Jeff Cobb 著
It’s incredibly easy to waste a lot of time on the Web by reading random blog posts, poking around on Twitter, watching videos, or succumbing to any number of other temptations. I try to avoid this sort of Web grazing as much as possible, but I realized recently that I have probably been too careful in avoiding it – my stock of ideas was starting to seem a bit depleted.
我們總是輕易地浪費(fèi)一大堆時(shí)間隨意瀏覽網(wǎng)頁、在微博上閑逛、看碟或者屈服于其他任意的誘惑活動(dòng)。我試圖盡可能避免這種“網(wǎng)絡(luò)放羊”的情況，但我最近發(fā)現(xiàn)，很有可能因?yàn)檫^于小心翼翼，而導(dǎo)致我的想法“儲(chǔ)存庫”似乎開始慢慢變少！
So, this morning I set aside some time specifically for that purpose. Primarily, I spent a good bit of time sifting through posts in my Google Reader and a couple of discussion groups to see where they led. As a result, I came up with:
因此，今天早上我特意騰出時(shí)間思考這個(gè)問題，首先，我花了一點(diǎn)時(shí)間篩選我的谷歌讀者和一對(duì)討論組的帖子，查找它們指引去哪里。結(jié)果，我想出：
At least three to four decent ideas for blog posts – and probably more as the various ideas I gathered percolate
從博客帖子中我至少得出三四個(gè)相當(dāng)好的主意，這似乎比我收集過濾的各類主意還要多！
An eBook on pricing that helped me get me unstuck on an article I have been writing - and will also probably help me solve some pricing challenges I have been wrestling with for a while. (Via Seth Godin. If pricing is a topic you care about, this is a gem.)
一本關(guān)于定價(jià)的電子書助我發(fā)現(xiàn)我最近寫作的一篇文章上的紊亂部分，也將極有可能幫我解決我正冥思苦想的某些定價(jià)難題。
A business model idea that may be just the ticket for a new initiative I have been pondering
一個(gè)商業(yè)模型的主意可能是解決我正沉思的一項(xiàng)新舉措的通行證。
Great follow up notes (on a member-only discussion board) to help me review and synthesize some of what I learned at a recent conference
精彩的追蹤記錄（關(guān)于只有成員討論的論壇版塊）幫助我重審、綜合我在最近的會(huì)議上所學(xué)的知識(shí)。
A good example/idea to pass on to some of my clients that sell online learning
一個(gè)好的主意/例子傳給我一些銷售網(wǎng)絡(luò)學(xué)習(xí)的顧客。
All of that came from maybe 20 minutes or so of random poking around. Okay – maybe not entirely random in this case, since I started with blogs already saved in my Google Reader and discussion boards to which I already belong. But the lesson I take from it is that I need to be more consistent about carving out some time just to poke around and generate ideas.
所有這些主意可能僅僅在20分鐘內(nèi)或隨意閑逛就產(chǎn)生了！好吧！也許在這種情況下，并不是所有的都是隨意的，因?yàn)槲议_始瀏覽的博客是已經(jīng)存在專屬我的谷歌讀者和論壇版塊中了。但我從中獲得的教訓(xùn)是，我需要更專注地雕琢一段時(shí)間而不僅僅是閑逛就能產(chǎn)生主意。
It’s still easy to get carried away and waste a lot of time, of course, but if you set a time limit for yourself (use a timer if you have to!), you’ll probably be amazed at how much you can get out of 20-30 minutes. Maybe I’ll keep doing this on Saturday mornings; maybe I’ll pick another day – don’t know yet. But in any case, I plant to make it a more consistent habit.
失去自控或浪費(fèi)時(shí)間當(dāng)然很容易，但如果你對(duì)自己設(shè)置了時(shí)間限制（如果需要，使用計(jì)時(shí)器），你將可能很驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，在20-30分鐘內(nèi)，你所收獲有多豐厚！可能我將在每個(gè)周六早上保持做這樣的事；可能我將挑選另一個(gè)晚上----無法確定！但無論如何，我計(jì)劃將它變成一項(xiàng)持久的習(xí)慣。
How about you? How do you rev your idea engine? Please comment and share.
你呢？你怎么發(fā)動(dòng)你的靈感引擎？請(qǐng)發(fā)表評(píng)論，與我們共享。
Jeff
Jeff
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P.S.S. – I missed this one when I was doing my Saturday morning surfing, but here’s a great post on Copyblogger that stresses learning and acting on what you find during your Web travels: Is Reading Posts Worth Your Time?
P.S.S-我想起某個(gè)周六的早上，當(dāng)時(shí)我正沖浪，但卻有許多強(qiáng)調(diào)學(xué)習(xí)以及在網(wǎng)絡(luò)傳播中對(duì)查找資料發(fā)揮作用的博客帖子：閱讀博客值得你花時(shí)間么？
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Saturday Morning Idea Engine Revs Up Again
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posted on February 13, 2010
著于2010年2月13號(hào)
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