Ideas page

I have a large stash of random bookmarks and notes tagged "Ideas" that I've been meaning to get around to. When I discovered /ideas pages through AboutIdeasNow, a directory of websites with /about, /now, and /ideas, it seemed like the perfect excuse to go through the stash and cherry-pick the best ideas for sharing.

You can read all of those on the newly-added Ideas page! It's in the sidebar, and might be updated semi-occasionally.

A hexagon-triangle tiling made out of neocube magnets. Hazelnut for scale.

Inspiration

According to AboutIdeasNow, an "ideas" page should explore the future, the way a "now" page explores the present or an "about" page explores the past.

That's a nice thought, but I think the best way to make an ideas pages useful would be to provide things others could be inspired by. At least, that's why I've read pages like Coffee Space's project ideas, Spivey's older project ideas, or Plan 9's ideas page.

So, in addition to listing things I might be working on soon, which is almost a TODO list, I opted to include a set of far-fetched ideas that I will probably never get around to. These might be appealing only to me—not everyone would consider it worth thinking about FUSE-mounted file-systems that synchronize over HTTP. But I hope there is at least one person who would be inspired to make a FUSE-mounted interface for something. Or perhaps, to look into offline-first Progressive Web Apps. Or even to think about how personal devices could integrate better with each other.

And well, even if it doesn't inspire anyone, I now have a place to park my runaway ideas. 😊

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