Okay, it’s only taken me 4 years to get to this first entry, but I guess that’s better than nothing.
Yes, I came up with the idea 4 years ago to have a site to showcase all of the extra ideas I came up with that I had little enthusiasm, or little energy to do anything with.
That doesn’t mean these are bad ideas. Doesn’t even mean they’ve been “used.” But rather it just means they are of a type or a direction, a size or of a nature that I don’t feel like I wanted to persue.
I have followed so many different ideas in so many different directions since I started this web thing back in 1994 (The Electrical Socket). I often wonder how I had so much time back then and how I managed to dabble in so many things. Much of that is due to growing older, getting a life (and a job) as well as some of my sites growing in size where they really do need a lot of time and energy to maintain.
Some I have parted with (The New Baby Name Index) which I gave to a friend to maintain, others I have shut down. But most still exist. Some in fragile forms (The Tribe of Woolgatherers), others at increasingly humungous sizes (The Firm List).
But what to do with all of the other ideas? Well, I’ll attempt to capture them here.
Why? Well, perhaps you’ll find some inspiration? Maybe you’ll take one of these ideas I didn’t have time for and make it come to life? I sure hope so.
And how about you write me when you do, so I can come and check it out?
Thanks,
Matte
How about a book filled with acceptance speeches for all occasions? It could be entitled “Be Prepared” (or something similar) and could give you either the beginning spark for a speech of your own or the whole thing verbatim.
It could include speeches for when you win:
- President of the United States of America
- President of some lesser country (of your choice)
- Nobel Prize (Peace or other one)
- Smaller Prizes (Elk’s Club, PTA, “Best Dad”)
I did some preliminary research, here’s a text file with some awards I found:
award list
Perhaps a little bit morbid, but why not a line of T-Shirts that point out that life isn’t always perfect and happy? Won’t some people want “heavy” t-shirts just to point out the irony of it all?
Here’s a list of slogan ideas:
- My doctor just told me I have 3 days to live
- What does ‘inoperable’ mean?
- My son placed me in this home and all I got was this tshirt
- My wife had me committed and all I got was this tshirt
- Is hair supposed to fall out?
- Bald is sexy, right?
- Ssh! No one knows I am contagious!
- Ebola is a state of mind
- I am terrorized
- Someone bombed my car
- My other car is a bomb
- It’s not ‘suicide’ if you set off my explosives
- Autopilot Terrorism
- I only get one chance, so let me get this right
- It’s only Ebola
- Did you get your flu shot? Too bad.
- I forget, how do you spell Alzheimers?
- I can’t feel my legs
- Have you seen my Mommy?
- Have you seen my baby?
How about a line of breath mints called Governmints?
“mmm bureaucralicious!”
“even bigger flavor”
“in incumbent or new challenger flavors!”
“made & approved by the FDA”
“take a bite out of big Governmint”
“only $1,000 for the trial size”
outsource glossary. provide the text for pop-up glossary terms for
websites. they can brand. include text ads? upsell for branding? no ads?
users can provide feedback and hone blurbs…
faq too?