What makes an idea? What makes an idea unique? Are there a universal set of instructions one could follow to best communicate any idea attached to reality? This is the idea behind an "idea algorithm".
Gameplan: collect ideas and experiment with developing a simple, universal, idea algorithm structure -- a set of guiding
steps that help to accurately convey any idea (or at least a cogent overview).
Build a simple site and work until I can get 1,000 unique ideas, add categorization and/or tags -- build community.
Build app which is a simple 'idea algorithm' sheet to help someone clarify an idea that comes to them on the fly. So it would be a simple form with an input button.
Build 'detail' (second level) input field on site (like Wikipedia page format... or something for expansion of the idea. This 'detail' input field can have 'edit' tabs for divergence and convergence of the idea.
Build space for the finished product of an idea (should the OP or some other user decide to actually build it).
Some brainstorming:
(3 tier tags? The tag identification serves to illuminate the idea further)
Art -- Art_Concept, Art_Thing, Art_Process, Art_Music_Process, etc...
Concepts -- every idea has/is a concept.
Things -- a solidified concept, object, or process that can be replicated.
Processes -- Step-by-step, or a process that needs to be teased out of a concept.
(what?, how?, why? [What if?])
Function, purpose, method, and justification (similar to purpose, but focuses on what makes this unique?).
The concept can be introduced with a title.
Convergence and divergence angle. [equivalent of Genius editing]
Mark primitives; create glossary for primitives in 'detail' section.
Six thinking hats angle.
Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy angle.
Reduce popular theories, inventions, concepts, and art into 'idea algorithms'.
As a later side project it would be neat to see a "pseudo code matrix" for the ideas; with "pseudo code highlighting".
"an expert says" box with credentials and source required.
Similar site research:
HYVE Crowd.net: Aim's to develop professional business models; innovation in tech and humanities. Top-down business model with heavily boosted 'contests' and prize pools.
InnoCentive.com: Much like an AMerican HYVE it has a top-down business model with a focus on offering incentives and prizes.
IdeaConnection.com: The site asks companies to create prize pools and then tries to plug in a solution. It doesn't seem like a site for the layperson, except for it's vast amount of 'article resources'. They also have a Patent marketplace and a place to buy and sell your inventions. As well as a $500 reward for referring a colleague.
InnoGet.com: A research intermediary platform. It tries to find your interest and match it with innovative happenings across the globe. When you signed up you are identified as a problem solver or solution seeker. It is a little too rigid in it's 'categorical structure'. Yet another top-down intermediary.
**Ideaken.com: Closest thing to what I'm trying to build; however the model is still top-down . I'll be looking closely at this site. A glance at their activity on Facebook shows they sort of petered out last month. It feels like that is because they have a top-down business model, with a bottom-up mission statement and resources. Since they aren't heavy as an intermediary, their strength was to gather a community, and they failed to do that. I do like their most recent innovation challenge: "Seeking solutions to increase the mouthfeel of beer". I'm positive I could think of a dozen or more WIB solutions that don't involve any chemistry. The site is a little sloppy and unfocused, although innovative in its design.
Ideabounty.com: The site went under, but they left an endearing message explaining how and why. An enlightening read.
eYeka.com: Weird name, but it's a sort of 'pop culture' client-side innovation for 'brands'. So it collaborates with corporations for less technical types of innovation.
Jovoto.com: One of the best site designs , but although it's closer to Peer-to-peer, it's still client and incentive driven.
Quirky.com: Kind of an "inventors feedback site". It cost's ten dollars to submit an idea, but you are guaranteed feedback, even if it's not chosen to be advanced by a group of professionals -- a client-side selling point I'd like to avoid.
