I’ll admit it, I am addicted to brainstorming. I do it while driving, watching movies, cleaning, and yes, even while I am showering. The problem is that ideas come too easy and are forgotten just as quick.

Ryan and I wanted a way to store all of our ideas, so that we could hand-pick the best.

• We started with text files, but that lacked remote sharing.
• We used a free Backpack account and added lists and writeboards until a pay account was necessary.
• We setup a private Wiki and in no time our little idea garden grew to well over a hundred.

As the Wiki grew, we realized that tracking ideas is pointless and a huge a waste of time.

• Documenting every idea takes the fun out of brainstorming.
• We rarely looked at old ideas, except to count how many we had.
• The good ideas continually pop-up, evolve, and change with time.

This isn’t a new realization and many software developers have had the same thoughts toward feature request tracking. Regardless, we ignored what we had read and had to experience it first hand.