Ideas don't come at a desk

95% of my ideas for new videos don't come when I'm sitting at my computer. They come when I'm disconnected. Mostly driving.

My flow uses two tools. First is Edicek, my iOS app. I have a widget on my home screen. One tap and I'm adding a note. Then I use Wispr Flow to dictate what the video should be about.

This is just the capture phase. I brain dump. I don't try to craft a hook or think about structure. I say it like I'd say it to someone sitting next to me. Messy, lots of repetition, jumping around. Sometimes I dictate for 3, 4, 5 minutes straight.

One thing about Wispr Flow that makes this work. During the dictation I switch between English and Czech mid-sentence. If I know the exact phrase I want in the video, I say it in English. Everything else comes out in Czech because that's how I think. Wispr transcribes it all, both languages, no problem.

After I capture an idea, I don't touch it. Maybe for 2 or 3 weeks. It just sits there.

Then I have a Claude Code custom command that takes this raw dump, cleans it up, translates the Czech parts, asks me follow-up questions to make the script more interesting, and drafts a script proposal. The messy 5-minute brain dump turns into a structured script I can actually record.

Out of about 60 ideas captured this way, the last 50 or so became actual videos. That's a pretty good hit rate for something that starts as incoherent rambling while driving.

The main thing I learned is to be ready when ideas come. They don't wait for you to sit down and brainstorm. They show up in the car, in the shower, at the gym. If you don't capture them in that moment, they're gone.