shinypb/gist:2582169

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cerebus:~ shinyplasticbag$ cat /home/shinyplasticbag/domains/markchristian.org/projects/ideafactory/ideas.txt
Mark at 2007-11-21@14:00:
I like things.

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:07:
What I Like
A site where you can make a list of things you have owned/rented/tried and, based on the rating you provide, gives you suggestions of other things you like.

Kinda like Amazon reccomendations, except easier to add things you already have.

Also, filter by categories (tags?) allowing a person to get more fine grained results. For example, trying to figure out what anime series to watch next? Filter out all the other crap

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:10:
I-Reader
Internet Reader Software. Upload whatever documents you have (PDF/DOC/etc) and have them converted into a decently readable format.

Mark at 2007-11-21@14:11:
Super easy online document publishing. Upload a Word/Excel/Powerpoint file, and the basic content is turned into a web site. That's it!


Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:42:
Browser plugin that automatically sends the return character in search boxes after a few seconds of no typing, to help those spoiled by Spotlight and Quicksilver

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:59:
IdeaFactory 2.0

An idea factory where a user can go back and clarify/add details to ideas :p

Mark at 2007-11-21@15:02:
Remind Me When:
A site where you can enter a date/time or a time limit and get an SMS message whenever it's up.

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@15:56:
Android app. Play with it now instead of being behind the curve when it comes out.

janet at 2007-11-21@18:37:
to kill them all


janet at 2007-11-21@18:38:
to make a sandwhich, with cheese.

janet at 2007-11-21@18:38:
get something tasty. nothing from pants

janet at 2007-11-21@18:38:
marry sean. mmmmmm

Mark at 2007-11-22@09:10:
Something like Twitter, but the question you answer is "What's on your mind?". Once you post something, you're shown someone else's message, which are encouraged reply to. All of the replies to your messages will be available to you in a mailbox sort of interface.

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-22@10:13:
Something that takes floor plans and models them in 3D.

Joel at 2007-11-22@14:09:
Put an RSS reader on CD album covers.

Joel at 2007-11-22@14:10:
Install linux on street signs.

Joel at 2007-11-22@14:10:
Antigravity

Joel at 2007-11-22@14:10:
Use nano machines to make a computer that can run crysis.

Joel at 2007-11-22@14:11:
Teach flamingoes to stand on two legs.

Mark at 2007-11-22@14:12:
An app (desktop or web) that you can feed all of your own personal content RSS feeds into. It will constantly save all of the data, so you can get a permanent copy of your, say, delicious bookmarks or Twitter updates.

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-22@14:45:
A NSFW/S filter, that blocks things that will not be safe for work/sanity.

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-26@10:33:
An identity authentication gateway library, that is just an API on top of things like openid, windows live id, etc, etc. So that developers can use them all in the same way with the same functions.

Seanstoppable at 2007-11-27@14:20:
Translatotron

Web interface for quickly extracting/translating/rebundling language files from applications.

Seanstoppable at 2007-12-05@16:09:
Text to voice for chat programs (plugin)

Seanstoppable at 2007-12-06@11:28:
Something involving webservices and multiple languages. You know.... cause we can. Web service enabled address book! Access from browser, thick clients, etc, etc.

Seanstoppable at 2007-12-06@12:16:
Plugin for audio player that automatically scans directories for new files and adds them to the library.

Mark at 2007-12-06@13:00:
RE: NSFW filter -- could be a Firefox plugin and a <meta> tag in the document.

Mark at 2007-12-06@13:03:
Conversengine: a combined email/IM client that shows messages from both streams in a single window. Could be shown traditionally (ie, a tabbed message window) or as a stream of messages, email/IM interleaved together. Clicking on a message would reveal a field to reply to it. I imagine it looking like a vertical arrangement of index cards on top of one each other (end to end, not 3D). Probably would work best with Gmail, where one address is both email and IM.

