Matte Elsbernd
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Nag.me
This one should be a business… one that offers a web service/software app which is all about the opposite of “remind me.” So the nag.me system would allow you to enter websites, search terms, time amounts, times of day, etc. which trigger the system to hit you with a pop-up or warning asking “are you…
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Low-Impact Entrepreneur
One day I came up with this idea to define how I’ve approached the business world these so many years: Low-Impact Entrepreneur. It could mean a lot of different things, but the concept behind it for me is that with the web, one can dip one’s foot into the waters of some new venture or…
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Agile, Distributed, Site Development Structure
This idea came to me during interviews with an online media company – it’s amazing to me still that interviews are an amazing creative event for me – even if I’m not right/don’t get the job. How does one build a process/environment for allowing constantly changing content and feature updates to a site without having…
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Domain Name Background Checks
I’m still amazed at how many people have bought domain names with no thought or understanding that once a domain has been bought before, it lives out there in various places in its old form. It might never have any of those references updated. So you’re buying the history of the site as well. This…
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Path of Least Resistance
You’re at work and you’re trying to locate someone. They’re not at their desk and you’ve asked the cubicle next to them to no avail. What do you do? I bet if you did some traffic analysis (fancy term for snooping on people by pointing cameras around the office and hitting record) you could probably…
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A New Kind of VC
As I’m in a new contracting role, I’ve found myself evaluating work and what are it’s worths to my life. One of the most obvious is money. And I actually commented to someone that “I’m doing it for the cash infusion.” That’s pretty frighteningly like what might come out of an entrepreneurs mouth as he…
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Book of Spam Poetry
Why not make a collection of poetry that’s haphazardly created in modern spam email as the authors try to circumvent filters. It can be quite interesting. Like the cut-ups that Burroughs did. From an actual piece of spam received August 30, 2005 by “Al Zamora”: “Eskimos will marry the pediatricians. Disney characters sabotage the directories…
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Battle of the PBS Documentaries
From a dream. Inspired by PBS’ infamous Ken Burns documentaryspectaculars… The Gods of Jazz vs. The Big Names in Baseball In a live television event. Watch them do battle. See all the action in the wonder of panned freezeframes. Watch each blow land. Each note crush the opponent. And if you liked this, don’t forget…
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KaraokeByTel
1-900-You-Sing Ad… Guy in a shower with various accoutrements of a recording studio in it with him…“Don’t just sing in the shower, record an album” Ad… Woman in a car in traffic, in car is recording gear, backup singers in the back seat, maybe a producer up front?“Don’t just sing in traffic, record an album”…
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Probably a Bad Idea
Okay, this one is destined for abuse. But why doesn’t an online store have a shopping spree – you get five minutes to click anything you want at tremendous discounts. People would practice all sorts of ways to browse a site faster in order to get past slow download times. Or perhaps the site would…