Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by vfinn on Sunday January 06, 2019 @07:33AM (#18838021)

I have simply a folder that contains 10+ text files, mostly containing numbered lists: 01_calendar; 02_TODO (just a stack of things I want to do); 03_questions (e.g.: "What substances emit sound when heated?"); 04_ideas (entrepreneurship, organization -- this is helpful because for one thing you start to see the pattern in your ideas -- what you value etc.); 05_opinions&thoughts; 06_self&improvement (my habits are like this and that, I could improve them like this); 07_read&watch&experience (list of interesting people, movies etc.); 08_my_history (contains critical events that have happened to me, it's really useful to see them all at once for self-reflection); 09_principles_I_follow; 10_humor (humorous ideas that I collect in order to create a stand-up routine someday)

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by catacombs on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:49PM (#18839497)

You should consider Org Mode.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by vfinn on Sunday January 06, 2019 @03:49PM (#18840613)

Yes, perhaps. I'd think moving my stuff to Git/Github would also be beneficial, but there hasn't been a real need yet.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by spaceKing on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:18AM (#18843877)

Thanks man, I created these labels in my google keep (apart from calendar, I have a calendar for that :) )

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by vfinn on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:19AM (#18845248)

Glad to be of help :). The list is by no means perfect, but has worked for me so far pretty well. I forgot to mention, that I have also folders with identical names for ideas that need extensive wording.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by quietthrow on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:49AM (#18843077)

I am a huge fan of txt files. How do you get your files accessible on different devices?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by vfinn on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:47AM (#18843512)

Hmm, since I don't have that many devices, and since I mostly write down my thoughts & ideas at home, I never had that problem. Maybe you could synchronize your devices & files with Dropbox for example.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by jianzong on Sunday January 06, 2019 @11:55PM (#18842867)

Props for your simple working solution. Plain text storage is the best!

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts? by vfinn on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:48AM (#18843517)

Thanks :). I'm a huge fan of simplicity / the simplest possible solution.

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