Comments on: Gone Indie http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/ Little boxes made of words, by Jens Alfke Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jens http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-3432 jens Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:08:46 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-3432 Alex: Companies don't really have a use for unsolicited outside ideas. An idea, unfortunately, is the easy part — developing it into a product is what takes all the time and effort. (Remember what Edison said about "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration".) Or alternatively, you could say that there's a continual series of ideas that are necessary to create a product, and the first one is merely the seed crystal. There are also messy legal issues around using an idea from an outsider — it opens the company up to later lawsuits by the inventor. (In a related industry, most authors have a well-rehearsed speech about why they don't want to hear your sure-fire-bestseller idea for a novel.) If you have a great idea, you'll need to develop it yourself. Or get a job somewhere that's doing something similar enough that you can incorporate your idea into the project you're working on. Alex: Companies don’t really have a use for unsolicited outside ideas. An idea, unfortunately, is the easy part — developing it into a product is what takes all the time and effort. (Remember what Edison said about “1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”.) Or alternatively, you could say that there’s a continual series of ideas that are necessary to create a product, and the first one is merely the seed crystal.

There are also messy legal issues around using an idea from an outsider — it opens the company up to later lawsuits by the inventor. (In a related industry, most authors have a well-rehearsed speech about why they don’t want to hear your sure-fire-bestseller idea for a novel.)

If you have a great idea, you’ll need to develop it yourself. Or get a job somewhere that’s doing something similar enough that you can incorporate your idea into the project you’re working on.

]]> By: Alexander Durham http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-3431 Alexander Durham Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:01:08 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-3431 Mr. Alfke, My name is Alex. I am a student at Marshall University. I share your feelings about Apple being so closed minded. I am currently sitting on an awesome idea for a product, but Apple is very stingy about their "Unsolicited Idea Policy". I wish there was a way I get my ideas through to them. I'd be happy to discuss some of this with you. My email is adurhamwv@gmail.com. I know exactly how you feel when you say you're full of ideas, I just wish I knew how to follow through with them like you do. Best of luck! Mr. Alfke,
My name is Alex. I am a student at Marshall University. I share your feelings about Apple being so closed minded. I am currently sitting on an awesome idea for a product, but Apple is very stingy about their “Unsolicited Idea Policy”. I wish there was a way I get my ideas through to them.
I’d be happy to discuss some of this with you. My email is adurhamwv@gmail.com.
I know exactly how you feel when you say you’re full of ideas, I just wish I knew how to follow through with them like you do.
Best of luck!

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2262 Jens Alfke Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:33:09 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2262 C — Good luck! I had [mostly] a great time at Apple, and I hope you'll get the job and do some cool stuff there. C — Good luck! I had [mostly] a great time at Apple, and I hope you’ll get the job and do some cool stuff there.

]]> By: C http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2261 C Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:04:48 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2261 ::GULP:: As I read this I prepare to hear tomorrow if I landed a position over there. Probably didn't get it anyway.. but I think for some reason I will have nightmares following the theme from the infamous '84 Mac commercial. ::GULP:: As I read this I prepare to hear tomorrow if I landed a position over there. Probably didn’t get it anyway.. but I think for some reason I will have nightmares following the theme from the infamous ‘84 Mac commercial.

]]> By: Donnie Dixon http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2260 Donnie Dixon Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:28:56 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2260 Jens, Congratulations on your road to independence. Independent thinkers are the ones who really leave positive marks upon society. MLK, Mahatma Ghandi, The Woz, Yourself and many others "Go Solo" to explore what's in their own hearts and minds. The biggest obstacles we face are change. Change in daily habits, routines and thought patterns. Take this time to empty your vessel of mind from all distracting issues impressed upon you at the Apple factory. Your time is NOW! Use the opportunity to build ideas, products and relationships that fulfill your own personal and emotional needs. Yes! The future is definitely about Social Networking. YouTube Blew-up huge and this wave of Social Networking is just at the very beginning of the curve. And you are here to be an anchor to lift up the industry to previously unattainable heights. How about an Online Audio/Video Internet Mash-Up application [IMU] based on stacks like HyperCard or layers like in Photoshop along with a defined timeline[s] where you could go forward/backward in time and update/upgrade your Mash-up like Leopards Time Machine? Drag and drop from your desktop Flash, QT movies, Audio Text and Image files. Similar standalone/template apps include Passport Producer, HyperEngine AV and Macromedia Action are good models to emulate. These are older 68k and PPC apps. New is not always necessarily better. Maybe in form and design, but not always function. These programs show you real human possibilities when adapted and recreated for the web and social networking. It couldn't be any clearer. Now its out there. Go for it! Just like HyperCard had stacks...Photoshop has Layers. Similar, yet a true evolution of the same idea/concept. We must notice around us, that ALL things are interconnected and rely on each other to function as a whole. As we perceive these truths, you will become a conscious and LIVING part of human evolution. And in our current technological environment, it combines the most aspects of human advancement in any of the sciences today. Including: Critical Thinking, Creative Problem Solving Mathematics, Writing, Software Programming, Music, The Arts, Intellectual Property and Copywrights, Medicine, Education, Media, Futurology and so much more. I cannot think of any field, past, present or future, where one persons contribution can benefit so many people. Tomorrows Technological Innovation and Social Networking Solutions are in your hands. Grab it, nurture it and keep steadfast. The web is where you'll make your future bright. Go forth young man and make your mark. The Web needs, loves, nurtures and supports dedicated, honest & sincere people like you. Speak your mind when & where required. Feel your sense of independence growing. You'll need it to push through for upgrading yourself for our challenging future. I'm totally in your corner. The creator's got your back. No one can beat that. Not even Apple! Best wishes for your bright future in Social Networking and Software Development. Peace, Love and Blessings for you and yours. Maximum Respect, Donnie Dixon. A Technology Innovator in Boston Jens,

