Idea: Treat comments like articles

Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, Ideas.

QDB already does this, but quotes aren’t comments. So we could make a new one.

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Idea #3: dontfeedthetrolls dot net

Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, Ideas, Product Design.

Want to rant against a troll? Do it on our board!

Citation:

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600005

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Put your money where your mouth is.

Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Games, General/Misc., Ideas, Product Design.

The problem with any review site that has the slightest business connection to the products it reviews is obvious. You can’t criticize games and put in ads for them without running into a conflict of interest.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

One of the best ways to force people to review games correctly is to make it in their best economic interests to do so.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

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An idea is not an egg

Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Chris, General/Misc., Ideas, Liu's Reviews, Product Design.

An Idea is Not an Egg: You Don’t Just Sit On it Until it Hatches

A smart idea sounds great when it’s in your head. Even before it’s made, we can imagine how great it will be–there would be no iPod, no PC, and no Super Mario Bros. without imagination.

But just because you can already see the finished idea, don’t think that the steps in between “smart idea” and “transformed future” are insignificant. They eat most smart ideas before they hatch.

The next time you hear that someone “stole” someone else’s idea, look at the in between first, and ask: how much of that–the business strategy, the way the product was built–was really stolen?

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