The lovely Irina Jordan just asked me on Twitter: How do you come up with ideas for your 5 minute blog: working with clients; smth you came across, etc.? Thx.
Great question! Hard question. Now I have to actually figure out where my ideas come from!
A few main sources:
1. Stuff I wish I knew five years ago when starting my first website.
2. Talking to people on forums and Twitter, especially when they talk about what they’re stuck on.
3. Our lovely commenters have suggested ideas.
4. And they’ve emailed us with ideas too.
5. Sometimes I have a theme: Twitter, usability, copywriting, and I write a few missions in the theme.
6. Whatever I need to do and haven’t done yet.
7. Something mentioned by my coaching clients.
8. When I’ve seen it done badly on another website.
9. Or really well.
10. I stare and stare at a blank patch of wall until inspiration strikes. Or I wander off and drink some Diet Coke.
Where do your ideas come from? Tell us in the comments!