My method for organizing ideas

[TheLinkMedic]

If I tried to keep everything in my head i'd lose 80% of the stuff I think to do for my blog. So whenever I get an idea even if it's a small one I put it on a sticky note on windows 7's desktop. I basically make myself a little to do list or just a list of random ideas. That way when I decide to do some work I have this huge list of stuff I can work on instead of trying to remember what I wanted to do. I've found it really productive as I kinda just go down the list and knock all the things I have written down out. In normal life i'm not really a to-do list type of guy but this has been really good for me for blogging.

Another little tip I have for content creation is if you have a spark of an idea for a post, goto where you make posts, in my case blogger, and i'll just start writing, sometimes I don't get farther than the title, but thats alright. I'll come back later and do some more work on it and eventually it gets finished. But just getting the ball rolling seems to be the important thing i've noticed.

As for organizing even more I use diigo a lot. They have a chrome extension that works really well for bookmarking, and I can keep everything private so I can make lists and categories for myself to come back too, I highly recommend it.

Doing those three things have mainly contributed to me getting some blogging done. What kind of things do you guys do to sort out the blogging madness?

[dojo]

I either note it down on a paper or start a new posts and save the title as a draft. I can then revise it and develop a new blog article, when in need.

[Ryah Albatros]

I am forever telling myself to jot down ideas but I keep forgetting. I know this week I've had a couple of great thoughts but they're lost in the muddle of my brain.

[TheLinkMedic]

Yeah I hear ya Ryah, I usually get ideas as i'm falling asleep then the next day I have to struggle to try and remember what I was thinking about doing. Also the shower is a good place for great ideas usually, I should probably start taking 3 showers a day hehe.

[Ryah Albatros]

Ha, I do some of my best thinking in the bathroom too! And falling asleep - it's obviously fairly common. I still haven't remembered my great thoughts from earlier, well and truly gone I think.

[WildDonutsPRO]

I usually note on paper.
Usually it's not a big deal for me to try getting my ideas come back if I forget

[fridayguy]

I really agree that getting the ball rolling is the best thing to do. So even if I don't have anything to write about, I'll just sit down and start typing away to see if anything productive comes out. This freewriting can really get the juices flowing.

[Betsyanne]

I have heard of diigo, but have not used it. It sounds like I will need to go and check it out. I also keep notes about ideas on my desktop. However, I have not been using them. Your posting was a great lightbulb for me.

I have not left any blogs undone (just done part of them) unless I HAD to do something else. I think this is a neat idea. I will try it and see if it helps me too.

[Alexis Wilke]

Snap! has a To Do list integrated, so I can write my lists of things to be done right there and once done delete or archive the entry. It's not bad because you can put a deadline. Say you want to finish a post about Halloween, better to it a few weeks before if you want some traction and not have to wait another 11 months...

I also usually write my posts at once (although I don't publish immediately, I correct them a few times first!) But I will usually think about the idea for a few days before writing down so it is ripe when I write it.

For private bookmarks, I have them in my browser. I don't use the capability of sharing between computers, but FireFox and Chrome both have the capability.

[LloydBurrell]

It's better to have all the drafts organized in one single place. If it's for a blog, then draft posts are the best match: you'll always know you can find them there, as that's the logical place to be. If you mean general ideas, a draft section on your to do list is just fine. OneNote is a good tool to start with. It's fast: two clicks away.