Congratulations on your road to independence. Independent thinkers are the ones who really leave positive marks upon society. MLK, Mahatma Ghandi, The Woz, Yourself and many others “Go Solo” to explore what’s in their own hearts and minds. The biggest obstacles we face are change. Change in daily habits, routines and thought patterns. Take this time to empty your vessel of mind from all distracting issues impressed upon you at the Apple factory. Your time is NOW! Use the opportunity to build ideas, products and relationships that fulfill your own personal and emotional needs.

Yes! The future is definitely about Social Networking. YouTube Blew-up huge and this wave of Social Networking is just at the very beginning of the curve. And you are here to be an anchor to lift up the industry to previously unattainable heights.

How about an Online Audio/Video Internet Mash-Up application [IMU] based on stacks like HyperCard or layers like in Photoshop along with a defined timeline[s] where you could go forward/backward in time and update/upgrade your Mash-up like Leopards Time Machine? Drag and drop from your desktop Flash, QT movies, Audio Text and Image files.
Similar standalone/template apps include Passport Producer, HyperEngine AV and Macromedia Action are good models to emulate. These are older 68k and PPC apps. New is not always necessarily better. Maybe in form and design, but not always function. These programs show you real human possibilities when adapted and recreated for the web and social networking. It couldn’t be any clearer. Now its out there. Go for it!

Just like HyperCard had stacks…Photoshop has Layers. Similar, yet a true evolution of the same idea/concept. We must notice around us, that ALL things are interconnected and rely on each other to function as a whole.
As we perceive these truths, you will become a conscious and LIVING part of human evolution. And in our current technological environment, it combines the most aspects of human advancement in any of the sciences today. Including: Critical Thinking, Creative Problem Solving Mathematics, Writing, Software Programming, Music, The Arts, Intellectual Property and Copywrights, Medicine, Education, Media, Futurology and so much more. I cannot think of any field, past, present or future, where one persons contribution can benefit so many people.

Tomorrows Technological Innovation and Social Networking Solutions are in your hands. Grab it, nurture it and keep steadfast. The web is where you’ll make your future bright. Go forth young man and make your mark.
The Web needs, loves, nurtures and supports dedicated, honest & sincere people like you. Speak your mind when & where required. Feel your sense of independence growing. You’ll need it to push through for upgrading yourself for our challenging future.

I’m totally in your corner. The creator’s got your back. No one can beat that. Not even Apple! Best wishes for your bright future in Social Networking and Software Development.

Peace, Love and Blessings for you and yours.
Maximum Respect, Donnie Dixon.
A Technology Innovator in Boston

]]> By: akatsuki http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2259 akatsuki Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:39:03 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2259 Apple's total lack of interest in the social-networking phenomenon has always been appalling. Everything from the .mac system to iChat just screams for integration and social connecting, so I can't blame you at all for looking for greener pastures. Good luck. Apple’s total lack of interest in the social-networking phenomenon has always been appalling. Everything from the .mac system to iChat just screams for integration and social connecting, so I can’t blame you at all for looking for greener pastures.

Good luck.

]]> By: raemix http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2175 raemix Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:42:18 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2175 Man, I wish I could have hung out with guys like you when I was growing up. I hope your endeavors are fruitful. I'm truly a man who believes in following dreams at almost any cost. Me and my Apple are making a creative living in Budapest... probably in part... thanks to you :-) Wish you the best :-) - RAEMIX Man, I wish I could have hung out with guys like you when I was growing up. I hope your endeavors are fruitful. I’m truly a man who believes in following dreams at almost any cost. Me and my Apple are making a creative living in Budapest… probably in part… thanks to you :-)

Wish you the best :-)

- RAEMIX

]]> By: Ska http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2258 Ska Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:37:20 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2258 @ Virex: Oh, and BTW, why bother reading what you find 'boring' (and take the trouble of commenting)? Get a life, loser! @ Virex:
Oh, and BTW, why bother reading what you find ‘boring’ (and take the trouble of commenting)?
Get a life, loser!

]]> By: Jeff Frederick http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2257 Jeff Frederick Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:36:52 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2257 Jens, Sorry to see you go.I remember your name when I worked in Apple Retail. Good luck on your future endevors! Please consider getting involved with OpenOffice.org and helping with the Mac port. OS X really needs an alternative to MS Office. Jens,

Sorry to see you go.I remember your name when I worked in Apple Retail. Good luck on your future endevors!

Please consider getting involved with OpenOffice.org and helping with the Mac port. OS X really needs an alternative to MS Office.

]]> By: Ska http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/01/gone-indie/comment-page-5/#comment-2256 Ska Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:34:33 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/01/gone-indie/#comment-2256 Virex: Do you have any more 'worthwhile' comments to add or is your self-esteem sufficiently appeased for just having made a comment for Jens? Virex: Do you have any more ‘worthwhile’ comments to add or is your self-esteem sufficiently appeased for just having made a comment for Jens?

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