About

This repo is for keeping and possibly developing ideas (and I am mainly thinking of research ideas here, though in a broad sense) that I

• cannot immediately put into practice myself
• think may be worth another look, including by people who come in here via search engines

I am also experimenting with using this repo for managing some of my to-do stuff in general, so not just broad ideas but also small things to do when I have 5 min of time, an hour or a day. While many of these things are one-off, there are also recurring activities.

Mechanics

I have yet to figure this out in detail, but probably mainly via issues, perhaps with the "documentation" label for things that are about the repo rather than about research ideas. Some of the research ideas may end up in the Journal of Brief Ideas, others in Research Ideas and Outcomes, while yet others may go elsewhere or simply stay here.

Quotes about ideas

I find it inspiring to browse through collections of quotes around ideas and related concepts. A good starting point here is Wikiquote, which gives us, for instance, this one from Mary Quant:

"One thing I learnt was never to hoard ideas because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour them out."

Files in this repo

• research-interests.md — an attempt to explore interactions between different lines of research
• hashtags.md — keeps track of hashtags of interest to me
• labels.md — keeps track of the labels I am using in this repo