[chops]

The only reason I'll ever keep quiet about some ideas I have is to prevent that feeling you get after telling someone about an idea. You know the one: the one where talking about what you're going to do emotionally equates to having already done it. So I may keep quiet until I either have something (anything) to show, or effectively abandon the project due to lack of interest or realizing it's a terrible idea anyway (anyone want instantrummage.com? ha!)

But in general, the article is completely correct. There's not really a good reason to keep an idea secret.

[bobbles]

TED video on this topic: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...

[dinkumthinkum]

Yeah, I also think it can give you a negative stigma. We all have lots of ideas. If we tell everyone, every time we have an idea, we can start to look silly or naive or what have you in front of our peers. For some that is a mark a great person. For me, eh, I'll err on the side of caution. :)