Mark at 2007-12-06@13:06:
An idea factory for small groups collaborating on projects. Membership could be private or public (or public read-only). It would be pretty basic text-only capture, much like this idea factory, because there's a lot less overhead to keep you from spitting out what you're thinking about.

We'd need image attachments and really, really good searching, and maybe stuff to semantically figure out what they were talking about (ie, highlight dates or names of other things they've mentioned in the idea factory).

We could have a fun sidebar that found keywords in the current page and expanded on them, like Google Sets does, just to provide inspiration.

 at 2007-12-06@15:16:


Mark at 2007-12-06@15:17:
A few years back, I wrote a relatively easy to install version of the Coral Cache (the .nyud.net:8080) thing. It's called Shoxy. I think we should polish it up and release it.

Mark at 2007-12-07@05:57:
To move SPB to a real server

Mark at 2007-12-11@10:29:
Planet of the Apps
A Mac-only software directory

Jamie at 2007-12-14@07:50:
Making an internet meme and getting rich off of adsense.

Alternatively, make a meme, patent it, and sue anyone who posts it on their blog or anything.


Seanstoppable at 2007-12-15@10:40:
An app that automatically takes pictures every few minutes and constructs a daily photolog.

Mark at 2007-12-17@05:31:
tQuery: Like jQuery, but for text manipulation. Instead of operating on DOM nodes using CSS selectors, it would operate on text using regular expressions. Keep the chainability of jQuery.

Say someText is:
a123 b456 c789

tQuery(someText, "[a-z0-9]+").tQuery("a[0-9]+").each(function() {
   // Matches a123
   alert(this);
});

Seanstoppable at 2007-12-19@10:53:
Jobop bot.

Scans web based job sites and notifies you of jobs that match a certain criteria.

Mark at 2007-12-19@11:03:
A version of SuperHappyDevHouse in Halifax. http://superhappydevhouse.org/

Mark at 2007-12-19@18:23:
Backscratch: a social network where you list all of the services/skills/ins you have that might be useful to other people. You can search for something you need and it will tell you who, in terms of six-degrees-of-separation, is the best person to talk to to get it done.

Mark at 2007-12-20@06:31:
Command-line Javascript interpreter for shell scripting/lightweight app development

Seanstoppable at 2007-12-24@06:34:
A monitor manager where you can select the location of multiple monitors. For example, you can set one monitor of being above another one, and it can be accessed by moving your cursor up.

Mark at 2007-12-26@17:32:
A Mac OS X app that periodically downloads and installs the hosts file from WinHelp (http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm)

Mark at 2008-01-10@18:39:
Water Flow Game
A playing field that's, say, 16 blocks wide and tall and maybe three or four deep. Every playing field would consist of some amount of lake/basin/river/sea and some village or forest to be protected. Within the boundaries of the lake/sea, and given so many blocks to place, you must be able to contain and/or channel a given amount of water, keeping the village safe.

Each block would show a number on it, indicating the water level that block is at (0 for the lowest level).

Sample playing field: imagine that it's flat, with a 2x2 area set to one level lower than the rest. That leaves 4 blocks that could contain water without flooding the surrounding area, so 4 units of water could be safely contained.


Seanstoppable at 2008-01-11@07:38:
Water Flow: Evil Edition

You have a certain number of tiles in which to cause a water build up, and subsequent flood of nearby town/village/area.

Seanstoppable at 2008-01-29@06:08:
if only someone would write 'windowswasher' that takes a windows machine and converts it into a linux distro

Mark at 2008-02-12@08:36:
A web site where you can log every time you have to reboot your computer. Track stats on average uptime and common reboot causes, figure out the most stable OS, etc.

Jamie at 2008-03-12@06:24:
Blah blah blah

Seanstoppable at 2008-05-06@10:34:
An IDE that tracks changes on a global scope. If I make some changes across 12 java files that causes a problem, I want to back out of each change incrementally and not have to figure out which changes I made...

cerebus:~ shinyplasticbag$
	cerebus:~ shinyplasticbag$ cat /home/shinyplasticbag/domains/markchristian.org/projects/ideafactory/ideas.txt
	Mark at 2007-11-21@14:00:
	I like things.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:07:
	What I Like
	A site where you can make a list of things you have owned/rented/tried and, based on the rating you provide, gives you suggestions of other things you like.

