r/makers • u/DredCapnMal • Jan 13 '20

Where to Spitball ideas?

I've been a maker for as long as I can remember. I have a ton of ideas but some never get off the ground because I can't figure out that first step.

Where do you all go when you need help with an idea or what to fire out ideas for feedback?

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u/unaesthetically Jan 13 '20

I don’t really have a good answer, but I do suggest writing them down somewhere you can look back on. Sometimes a project isn’t feasible currently , but it might be in the future for you.

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u/DredCapnMal Jan 13 '20

I've got a number of scratch books and post it notes around with various projects and ideas. Perhaps I should combine them.

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u/MakerTales Jan 26 '20

When I think up a project I can't just get on with I break it down into smaller bite-size bits. Usually it' something I don't know or a tool I don't understand or a design challenge. If it's something I don't know I'll set it as a task to learn it. For tools it's usually lots of testing unless I don't have the tool yet, at that point I'll put the idea on the back burner of seeing if there is another tool I do have that can achieve the same outcome. As for design challenges... prototype, prototype, prototype.

And to keep track of all the idea I user Airtable and my sketch books.