Dive Slate: Shower Idea Catcher
Lately, while showering, I've had strings of brilliant ideas pop into my head... one after the other... However, they strike so quickly, by the time the third idea comes to me, I've forgotten the first!
As a professional problem solver, I have adopted the solution. I've purchased a water-proof diver's writing slate to capture ideas that come to me when I'm in the shower.
Scuba divers use a diver's slate to jot notes about their dives and to communicate with fellow divers. It's simply a piece of white plastic with a #2 pencil attached.
You may be able to make out my first thought... "DIVE SLATE POST"
Knowing many ideas seem to come to clarity while I'm" lather, rinse, and repeating" this is the best $7.59 I've spent!
What I purchased is 4x6 inches, I'd recommend this larger version.
The only other thing you need is a small-hook suction cup!
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I've had this same problem for years. I never expected the solution to be so inexpensive. Now the problem is remembering to carry the tablet out of the shower.
Posted by: Samantha Armacost | April 14, 2008 10:31 AM
Funny that you mention this. I was talking with a guy yesterday who was telling me about how he started making notes in the shower with his kid's bath markers every time a strike of genius hit him mid-shower.
I'll get him one of these dive slates, which would definitely be more practical than scribbling all over the shower wall with a fat marker.
Posted by: Chris Wilson | April 14, 2008 10:42 AM
Strangely, I get ideas in all sorts of situations, but never in the shower.
For this reason, I have a similar solution: a small dictation machine which I carry with me wherever I go.
It fits nicely into my jacket pocket or the tray in the central console of my car and is instantly available whenever I get an idea. (Apart from in the shower, of course!)
Regards
Graham
Posted by: Graham Horton | April 20, 2008 1:43 PM
Great idea. I had this problem for years and then came up with a different solution. I take my personal assistant into the shower with me and she takes notes. You cannot imagine all the ideas I get in there!
Posted by: Paul Sloane | April 24, 2008 1:59 PM
