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The Spark File
- Writer Steven Johnson does this in a single document he calls a “spark file”—every time he has an idea, he adds it to the file, and then he revisits the list every couple of months.
from Keep Going: a book by Austin Kleon by Austin Kleon
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- Whether it’s to organize ideas for a project (me); to have material to turn to for inspiration when you get stuck (Adam Alter); to save idea-sparks without getting distracted by them in the moment (Steven Johnson and Dan Pink); or to create a receptacle of fleeting impressions (Rachel Ingalls), I think having a repository for interesting things you... See more
from Don't Let Good Ideas Get Away by David Epstein
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- Serendipity: Keep books around and when some new information suggests an old book is more important than you thought, you can go back to it.
- Annotate in the margin
- Build an index in the end for interesting ideas
- Generally don't go back to a book I have read
- Share snippets and insights of really good books with friends, which often results in good rec
... See morefrom Patrick Collison's Manifesto on Reading by The Knowledge Project
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