Taking Notes

Recording things is part of how you frame the design and understand the problem. It helps to break things down, and build up solutions. It enables to identify what the hard parts will be, and what is low-hanging fruit.

Having the original notes written down when you come back is key to making sure you don’t forget a bunch of details.

Another benefit is in the trail you leave behind. So take notes. Jot stuff down. Use any method that suits you (freemind, notepad, Onenote), but your great thoughts never really happened if you didn’t write them down.