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 The grey and black theme looked too gloomy so, it has now been replaced by nice and sunny theme.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.