[ranger47]

This article hits close to home, but there is one crucial component missing; free time. For the most part, I'm at my laptop or mobile about half of my primary work day, and take regular breaks from actual work to check out HN or any other gathering of techheads I follow. Here's where the data collection happens, mostly, as another commenter mentioned, projects I was to try or have been inspired by, skills to brush up on, etc.

There's this odd notion of "saving for someday" that kindles hope of some rainy weekend where I suddenly have 48 hours all to myself, and to focus on making again. That's what drives the data collection.

[HuwFulcher]

Yes, I resonate with this a lot. It’s one thing to have time to capture information but a whole other thing to have the time to extract the essence out of it. I still haven’t figured out an answer yet though.