contains everything; business plans, ideas, musings, the works. Any idea or plan, no matter how banal or small...it goes in the book.

Every few weeks i sit down and have a glance through from start to finish; it helps to keep my on point with my goals.

Since me and my year books started hanging out together we have massively improved my life together.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

^ Cool idea. Can you talk more about how you organize this? And how do you decide what info to transfer over from one year to the next?

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I've recently been using a mind map app on my Ipad called, creatively, iThoughts, to brainstorm research ideas, group concepts and books together, connect different fields of study, etc.
Someday, there will be a way to integrate such an app with text documents and bibliographical databases. For now, this saves me from repeating myself with incremental changes on different pieces of paper, and also frees me from the space constraint of physical page dimensions.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Quote: (11-19-2014 04:56 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

^ Cool idea. Can you talk more about how you organize this? And how do you decide what info to transfer over from one year to the next?

That's a good question and the answer is...it depends.

I enjoy re-writing out lists and plans over and over, making tweaks to them as necessary. I find it helps me actualise them firstly in my head then in reality.

I first learned this worked for me in my mid-twenties when I found myself Editor of a nationally distributed newsstand magazine with zero experience of publishing, journalism or the subject matter of the title. It was all so overwhelming to begin with that the only way I could make sense of what I was doing was by putting pen to paper over and over again. The habit stuck and is just how I do things. There is probably a more efficient way; however if it ain't broke and all that...

As for transferring over from one year to the other; it's quite seamless really. I carry around two books in my car until I no longer need the previous year's journal...that then goes on my desk for periodic multi year reviews.

I find that unless I keep on top of myself I can procrastinate till the cows come home. Things written in black and white are unavoidable if sometimes a little painful to read!
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I run all of my notebook pages through my scanner when I'm done with the book and use soemthing called 'trello' on my phone. Years ago I heard my favourite description for a notepad..."a hipster PDA" or nowadays "a hipster iphone" http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/03/intr...ipster-pda

Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? Psalm 2:1 KJV
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

People hate on smartphones, but one utility is that you always have something to record your thoughts/ideas. There are certain apps that remind you that you have a voice memo.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

I'll advocate for not having a writing pad on you and teaching yourself to mull abstract concepts over inside your head.

A lot of what our brain produces is just white noise, and, for me, the ideas that vanished vanished because I recognised they were of little value.

About six years ago, I gave up writing down or audio recording anything to do with my songwriting. My logic was, if I couldn't remember it, no-one else ever would.

At first it was scary operating without a safety net, but the improvement was drastic enough that other people really noticed.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Quote: (11-19-2014 06:01 PM)AnonymousBosch Wrote:  

I'll advocate for not having a writing pad on you and teaching yourself to mull abstract concepts over inside your head.

A lot of what our brain produces is just white noise, and, for me, the ideas that vanished vanished because I recognised they were of little value.

About six years ago, I gave up writing down or audio recording anything to do with my songwriting. My logic was, if I couldn't remember it, no-one else ever would.

At first it was scary operating without a safety net, but the improvement was drastic enough that other people really noticed.

Intriguing. I guess for songs at least you have a valid point. Memorability of the song is at least one of the most important features of it.

But consider other ideas like designs or way of doing things that suddenly come upon you as an epiphany. How do you know if it will be useless or not? Likewise what may seem at 1st like a useless idea will be useful later on in another circumstance or even in another task even if it doesn't accomplish the current task you are setting yourself. Consider video games its initial uselessness other than as achievement porn being turned into a research tool:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/20...t-problems

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notroc...for-years/
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Quote: (11-19-2014 06:01 PM)AnonymousBosch Wrote:  

I'll advocate for not having a writing pad on you and teaching yourself to mull abstract concepts over inside your head.

A lot of what our brain produces is just white noise, and, for me, the ideas that vanished vanished because I recognised they were of little value.

About six years ago, I gave up writing down or audio recording anything to do with my songwriting. My logic was, if I couldn't remember it, no-one else ever would.

At first it was scary operating without a safety net, but the improvement was drastic enough that other people really noticed.

I understand what you're saying, and I can see there being some truth to it. It's a very interesting idea.

However, part of my process for recording thoughts also includes getting rid of the worthless ones. I go through my "inbox" a time or two a day (if I'm keeping on top of things), and I immediately make a decision about whether to trash the idea, file it somewhere for possible (or inevitable) future use, or put an action leading to it's realization on my to-do list.

A lot of stuff will and should get trashed. But whole not recording at all might have its benefits, I imagine you're losing a lot more than you realize. I imagine you just didn't have a valid system for doing something with that information, and in the form of raw notes, it's simply unusable.

I don't agree that all ideas that pass through the mind and don't come back do so because they have no value - the average modern mind is in a constant state of chaos, and there is plenty to distract it.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Rich people have their own journals so I did have one.
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Ideas and why having a writing pad on person at all times is a good idea

Think of it this way: for me, writing an idea down gives me permission to stop mulling it over and thereby refine it. It's like telling myself I'm done with that idea. I figure haunted, obsessive consideration leads to better results.

The other big problem is my hand just can't keep up with my mind. I was drowning in paper that looked like doctor's prescriptions.

I can only speak for my own mind. Go with what works for you.
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