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I agree with the "ideas are nothing without execution" but I feel like this applies largely to the consumer web/apps field. There are a lot of other 'ideas' that have taken years (maybe even a lifetime) of research and work.
The complaint that "someone stole my idea" assumes that ideas are unique to the person who has them first. They're not - most ideas are a more or less obvious evolution of an existing product, and many people come up the same things completely independent of each other. Most of the time the complaint is really "someone implemented the thing I wasn't ever going to get around to doing and now I'm jealous."
Worse, they imply that an idea is a tangible thing, owned by someone. Some type of property, that can be stolen and thus deprive you of something.
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Worse, they imply that an idea is a tangible thing, owned by someone. Some type of property, that can be stolen and thus deprive you of something.
Well, they kinda are, otherwise what is intellectual property?
Intellectual property is a subset of the broader category of intangible personal property, and so does not require its subjects to be tangible things.
Further, the subjects of intellectual property are not generally ideas: e.g., copyright protects particular expressions (not the ideas expressed) while patent protects particular applications (not the ideas applied).
I like the uppity conversational style of this one; it fits the subject matter well.
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I seem to get a new great idea every time I drink a beer. That's what I want to tell friends every time they come to me with a "great idea" I should implement (as business partners, of course). That said, I still love hearing people's ideas. Just don't expect me to act on it.
I need a new side project. Can you give me 5 of your best ideas that you don't want to use? :-)
- wireless VGA adapter - one part plugs into a VGA port of your laptop, other into the display, and you can work on a second screen (or a projector) while sitting with a laptop on a couch, and you don't have to care about the display cable.
- multi-way TODO sync - a set of open-source converters of TODO lists and associated service. Open source mostly so that one person don't have to write them all, and could instead crowdsource the project. Converters would most likely have to utilize an intermediate format, e.g. one module would convert from Due Today to the common format, and another from common format to, say, Emacs .org files. Motivation: this way I could use Org Mode on my computer, Due Today on my phone, Outlook at work, etc. etd.
- marketing company based on Eliezer's ideas from here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5625966
- getworkdonemusic.com optimized for Pomodoro technique
- The Sims-like online editor for virtual characters, which you can then order 3D printed and shipped to you the next day
I wrote about this a while ago: http://growingsoftware.org/how-little-your-idea-matters/ I even had a small MVP, but gave up on it. Gumroad came along and built a great product. Your idea matters very little. And Gumroad didn't steal anything.
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Well, they kinda are, otherwise what is intellectual property?
> Well, they kinda are, otherwise what is intellectual property? Intellectual property is a subset of the broader category of intangible personal property, and so does not require its subjects to be tangible things. Further, the subjects of intellectual property are not generally ideas: e.g., copyright protects particular expressions (not the ideas expressed) while patent protects particular applications (not the ide…
> Some type of property, that can be stolen and thus deprive you of something.
> Further, the subjects of intellectual property are not generally ideas: e.g., copyright protects particular expressions (not the ideas expressed) while patent protects particular applications (not the ideas applied).
I disagree.
If someone write a novel and someone else write the same sort of novel, with the same kind of plot and characters, they are not stealing the expression (which would be the way that person write) but the idea. Plagiary is a well established offense AFAIK.
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I need a new side project. Can you give me 5 of your best ideas that you don't want to use? :-)
Few random ideas, rewritten from my ideas.org file in a personal Wiki. Enjoy: - wireless VGA adapter - one part plugs into a VGA port of your laptop, other into the display, and you can work on a second screen (or a projector) while sitting with a laptop on a couch, and you don't have to care about the display cable. - multi-way TODO sync - a set of open-source converters of TODO lists and associated service. Open so…
TODO sync is good, make is a service on heroku, ec2, etc.
The sims editor should allow you to put your own face on it. have it painted by someone in vietnam.