This tag is for blog posts that are about ideas I have for things other people (or, in an alternate universe, I) could do. Things that might or might not be useful, but which sound to me like they are.

By documenting these ideas publically, perhaps I can prevent them from being patented.

Like/dislike buttons in free software
Posted Mon Dec 19 14:30:57 2011

Chunkwise Debian package downloads
Posted Sat Jun 18 18:40:28 2011

QR codes for backup?
Posted Wed Mar 16 21:38:47 2011

Idea: addsysuser
Posted Sun Feb 6 14:33:51 2011

Monopoly variants
Posted Thu Sep 23 12:52:17 2010

Undo for mail sending in Evolution
Posted Thu Aug 26 07:15:51 2010

Python profile inspector
Posted Mon Jun 28 09:10:11 2010

GUI app to configure locale for GNOME
Posted Sun Apr 25 00:19:19 2010

Cable management while travelling
Posted Fri Feb 5 06:45:12 2010

Collaborative storytelling with audience voting
Posted Sun Jan 17 22:24:49 2010

bzr OO.o support?
Posted Thu Dec 10 05:58:19 2009

geotagging-news
Posted Tue Dec 8 13:56:09 2009

sftpsync
Posted Fri Oct 23 09:14:03 2009

Läpinäkyvä yhteiskunta
Posted Tue Aug 25 10:16:30 2009

Cranes for balconies
Posted Thu Aug 13 08:19:00 2009

Kernel oops message compression
Posted Tue Aug 11 07:22:52 2009

Bug exchange format
Posted Tue Aug 4 20:56:55 2009

Time machine for logging
Posted Fri May 22 16:51:58 2009

Distributed bug tracking
Posted Sat Apr 18 10:54:27 2009

Saving files reliably under Unix
Posted Tue Mar 24 10:21:52 2009

Declarative .deb maintainer scripts
Posted Sun Mar 1 09:14:43 2009

Desktop user logging service
Posted Sun Mar 1 08:20:50 2009

Reittiopas ja GPS ne yhteen soppii...
Posted Mon Feb 23 14:05:42 2009

Finding trust paths between PGP keys
Posted Tue Dec 2 21:00:14 2008

Head, meet desk. Softly.
Posted Thu Jul 31 09:14:48 2008

Dishwasher mutex
Posted Tue Jul 22 05:21:11 2008