Comments on: An Idea Idea

By: Karol Adamczyk

Karol Adamczyk — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:16:38 +0000

I very often have ideas that just go tot waste because I don’t note them. Some do stay in the back of my head and I eventually write about it in Google Docs.

A site to collaborate and share ideas would be great. Although I’m concerned about entrepreneurs taking advantage. You of course could have some kind of “trusted” share system but that’s not very accessible.

Thanks for the great post by the way.

By: Andy Atkinson

Andy Atkinson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:58:57 +0000

I have had a very similar idea, basically moving an idea from private to public. I have been tracking my ideas with tadalists now for several years, I keep thinking about starting a blog. If someone does this, I’m interested in becoming a contributing writer and will share ideas. I also really try to send ideas to companies, and when they reply it fuels me further. Here are some suggestions I’ve sent to Evernote for example: http://tinyurl.com/5h5m46.

By: jnunemaker

jnunemaker — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:08:17 +0000

@elliot – Definitely. Even if nothing comes of an idea often you can learn something valuable.

@Brock – That is cool. I just downloaded a voice recording app for my iPhone. I haven’t used it yet but someday I know it will come in handy.

By: Brock

Brock — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:03:04 +0000

My cell phone allows me to create shortcuts on the navigation wheel, so I setup one for the voice recorder. This has been a lifesaver for ideas that inevitably come to me when I first wake up and am still laying in bed.

By: elliottcable

elliottcable — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:28:07 +0000

I allow my ideas to preform two functions. I want to learn new things about programming; so when an idea comes along, I usually refine it down to some extent, and decide which bits would be the most difficult to implement, programmatically. I start a project, and code just the interesting bits, then leave it to rot. That’s why I’ve got fifty unfinished projects listed on my source control system at http://github.com/elliottcable?—?It means I never really finish anything, but it means I’ve learned more about the nooks and crannies of my chosen corner of the development world in the one year that I’ve been programming than most people who have been programming ten or fifteen years know. I find myself answering the questions of those who should by rights be teaching me, because I ran into the answer to that exact question while working on project X, which interested me for all of … a week.

It may not work for everybody, but it works great for me, and I have a lot of fun with such stuff d-:

I like to think that some day, somebody who isn’t as gifted with endless floods of ideas as I will take one of mine and give it the love it needs to become something great.

By: Lar Van Der Jagt

Lar Van Der Jagt — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:38:50 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to try out the app yet, though I am interested. I agree though, when collecting ideas I want to be in full control, thus why brainstorming on paper is so much more effective. Still, if it has or gets an api…

I love ideas and have too many of them myself.

By: jnunemaker

jnunemaker — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:27:35 +0000

Thanks for the link. Checked it out. At first I thought cool but then I was a little overwhelmed by the interface. I think an idea app needs to be really free form whereas that app seems a little rigid.

By: Lar Van Der Jagt

Lar Van Der Jagt — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:16:48 +0000

Not sure if this site allows you to make your ideas public, but it seems like it is at least a step in the right direction. It’s a Rails Rumble app from Ryan Bates, called MyIdeaDrawer.

http://myideadrawer.r08.railsrumble.com/about