If they are unimportant I will forget them after a while and that is OK. If I forget them they are unimportant by definition. Keeping track of such things is a waste of time.
If I get really bothered by some temporary idée fixe I will work on it: search for more information, check my assumptions, analyze my options, maybe write some code to implement a proof of concept. This way at least I gain some knowledge for the wasted time and attention.
Sharing ideas of the first kind is just noise. I doubt anything can come out of it.
As for the second kind there are blogs, github, kickstarter, etc. They all put you into some process or format. Which is good if you want to make at least something useful from your idea.
Completely agree. Idea sites like firespotting and halfbakery just turn into a really good way to waste your time. If you have a reasonable idea, do some research on it. If it turns out to be feasible, do some customer development and start building it out to really test it.
Doing these things and failing 100 times in a row will almost certainly turn out to be a better use of your time than spending even 5 minutes looking for an idea by skimming through the likes of this:
[1] "A pinterest type service where if u spot a deal.." blah blah
[2] a rotating tube house
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No. Ideas are really useless.
If they are unimportant I will forget them after a while and that is OK. If I forget them they are unimportant by definition. Keeping track of such things is a waste of time.
If I get really bothered by some temporary idée fixe I will work on it: search for more information, check my assumptions, analyze my options, maybe write some code to implement a proof of concept. This way at least I gain some knowledge for the wasted time and attention.
Sharing ideas of the first kind is just noise. I doubt anything can come out of it.
As for the second kind there are blogs, github, kickstarter, etc. They all put you into some process or format. Which is good if you want to make at least something useful from your idea.
Completely agree. Idea sites like firespotting and halfbakery just turn into a really good way to waste your time. If you have a reasonable idea, do some research on it. If it turns out to be feasible, do some customer development and start building it out to really test it.
Doing these things and failing 100 times in a row will almost certainly turn out to be a better use of your time than spending even 5 minutes looking for an idea by skimming through the likes of this:
[1] http://firespotting.com/item?id=1061[2] http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/rotating_20tube_20house#13702...