Nice post, well said. I would add that a certain amount of Mindfulness practice can also help in recognising when our attention has wandered off.
I love the reading method in order to stimulate ideas although I do only get through half a page of a book sometimes before my inspiration kicks in - can be wonderful but reading a book can be slow going 😁
I'm not much of a hipster with my PDA, I'll scribble on anything to hand, but normally I use The Keep method. Google keep notes that is, it let's me type notes, draw diagrams that sometimes appear during inspiration downloads, and record audio notes when I want to grab an essence of an ideas that hasn't quite manifested into word form.
Good luck with your ideas, I hope they will help progress humanity and improve our human condition. #callforbettercontent
The only problem with digital is it opens the door to distraction, and the willpower to avoid that runs out eventually, so better to set up a situation where we don't even have the option of distraction. That said, if it works for you—awesome!