Comments on: How To Find, Save, and Create Your Own Good Ideas

By: How to Find, Save, and Create Your Own Good Ideas « Joseph Rooks' Blog

How to Find, Save, and Create Your Own Good Ideas « Joseph Rooks' Blog — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:32:06 +0000

[...] How to Find, Save, and Create Your Own Good Ideas (FreelanceFolder) [...]

By: Metropolis

Metropolis — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:19:16 +0000

[...] – Invoice Like a Pro – Seasonal Myths About Freelancing – 8 Best Web Design mockup tutorials – How To Find, Save, and Create Your Own Good Ideas – Getting Clients to Embrace Fresh Ideas – 16 reglas para escribir bien y que te entiendan mejor – [...]

By: Blog del Freelance » Archivo del weblog » Cómo encontrar y generar ideas creativas

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40:27 +0000

[...] consultar el artículo How To Find, Save, and Create Your Own Good Ideas, publicado por Laura Spencer en [...]

By: Matt Keegan

Matt Keegan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:05:32 +0000

Wow, I don’t know where to begin!

I get inspiration from almost anything including by taking a walk, talking with a friend, raking leaves, visiting my kids’ school, at church, you name it.

Sometimes an idea pops into my head & I immediately know that I have the basis for subject material. Then, I let it stir deep within until I have something solid that I can work with.

By: Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:21:54 +0000

Wow!

What great ideas everyone has on how to generate new ideas. This is one of the best things about the Freelance Folder community — the willingness to share.

Tom Chernaik — Thanks for coming by and sharing how you came up with CMP.ly idea. You were swift and you were responsive to a need that you saw – two key components of successful ideas. Good luck to you!

By: Stephen Webb

Stephen Webb — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:34:30 +0000

Writers block can certainly cause a lot of problems as a designer; if you can’t get any good ideas on paper then chances are the client wont be happy, and therefore your time is wasted, and on and on the effect snowballs. It’s always good to know how to spark some inspiration, and the tips here are a great way to do so.

I particularly like the idea of storing away key ideas for future use. This is a great way to use anything you may have come up with previously and make the most of something that wasn’t right or relative to the work being done at the time.

A lot can be taken from sharing ideas in the design community too. Being actively part of such communities is a great way to pick up not only inspiration but also tips that can come in handy in the future. Thanks for another informative and useful article.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:22:39 +0000

I find that ideas don’t always come from a source that I can pin down but at the same time having a keen sense of observance of the world around me whether bill boards, newspaper articles, television adverts or films, I can become a sponge and soak up ideas that I can then draw on them. Sometimes ideas flow and I’m full of inspiration, at other times ideas are slower to form and then I find that taking some time out is the best option.

By: Chris Connor

Chris Connor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:54:02 +0000

I’ve found that by saving almost all my ideas on my computer or in notebooks, that actually leads to different and sometimes even better ideas down the road. Of course, you’ll probably have to be doing this for many months before you see results, but I guarantee that years after you write the initial idea and have forgotten it, you will revisit it at some point and it will spark a whole new set of ideas. In short, I would suggest: write it down!

By: Jorge Barba

Jorge Barba — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:38:01 +0000

The previous commenter hit the nail, we get our ideas while not thinking about them and I can relate to sitting down and trying to solve a problem right there doesn’t really result in a solution.

I get my ideas from reading, while working out or while observing people and I use both Evernote and a pocket Moleskine book for capture.

If you guys want to become more productive idea generators I highly recommend you checkout Evernote, it really is like your second brain.

By: Tom Chernaik

Tom Chernaik — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:17:18 +0000

Thanks for your post Laura. I am glad that you used Cmp.ly as an example of an idea taking root. As a co-founder of Cmp.ly, I can tell you that, after the FTC announced the recent revisions to their guidelines, we saw challenges to disclosure in feeds and tweets and had an idea of a simple method that could be used to easily and clearly identify a material connection. We quickly defined that method and we proposed it as a standard when we announced it two weeks ago. To Cedric’s point above, there is surely plenty more to come in the next few weeks but we have gotten some great feedback from the community that is being factored into the full platform that is being developed.

I also wanted to share my personal idea reminder system, because I think it can be used by anyone and it has saved my thoughts, ideas and recommendations for years of entrepreneurial projects. When I hear, see or think something that I want to remember I simply email myself a note with Lookup: in the subject line. In rare moments of downtime, or when I need inspiration, all I have to do is sort or search my inbox for “lookup” and I have a list of ideas, links and thought starters to refer back to. I hope it works for you too…