Idea Jam

I added a Recent Idea widget from Idea Jam and it reminded me that it's about time for the annual post so here it is. Click through to Idea Jam and check it out. It has been interesting watching it evolve and seeing  how people are actually using it. This kind of application requires a balance between structure and freedom so people can just add ideas without having to think too much about categories and keywords. So far it feels pretty good. Just reading through ideas across all Idea Spaces has raised my awareness of issues and ideas that are not on my radar screen but are important to the community. I tend to very language and back end focused so I've learned a lot about client application and development problems and potential solutions. As an ISV working on tools for Notes and other Eclipse based environments, I hope to spot opportunities that would otherwise have remained invisible. Congrats to the Idea Jam team.

And check out Idea Battle. Nathan Freeman has found a way to significantly increase the signal to noise ratio of all those ideas. Good stuff.

Comments

[Bruce Elgort]

Dan,

Thanks for the post about Idea Jam and also nice side bar plugin. Keep jamm'n and keep the feedback on Idea Jam coming.