	Kinda like Amazon reccomendations, except easier to add things you already have.

	Also, filter by categories (tags?) allowing a person to get more fine grained results. For example, trying to figure out what anime series to watch next? Filter out all the other crap

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:10:
	I-Reader
	Internet Reader Software. Upload whatever documents you have (PDF/DOC/etc) and have them converted into a decently readable format.

	Mark at 2007-11-21@14:11:
	Super easy online document publishing. Upload a Word/Excel/Powerpoint file, and the basic content is turned into a web site. That's it!


	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:42:
	Browser plugin that automatically sends the return character in search boxes after a few seconds of no typing, to help those spoiled by Spotlight and Quicksilver

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@14:59:
	IdeaFactory 2.0

	An idea factory where a user can go back and clarify/add details to ideas :p

	Mark at 2007-11-21@15:02:
	Remind Me When:
	A site where you can enter a date/time or a time limit and get an SMS message whenever it's up.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-21@15:56:
	Android app. Play with it now instead of being behind the curve when it comes out.

	janet at 2007-11-21@18:37:
	to kill them all


	janet at 2007-11-21@18:38:
	to make a sandwhich, with cheese.

	janet at 2007-11-21@18:38:
	get something tasty. nothing from pants

	janet at 2007-11-21@18:38:
	marry sean. mmmmmm

	Mark at 2007-11-22@09:10:
	Something like Twitter, but the question you answer is "What's on your mind?". Once you post something, you're shown someone else's message, which are encouraged reply to. All of the replies to your messages will be available to you in a mailbox sort of interface.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-22@10:13:
	Something that takes floor plans and models them in 3D.

	Joel at 2007-11-22@14:09:
	Put an RSS reader on CD album covers.

	Joel at 2007-11-22@14:10:
	Install linux on street signs.

	Joel at 2007-11-22@14:10:
	Antigravity

	Joel at 2007-11-22@14:10:
	Use nano machines to make a computer that can run crysis.

	Joel at 2007-11-22@14:11:
	Teach flamingoes to stand on two legs.

	Mark at 2007-11-22@14:12:
	An app (desktop or web) that you can feed all of your own personal content RSS feeds into. It will constantly save all of the data, so you can get a permanent copy of your, say, delicious bookmarks or Twitter updates.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-22@14:45:
	A NSFW/S filter, that blocks things that will not be safe for work/sanity.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-26@10:33:
	An identity authentication gateway library, that is just an API on top of things like openid, windows live id, etc, etc. So that developers can use them all in the same way with the same functions.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-11-27@14:20:
	Translatotron

	Web interface for quickly extracting/translating/rebundling language files from applications.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-12-05@16:09:
	Text to voice for chat programs (plugin)

	Seanstoppable at 2007-12-06@11:28:
	Something involving webservices and multiple languages. You know.... cause we can. Web service enabled address book! Access from browser, thick clients, etc, etc.

	Seanstoppable at 2007-12-06@12:16:
	Plugin for audio player that automatically scans directories for new files and adds them to the library.

	Mark at 2007-12-06@13:00:
	RE: NSFW filter -- could be a Firefox plugin and a <meta> tag in the document.

	Mark at 2007-12-06@13:03:
	Conversengine: a combined email/IM client that shows messages from both streams in a single window. Could be shown traditionally (ie, a tabbed message window) or as a stream of messages, email/IM interleaved together. Clicking on a message would reveal a field to reply to it. I imagine it looking like a vertical arrangement of index cards on top of one each other (end to end, not 3D). Probably would work best with Gmail, where one address is both email and IM.

	Mark at 2007-12-06@13:06:
	An idea factory for small groups collaborating on projects. Membership could be private or public (or public read-only). It would be pretty basic text-only capture, much like this idea factory, because there's a lot less overhead to keep you from spitting out what you're thinking about.

