Ideas Hut Blog

Since the two mad Pakistanis who have come up with ‘Ideas Hut’ happen to be bloggers as well so, they have now got Ideas Hut a place in blogosphere by creating a dedicated Ideas Hut blog.

So, welcome to our blog! Here you will get updates about our project, views about the ideas being discussed along with information regarding their implementation and a lot more. Not to forget all this might get sprinkled by occasional rants as well :)

“Got an idea that could change the world, or at least help a lot of people? Google wants to hear from you — and it will pay as much as $10 million to make your idea a reality.”

Got to read this interesting piece of news on CNN’s website here.

Further details can be grabbed on the Project 10^100 website.

Written by Fariha Akhtar on September 25, 2008 9:44 am  //  Comments (7)

“The Wright brothers didn’t contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn’t contemplate the noncommunication of things. Thomas Edison didn’t contemplate the darkness of things. In order to float an idea into your reality, you must be willing to do a somersault into the unconceivable and land on your feet, contemplating what you want instead of what you don’t have.”

Wayne Dyer from the PhilosophersNote on The Power of Intention

PhilosophersNote is a nice website where you can get mini-notes that contain the synopses from different personal development books.

Written by Fariha Akhtar on July 18, 2008 10:36 pm  //  Comments (1)

Many of the world’s famous ventures were started by teams of two….ever wondered why? Never mind if you haven’t :P, let me tell you one reason from my personal experience. When one of the team members is under attack of laziness, the other one is often if not always energetic enough to use the creativity revelations he/she has been getting for progressing the project and so that’s what Sohail and I do in case of Ideas Hut.

We had our first formal board meeting around a month ago in which we discussed lots of new features for Ideas Hut and they all became part of the road map. Since it was a FORMAL meeting (yeah….very much like the ones held in Fortune 500 companies :P) so, it got followed by proper MMs as well that contained the action items list. We kept adding items to that list keeping in view the feedback that we got from the Ideas Hut visitors.

Lately, while I was surrounded by indolence, Sohail got showered with creativity and decided to implement some of the action items. So, here’s the update about the new additions to Ideas Hut:

1. The grey and black theme looked too gloomy so, it has now been replaced by nice and sunny theme.
2. Many of our visitors did not like the blog look of Ideas Hut primarily because old ideas tend to get hidden by the new ones even before they get discussed thoroughly. So, we decided to change the format of Ideas Hut to increase the visibility of the submitted ideas.
In an attempt to do so, Sohail came up with the ‘Idea Browser’ and ‘Featured Ideas’ section. The Idea Browser helps one navigate through the Most Popular (determined by the ranking), the Most Discussed(determined by the number of comments) and the Latest (determined by the posting date) ideas. The ‘Featured Ideas’ section shows the editors’ picks.
3. The third section that got modified is that of the ‘Recent Discussions’ which now shows the recent comments on different ideas.
4. We have launched a Facebook group as well not just to reach the people who will be interested in contributing ideas on Ideas Hut but also (perhaps more importantly) the people who will be passionate about executing any of the ideas being discussed too. That is because we believe that ideas and plans benefit only when properly implemented.
5. To make all the avid bloggers and blog readers stay updated on what’s happening on Ideas Huts, we have come up with a space in blogosphere where I am writing this post right now. :)
6. For all those who could not get time out to read about the latest features on Ideas Hut blog or facebook group, a ‘News Section’ has been added- a quick way of getting all the updates.
7. Now you can share any idea being discussed on Ideas Hut with your friends, through an email, by using the “Email to a Friend” link in front of every idea.

Now as the journey continues, we look forward to your suggestions, comments and criticism because that is what will help us shape our baby venture into something that could help the entire community.

Written by Fariha Akhtar on July 4, 2008 12:21 am  //  Comments (11)