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Redefining the Driver’s License

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 michael 0 Comments

This simple idea applies to literally everyone with a driver’s license. The keyword here is “license.” And yes, it involves

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Free idea: decentralized avatar repository for Social VR

December 25, 2017 michael 0 Comments

In 2004, Tom Preston Werner created something huge. His idea was cemented in history as Matt Mullenweg and Automattic acquired

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Free idea: An open Social VR API

December 24, 2017 michael 2 Comments

Before we get to Social VR, let’s recap. It’s 2017, almost 2018, and Virtual Reality systems are selling better than

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Work in Virtual Reality is a once in a lifetime opportunity

December 18, 2017 michael 3 Comments meeting, Productivity, remote, VR, Work

Virtual Reality (VR) is improving the way humans interact. It’s creating human scale relationships, new forms of work, and opportunity.

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Dallas Entrepreneurship Ideas Uncategorized 

How I’m overcoming commitment debt

June 11, 2017June 14, 2017 michael 2 Comments Commitmen, debt, not to do, overcoming, to do

It’s time to come clean: You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been scaling way back on commitments for the past 6

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How much does it cost to live “off the grid?”

February 5, 2017February 6, 2017 michael 0 Comments Business, Homesteading, Off the grid, Tiny House, Virtual Reality

Heather and I are fascinated with the idea of living off the grid in a much simpler, much less “distracting”

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What do computer graphics, assisted intelligence, Watson, and actual humans have in common?

December 26, 2016December 26, 2016 michael 0 Comments AI, bots, CGI, computer graphics, networks

Recently I spent some time reading, researching, and watching the state of the art in several areas of interest, notably

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What is #1OnMyList

August 30, 2010December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

One of the easiest ways to foster personal accountability is to make others aware of your intentions. Tell a group

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The Global Backyard BBQ. Or, Bring the Social Back!

May 7, 2009December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

This idea came to me as I was listening to C.C. Chapman's podcast Managing the Gray. Specifically, the episode was

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The Depressed Southern Small Town Economy

December 8, 2008December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

I wrote this as an email to a good friend of mine shortly after I returned from a 3 week

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The Perfect Solution for Detroit

November 19, 2008December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

In order to help survive poor business decisions made over the last 40 years, the big auto makers are seeking

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thefives.tv : Five questions to ask a total stranger

August 27, 2008December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

This is an entry I made on the thefives blog. It summarizes everything succinctly. I wanted to give you all

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Gifts Ideas 

Ask a dead guy

May 19, 2008December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

Here's a funny one. Imagine being able to ask a historical figure a question about life. You'd probably start with

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Where do you get your local news?

May 19, 2008December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

I was listening to a podcast about a new concept for having news reported. The concept is that people put

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Colorado Entrepreneurship Ideas Technology 

Excitement and passion.

February 21, 2008December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

I've been AFK for quite a while, focusing my work time on HyperSites exclusively. It is better than ever as

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A new term, feedback please. :)

November 19, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

I've come up with a term, and I'd like to start a conversation around it. We're all familiar with the

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Someone make textcastr.com please.

September 12, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

Someone make textcastr.com please. Yes, the domain is available. The service is simple. A user creates an account at textcastr.com,

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Entrepreneurship Ideas 

Startups, entrepreneurship, and user generated content?

September 10, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

If you can dedicate the time, I highly recommend participating in a Startup Weekend. The concept is simple… people gather

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What is Social Ingenuity anyway?

August 15, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

I've been giving a lot of thought to the StartupWeekend phenomena. As I and others have mentioned, it was amazing

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VoSnap, Inc. – The fruit of StartupWeekend.com

July 8, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

Well under way, Startup Weekend is absolutely one of the coolest things I've been involved in. The company we've created

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The mobile lifestyle done right, a network of… hotels?

July 3, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

While trying to come up with a usable solution for a friend of mine's mobile lifestyle requirements, it occurred to

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Micro-payments and the modern web – monetizing the blog

June 27, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

Everyone has heard the term “micro-payment.” It has been associated with monetizing websites for nearly as long as the internet

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Remember Apple’s Knowledge Navigator?

June 25, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

If you want to see the path to a cool company that could provide valuable services to prosumers and executives

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Ideas Social Media Technology 

Social tagging – user tagged searching

June 14, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

There are several places that let you define a URL and tag it with interests. Is there a service that

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A fun new project… grillm.com

June 9, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

Chris and I came up with a really cool idea for distraction project. We decided to try and build it

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Multifactor website security and your phone

June 5, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

This idea is pretty simple and involves website authentication and your mobile phone. It is a two factor authentication scheme

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De-dupe and the desktop

June 4, 2007December 3, 2016 michael 0 Comments

As my friend David says, good ideas are a dime a dozen. Well David, here's another one I had, then

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