[New-Poetry] Fw: free idea factory

[Anny Ballardini]

Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: free idea factory


> I'm an idea factory. I have more ideas for things than time to do
> those things. I mean this in absolute terms--I don't have enough time
> left on this earth, even if I live to be 200, to realize all of the
> ideas my brain keeps churning out. I personally know a few other
> people that I consider to be idea factories, as well. That makes for a
> superabundance of unrealized ideas.
>
> I know, also, from teaching workshops in creativity, and from talking
> with people in the arts community in general, that there are a lot of
> idea factories out there that I don't know about, and, that there are
> also a lot of folks out there with energy and desire who just need a
> prompt, a poke, a prod, or just the right idea to come their way.
>
> In the interest of bringing these two groups of people together
> (people with too many ideas and not enough time, and, people with too
> much time and not enough ideas), I've built and launched
> http://freeideafactory.com/ with the help of David Hage and Jennifer
> Hill-Kaucher.
>
> Be sure to read the "About Free Idea Factory" for a summary of the
> philosophy that underlies it all.
>
> If you would like to be an employee of the idea factory, please let me
> know, we'd love to have your ideas. If you just want to visit once in
> a while and check out the ideas, that's fine too. Take this as
> invitation or announcement, as best suits your desires.
>
> We're just getting started with it, so it's still pretty bare bones
> right now, content-wise, but all the functionality is there to start
> adding other folks to the production line, and we'd like to invite you
> to participate if you're interested.
>
> The main points to consider are:
>
> 1) All the ideas are being given away for free, so don't put anything
> here you think would in any way compromise your ability to realize the
> project on your own if you have any desire to realize the project on
> your own. We're only politely asking for a credit if an idea gets
> used, we're not even utilizing a Creative Commons license or anything
> like that. Just putting them out there into the world.
>
> 2) WordPress will allow all sorts of file formats to be uploaded, so
> don't think you're limited to text. Images, pdfs, etc are all possible
> to upload, so if you've got ideas in a sketch format and want to
> upload them as-is without textual embellishment, that's great too.
>
> 3) You can do whatever you like with Tags, but, take a bit of care
> with the Categories. Tags help index the content for search engines,
> Technorati, and the like. Categories organize things ON the site, so
> effort should be made by everyone to keep them logical, non-redundant,
> and as few as necessary. Definitely create a "by Your Name Here"
> category, though, as that's how a "sort by author" is accomplished.
>
> 4) It's truly wide-open what the ideas constitute. Art, one act play
> scenarios, band names, website, research projects, consumer products,
> anything at all.
>
> If you'd like me to set you up as a contributor to the blog, let me
> know and I'll take care of it. Let me know a preferred username,
> password, and URL to link to under the "Employees" section. Ideally,
> we're looking for people with LOTS of extra ideas to share, but are
> also interested in those willing to at least make a commitment to make
> regular contributions--even if "regular" only means "a few per year".
>
> Regards,
> Dan
>
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> USA
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> http://www.foothillspublishing.com/2008/id44.htm
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