Blogger Liam Page brings up an interesting point on his weblog, Little Think Tank. Explaining his rationale for creating his blog, Page says:
"Sometimes, thinking needs to be externalised, ideas need to be said out loud to see how silly they sound."
What do you do when sounding out a new idea? What's the process for bringing a thought to an idea and eventually to a plan? Personally, I'm with Liam. Many times, I'll do the thinking out loud with pen and paper as well, before bringing it anywhere near a computer.
How about you?
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August 15, 2003 at 8:21am by NeoTheologue
I'm the same way...even though I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I use the "pen and paper" approach...doesn't come off as very "fast," does it? =)
A while back I was introduced to a technique called "mind mapping" (a la Tony Buzan) and I use it a lot to help me judge the "do-ability" of an idea or project as well as understand the interrelationships between all the pieces.
I had a nifty little program that helped put the maps together, but that was before I switched.