Good ideas sneak up on you.
If an idea worth keeping comes to me while I’m in a meeting, in the shower, or driving down the freeway, I want to grab it before it gets away. I want to stash it somewhere now. I’ll use it later. Hell, I’ll decide if it’s even good later.
I also want to minimize the time between having an idea and recording that idea. Stopping what I’m doing, even for a second, has a cost. In a meeting, for example, any writing or typing I do means I’m doing less listening. I want to minimize the interruption. I want my recording to be automatic, almost robotic.
This is ubiquitous capture: The ability to quickly capture information at any time, then quickly get back to what I was doing. Processing happens later.
For me, this happens with a simple notebook, and with the Notes app on my phone (including with voice capture: “Siri, make a note that says ‘blah blah blah'”).
It’s a pleasure to review the notes. There’s always great stuff.
