Capture Your Idea Birds with a Nokia E71 (Best Note Taking Smart Phone?)

It is vital to write down (capture) your ideas as soon as they appear, wherever you are. In the past I've used every kind of notebook, scrap of paper etc, unfortunately these have often been mislaid or forgotten. I've been looking for the ideal gadget for note and idea taking for a long time. This must be simple, compact, good battery life, have a full QWERTY keyboard and always be with me.

I pondered and was tempted by a Linux Netbook but I know I wouldn't always have it by my side, this might be different for you if you always carry a bag/briefcase.

The only thing that is already always with me my cell phone, so I plunged for a QWERTY Smart Phone the E71 , so far it's answered all my needs. I've been recording my experiences with this phone here at squidoo.com/nokia-e71-smart-phone .

Brainstorming with Tom Butler-Bowdon

Met up with Tom author of the best selling 50 Self-Help Classics in Blackwells Coffee Shop in Oxford; what a place to brainstorm surrounded by all that knowledge!

I mentioned that I'd created a Squidoo Lens on Everyday Sayings From the Bible which I said had been along with Shakespeare had been one of the greatest influences on the English language. So he bounced right back with why didn't a start a lens for William Shakespeare and so here it is Sayings that come from Shakespeare .

Now talk about my Serendipity Lens the first thing I learn is that the Knock-Knock-Who's-There joke probably was originated by Shakespeare that is another of my lens!!

Join Squidoo here and see what all the fuss is about!

Turn your Vacation into a Squidoo Lens

I wanted to publish my holiday photos, I also wanted to document the gradual disappearance of the traditional seaside villas here in Andernos les Bains, France or rather record the ones that were left. I thought of putting them up at Google's Picasa but then thought (*idea*) why not create a Squidoo Lens which will allow me to post my pictures and add descriptive text AND earn a modest residual income over the years to come!

Here is the result Andernos les Bains. Have you joined Squidoo yet? Join totally free here

An Idea : Ruthlessly Pruning My Projects

I got a request to renew a domain, a quick check revealed that I'd earned a miserable 15 cents Adsense from the site in the last year. From this sprung An Idea that I didn't know which of my many projects were earning me money, that I ought to find out, and then draw up a shortlist of the most successful. Thereafter to only promote and nurture this pruned list. The other projects being left to their own devices.

So do you know which of your activities or products are the most profitable , are you ruthless and disciplined enough to concentrate on just these?

Concentrating on the most profitable products or services is a key aspect of Successful people and business?

So do you know which are yours? Try to write a list now!

Going thru an Idea Creation Barren Period

Yep, no brilliant new idea big or small for a few weeks now, but not to worry idea creation is like that, I know that when I finally get a new idea that I'll probably get a whole bunch of them (Just like waiting for buses!)

I'm carrying my little notebook around just in case!

The Process of Creating More Ideas

A few weeks ago I was doing a walk across the Berkshire Downs when an idea popped into my head fully fledged (more about the actual idea later). That was both wonderful and annoying, annoying because I don't know what prompted it , or where it came from, I guess I was day dreaming while trying to keep up with my fitter colleague.

This blog will be used to log and record my ideas, and also what I learn about Idea Generation.

So what was the actual idea? well I am an expert for a particular text editor and I post a lot of tips on the Internet but have never thought until that instant to create a blog. I now have done that see here zzapper.co.uk/vim-tips-blog/

So where do they come from? One second the idea wasn't there, next second it's arrived and seems obvious. More to come ...