Ask HN: Who else keeps a secret diary of startup ideas?

I use my iPhone too. I must have around 100+ business ideas and 100+ ideas for blog posts that I've not sat down to write yet.<p>So far I've seen around 4 of my ideas built by others. I feel pulled in all of these directions, I have too many I would like to work on, It used to make me mad that someone beat me to it.<p>I get stuck at implementing them, I get as far as my skills allow. I desperately want to be able to build them or at least produce an MVP on my own.<p>Now I try to remember that I can't work on everything. Also if I see my idea come to life through someone else and it becomes successful, I just smile and think at least it was a good idea!

I recommend evernote to record all my ideas, as I can record and sync them anywhere and most Ideas tend to be quick and I forget them alot.<p>From what I know about creativity, it can be nutured, and a keep step is recording ideas and exposure to new ideas.<p>Most of my ideas are hacks / projects. My current count is 42, of which I have implemented 3. The other 39 are ones that I record until I feel like I have the know-how to implement them.

I don't have a diary, i use evernote in my iphone, i add the problems that i have encountered in my day, and later i see if it can be solved with technology...you'll think i'm a little bit crazier, but it helps you a lot to arrange your ideas...what type of location based app are you attempting to do, i'm working in something for ios, its going to be location based too!...

I use SimpleNote on my iPhone. I have probably 1200 ideas in it, with maybe 1/3 of them being specific startup concepts. Others are just things I've written down to help piece together my worldview; contradictions I may have unearthed or new ways to think about a certain thing I previously had a more foggy understanding of.

Oh right I forgot this part:<p>I'm attempting to build a Geo-location based app right now from my list.<p>I clean out ideas at the start of every month, dumped a couple on the first.<p>List is 7 ideas right now.

My buddy Andrew keeps <a href="http://pleasestealthisidea.com/" rel="nofollow">http://pleasestealthisidea.com/</a>

I keep a working list in my notes application on my iPhone. Whenever I come up with something I jot it down.

Heh I was reading mine today. It's amazing how much I've built in my mind over the last few months!

I keep a moleskine journal, 100+ ideas. I also collect everyday unsolved problems.