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Idea Free-For-All #4: Halloween’d!

Megan M. — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:07:59 +0000

Today’s Idea Free-For-All is totally (and appropriately) Halloween’d: Fear and facades, baby! If you’re new to the whole Idea Free-For-All thang, here’s how it works: I’m leaving this thread open until November 1st. During that time, we hang out and check in and help each other. I’ll help, you’ll help. Vent your problems, questions, confusions [...]

Idea Free-For-All #3: Mid-March

Megan M. — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

One day we all woke up and saw that it was high time we got moving on something. What's your something? And what help do you need to get it moving? If you're new to the whole Idea Free-For-All thang, here's how it works: I leave this threa

Phonetic Scrabble

Megan M. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:19:40 +0000

Marty and I play a lot of Scrabble lately. We use this little iPhone app that Tom Guarriello introduced me to, "Words with Friends". It's super cute, and you can keep five or six Scrabble games going on forever. (It occurs to me now that I'd bette

Natural Sleep Patterns, Community Childrearing

Megan M. — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:32:34 +0000

What happens if you have a community of people, an intentional tribe, that doesn't necessarily sleep at night? Maybe they're free-running sleepers, or 28 Hour Day sleepers. Hell, maybe they're polyphasic. I'm not talking about a controlled environ

iPhone Ball Pit

Megan M. — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:20:23 +0000

Why on earth is there no "ball pit" app for the iPhone? We searched and searched, but found nothing. I guess we'll just need to built a real one. But still... I'd pay money, app developers. I really think I would. Let's think about this just for a

Where is your happiness?

Megan M. — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:54:30 +0000

This morning while searching for something to listen to while I showered, I stumbled on a TED Talk by Martin Seligman, the author of a book called Learned Optimism that I'd been looking at fairly recently. I thought, hmm, why not? And I put it on. (T

Technoccompanist: Custom MP3 Instrumental Tracks for Classical Accompaniment, Delivered By Email

Megan M. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:49:45 +0000

What I want is 24-hour turnaround, custom on-demand classical accompaniment -- sent to my email as mp3s! When I'm visiting my parents, it's not convenient to call around to hire an accompanist to come to my house and play so that my grandmother ca

Stories on the Street: Open Source Structures for Writers to Help Support Invisible People

Megan M. — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:23:55 +0000

Waiting for a good name for this one -- feel free to suggest. I want writers to go out and collect stories from people who are homeless -- the invisible people, people who are struggling. Becky Blanton is SUCH a role model for this. But I want to

Idea Free-For-All #2 (Wrappin' up August!)

Megan M. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:05 +0000

What do you need? What can you use some help with? And how can we find solutions to the things that are bugging the hell out of you? Leave a comment and let's find out. This thread will stay open for 24 hours -- until about 7pm CT tomorrow longer

A Month of Updates!

Megan M. — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:47:09 +0000

Wow, bonkers -- it's been a month since I launched this crazy schtick. Such. Incredible. Fun. As of right now, we have various updates on various pages including the Tablespoon Topper blueprint. (Totally on my shopping list.) Charlie also gave me a