You Need To Use a notebook

Always have a notebook aside to your computer, and jot down notes whenever you come across interesting posts, quotes, or when ideas pop into your head. I used to be really stubborn regarding this tip, it was like: “Come on, I sure can remember that, no need to write it down”. Then after a couple of days I would go: “Man, what was that nice idea that I had for a post?”.
Electronic notebooks or online to-do lists are fine if you are used to them, but the old pen and paper represent the most efficient solution in my opinion. There is a little story from a professor that asked his classroom what method they used to keep track of day-to-day information, and about 80% of the classroom answered that they managed that information with electronic devices such as PDAs, mobile phones or laptops. At the end of the lesson the professor wrote on the blackboard that the midterm exam would be postponed by one week, and 3 out of 4 students grabbed a notebook or a scrap of paper to write it down…