Incremental brainstorming allows us to document the thinking process through an archive of written communications. This method enables brainstorming with one’s past self, in addition to the present participants.

In other words, the participants of incremental brainstorming include:

1. participating brains,
2. past versions of participating brains, and
3. non-participating authors from the past and the present (as source material, or reference).

There are different tool-specific forms of incremental brainstorming:

• #Zettelkasten
  • Thought Threads, which are a remixed version of Folgezettels (see 2025-02-01_08-59_thought-threads-appendonly-notetaking)
  • Zettelkasten as an Information Stream 2025-01-27_13-41
• Creating Mastodon threads (see 11.1)
• Issue-driven development using GitHub issues (see 2023-12-08_15-54-increase-your-productivity-on-personal-projects)