Inspiration?

[kazar]

Hey,

where do you go for inspiration for coding projects?

Thanks

[kazar]

haha, i know what you mean, but i tend to be in the middle of something completely non-coding related that i can't get out of when inspiration arrives, which irritates.

[si_the_geek]

I used to get that.. so I would carry a (very) small notebook around with me, so that I could make notes about any ideas I had.

The only problem was that my notes after a couple of drinks were very hard to read!

[penagate]

haha, i know what you mean, but i tend to be in the middle of something completely non-coding related that i can't get out of when inspiration arrives, which irritates.

I don't have that problem, because usually I am reminded of it by being incessantly asked whether I have done it yet.

[Hack]

Hey,

where do you go for inspiration for coding projects?

Thanks

My InBox and meetings.

[kazar]

ah right- nah i'm talking about non-work related - private projects.
Anyway, i tend to write code in my head when i am doing something else, and get a bulb lighting up. Except when i'm driving!!

[Hack]

In my entire career I have only written two programs that I actually use myself, and those are my Code Library and my Website Address Book. Both of those came about as a result of necessity.

So, that would be my answer to your question.

where do you go for inspiration for coding projects?

Necessity.

[RhinoBull]

Hey,

where do you go for inspiration for coding projects?

Thanks

... to work ... (boring, eh)

[SeanK]

My InBox and meetings.

... to work ... (boring, eh)

Make that three that get their "inspiration" from the same place their get their pay check!

[techgnome]

I don't "go anywhere" for coding inspiration.... it just sort of happens.... that's why it's called inspiration....

-tg

OG Tay sez: Why you diss me like that?

[iPrank]

My coding-for-fun days are over.
Apart from work, I only develop when I need a software but there are no freeware to meet my requirements.

[Al42]

My InBox and meetings.

Me too, in the form of "could you create something that would ...?"

Okay, that's perspiration. Inspiration? Lots of places. I wanted to stream metadata on an audio stream, but the existing product cost $50, so I wrote my own. Someone needed a security (as in Keystone Kops) database, including "mug shots", so I wrote one for him (thanks, in part to ideas I got here). I wrote an unerase kind of program back in '79 because I deleted *.bas instead of *.bak.

I keep a pad handy (no problem reading it, since alcohol would cause more problems than just shaky handwriting) and a little recorder on my night stand. Post-it notes (electronic ones) on my screens. Notes in my pockets. (No, I haven't worn a pocket protector since the '50s. Or maybe the '60s, but who remembers the '60s?)