I carry a Moleskine notebook with me pretty much wherever I go. I use it to jot down ideas and thoughts, usually for websites and -services. At the time of writing I have 10-12 different ideas floating around in my head and/or notebook.
My problem: I have no clue how to monetize these, nor do I know if they are actually good ideas - most probably aren’t.
I could build the core of most of those ideas easily enough. I should probably follow Paul Scrivens idea of taking a weekend and do nothing but hack away at the core functionality of an application and simply get stuff out there, worry about monetization later. Harness the power of Ruby on Rails prototyping, getting real and all that jazz.
Come to think of it, I’ll probably have a bunch of time over Easter to hack away on something. And seeing how I have no pressing client work at the moment, I should probably pick an idea and just go with it.
Hm, it actually sounds like a plan.
Well, that sounds like a good idea, and something I usually do, but the stuff never gets done. I am not as into the tech-stuff as I think I am and as you are, so that side isn't really for me. But I am actually taking an education that deals with turning ideas, and specially internet-based ideas, into money and companies. I might not be as far in the progress, but I think I already have some ground material to work with. So, please, use me to bounce off ideas with, I would love to! And as a bonus, you know you can trust me. ;)