The answer for me is "everywhere". I write them on post-its, in the margins of books, in my Blackberry, on 3x5 cards, on the back of business cards and in a variety of notebooks. But . . .
the ideas that I think are more interesting go in my idea book (photo above).
Are they good ideas? Not sure, really. All I can tell you is that they seemed to be pretty interesting at the time. Maybe I'll find out as I begin to share them and have the opinions of others shape their future. I've posted a few so far (here, here and here) and I hope your voice will be heard.
The initial passion for me comes in the generating and less in the evaluating of these new ideas. So once I've let them sit for a while I can come back and evaluate later with a clearer head. Of course this is often painful as I now and again tear a page out in realization that I must have been off kilter that day.
If you have ideas, you can share them here by commenting on one of mine (it feels good to release them, believe me) or you can go to a number of fun sites like Creativity Pool, a free database with new ideas and possible inventions.
So, where do you keep your ideas?
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