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Re: How To Invent

Erik Gyepes — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:12:38 -0000

Very nice and truthful article. I am myself getting sometimes stuck in those "great ideas". I feel now little better if I know the right questions I should ask myself before I will go to the next step.

Thanks!

Re: How To Invent

Ryan — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:32:11 -0000

Love your website! And love your how to lists!

Have you ever seen ListAfterList.com? There are tons of How To lists there as well... it also offers a good place to source any of these How To blogs and drive traffic to your site. Try posting a simplified version of a How To list and see what happens!

Re: How To Invent

Steve Spalding — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:51:53 -0000

I was specifically talking about a social network for actual -pets- that I was reading about a while back (don't ask).

A social network for people who love Dogs works for the same reason a social network for new moms would, it gives a platform to post sickeningly cute pictures of your obsession.

The problem comes about when you try to push this niche to include things that don't resonate with the people you are trying to attract. The example, a social network for pets.

Re: How To Invent

kavin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:39:31 -0000

"social networks for pets donâ€™t work because despite what you think Fido really doesnâ€™t care what type of Kibble Fifi had for breakfast"

true, but people DO care about telling other people every inane detail about their dog/cat/baby/etc. and last i heard, dogster.com was reasonably successful, no?

Re: How To Invent

Jeff Belding — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:36:58 -0000

This article is SO right. I teach a very simple project management system. It is NOT comprised of many pages of analysis and ways to communicate that no one really pays attention to. It is a ONE page project planning tool. The sophisticated audience that has tried to implement those cumbersome systems LOVE mine, because it's simple, easy to use, and most importantly, people in their organization actually USE this system once they learn it.

Re: How To Invent

Steve Spalding — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:13:18 -0000

Thanks folks, I appreciate it. If you ever want to discuss any of your projects, drop me a line.

Re: How To Invent

William — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:09:11 -0000

Decent article. Hits home for me as I've been developing my own little invintion; http://www.hadtosay.com, and much of what he mentions in his blog forms the basis from which I started in my own project. Well written.

Re: How To Invent

Tom Wilson — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:06:12 -0000

This is an amazing article, and I agree with everything you say. I'm a web programmer and sometimes fall into the trap of over analyzing things. It's alot easier on my part in programming if a site is simplified, and also on the users side. I have to keep reminding myself that I just need the follow the basics, and the rest will follow.