[rblstr]

I carry a notebook everywhere with me and write down every idea I have during my "creativity hour". I have a nice large stash of ideas in it now. No I don't share my ideas, not because I'm selfish, or I think they're worth money (every personal project goes up on GitHub), but because they're personal projects with no real worth to anybody else (at least at the conception phase). When I think of an idea that will change the world, or if any of the ideas turn out to be any use to anybody other than me I'll be sure to share it.

[shadowcats]

Tell me about this "creativity hour" :)

[rblstr]

I wanted to be more creative, John Cleese gave me some advice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rtmxJrKwc). Basically I sit in a café for an hour everyday (on my lunchbreak) with 0 distractions (no phone, laptop etc), and I get bored on purpose. Nice thing about getting bored is, your brain starts to think of things to prevent the bordem. You start to think of ideas, and you start to write those down. By the end of the hour you may have between 6 - 12 new ideas depending on what your train of thought was during the hour. When before I had no idea what kind of personal projects I could work on in my spare time, now I have too many, I don't have time them! Eventually they'll all go on my personal website once I get it up and running.

[shadowcats]

That's a cool method. Feel free to post it here: http://firespotting.com/item?id=948