Comments on: Why Sharing Ideas is Better Than Not http://mnteractive.com/archive/why-sharing-ideas-is-better-than-not Minnesota's Interaction Design, Information Architecture, and User Experience Design Community Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Darrel http://mnteractive.com/archive/why-sharing-ideas-is-better-than-not/comment-page-1#comment-1510 Darrel Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:25:55 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/why-sharing-ideas-is-better-than-not/#comment-1510 To bad 'better for business' is rarely 'better for the planet/people' ;o) So, Amazon's one-click order idea. Good idea. Does Amazon benefit from not sharing it with others? I doubt it. If anything, they look like jerks for hoarding common sense. In the end, no matter how original you may think your idea may be, someone else is thinking it too. Seems to me that both could benefit from talking about it and improving upon it. [aside...sproutliner is open source now!? GREAT!] To bad ‘better for business’ is rarely ‘better for the planet/people’ ;o)

So, Amazon’s one-click order idea. Good idea. Does Amazon benefit from not sharing it with others? I doubt it. If anything, they look like jerks for hoarding common sense.

In the end, no matter how original you may think your idea may be, someone else is thinking it too. Seems to me that both could benefit from talking about it and improving upon it.

[aside...sproutliner is open source now!? GREAT!]

]]> By: Eddie http://mnteractive.com/archive/why-sharing-ideas-is-better-than-not/comment-page-1#comment-1509 Eddie Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:39:24 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/why-sharing-ideas-is-better-than-not/#comment-1509 What would a post like this be without a 37's reference? <a href="http://www.37signals.com/better" rel="nofollow">37 better</a> I really enjoyed those 37 better mock ups when they were still doing them. I like this quote from them: "..Our hope, however, is that companies we examine will learn from the mistakes we point out and improve their sites for all of their customers. Of course, we'd like to be the ones that help them." What would a post like this be without a 37’s reference? 37 better

I really enjoyed those 37 better mock ups when they were still doing them.

I like this quote from them:
“..Our hope, however, is that companies we examine will learn from the mistakes we point out and improve their sites for all of their customers. Of course, we’d like to be the ones that help them.”

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