	We'd need image attachments and really, really good searching, and maybe stuff to semantically figure out what they were talking about (ie, highlight dates or names of other things they've mentioned in the idea factory).

	We could have a fun sidebar that found keywords in the current page and expanded on them, like Google Sets does, just to provide inspiration.

	at 2007-12-06@15:16:


	Mark at 2007-12-06@15:17:
	A few years back, I wrote a relatively easy to install version of the Coral Cache (the .nyud.net:8080) thing. It's called Shoxy. I think we should polish it up and release it.

	Mark at 2007-12-07@05:57:
	To move SPB to a real server

	Mark at 2007-12-11@10:29:
	Planet of the Apps
	A Mac-only software directory

	Jamie at 2007-12-14@07:50:
	Making an internet meme and getting rich off of adsense.

	Alternatively, make a meme, patent it, and sue anyone who posts it on their blog or anything.



	Seanstoppable at 2007-12-15@10:40:
	An app that automatically takes pictures every few minutes and constructs a daily photolog.

	Mark at 2007-12-17@05:31:
	tQuery: Like jQuery, but for text manipulation. Instead of operating on DOM nodes using CSS selectors, it would operate on text using regular expressions. Keep the chainability of jQuery.

	Say someText is:
	a123 b456 c789

	tQuery(someText, "[a-z0-9]+").tQuery("a[0-9]+").each(function() {
	// Matches a123
	alert(this);
	});

	Seanstoppable at 2007-12-19@10:53:
	Jobop bot.

	Scans web based job sites and notifies you of jobs that match a certain criteria.

	Mark at 2007-12-19@11:03:
	A version of SuperHappyDevHouse in Halifax. http://superhappydevhouse.org/

	Mark at 2007-12-19@18:23:
	Backscratch: a social network where you list all of the services/skills/ins you have that might be useful to other people. You can search for something you need and it will tell you who, in terms of six-degrees-of-separation, is the best person to talk to to get it done.

	Mark at 2007-12-20@06:31:
	Command-line Javascript interpreter for shell scripting/lightweight app development

	Seanstoppable at 2007-12-24@06:34:
	A monitor manager where you can select the location of multiple monitors. For example, you can set one monitor of being above another one, and it can be accessed by moving your cursor up.

	Mark at 2007-12-26@17:32:
	A Mac OS X app that periodically downloads and installs the hosts file from WinHelp (http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm)

	Mark at 2008-01-10@18:39:
	Water Flow Game
	A playing field that's, say, 16 blocks wide and tall and maybe three or four deep. Every playing field would consist of some amount of lake/basin/river/sea and some village or forest to be protected. Within the boundaries of the lake/sea, and given so many blocks to place, you must be able to contain and/or channel a given amount of water, keeping the village safe.

	Each block would show a number on it, indicating the water level that block is at (0 for the lowest level).

	Sample playing field: imagine that it's flat, with a 2x2 area set to one level lower than the rest. That leaves 4 blocks that could contain water without flooding the surrounding area, so 4 units of water could be safely contained.



	Seanstoppable at 2008-01-11@07:38:
	Water Flow: Evil Edition

	You have a certain number of tiles in which to cause a water build up, and subsequent flood of nearby town/village/area.

	Seanstoppable at 2008-01-29@06:08:
	if only someone would write 'windowswasher' that takes a windows machine and converts it into a linux distro

	Mark at 2008-02-12@08:36:
	A web site where you can log every time you have to reboot your computer. Track stats on average uptime and common reboot causes, figure out the most stable OS, etc.

	Jamie at 2008-03-12@06:24:
	Blah blah blah

	Seanstoppable at 2008-05-06@10:34:
	An IDE that tracks changes on a global scope. If I make some changes across 12 java files that causes a problem, I want to back out of each change incrementally and not have to figure out which changes I made...

	cerebus:~ shinyplasticbag$