Something I've noticed and have been pondering for a while that I'd like to get second opinions on.
The Hacker community (casting a very wide net here) seems to run on ideas. Ideas are exchanged like some sort of social currency where people who flow ideas trade them in the form of How-to's, conference talks, books, whatever for other ideas. Those same ideas are also closely guarded until release and are never really seen publicaly.
The idea that I've been pondering is the question of how many good ideas (vulns, neat hardware hacks, software designs, etc) never see the light of day because the idea creator does'nt have the skills or does'nt know anyone with the skills, to act on that idea. It just sits in a dusty corner and fades away. How many projects don't grow to thier full potential because of the limits of the original creator.
I've noticed over the last couple years with my projects have moved away from stuff that I have done exclusivly to me becoming some sort of idea facilitator.
I've had ideas for things and not had the ability to do them myself, but I was able to rally the right people to get them done. I've also noticed that I have been a wierd liason for things to develop further by bringing people working on something similar but in a different field together to grow things further.
The end question I have to ask is, given the huge amount of talent on the forums here and elsewhere, at Defcon (meatspace) and elsewhere where geeks gather, can we facilitate more collaboration between people working on similar things. Often I've noticed people keep thier current projects 'under wraps' and are'nt very loath to ask for help. How can we change this so that people know who can help them or where to take an idea so that it can be acted upon by people better equiped?
Wow, longer than I thought it would be.
The Hacker community (casting a very wide net here) seems to run on ideas. Ideas are exchanged like some sort of social currency where people who flow ideas trade them in the form of How-to's, conference talks, books, whatever for other ideas. Those same ideas are also closely guarded until release and are never really seen publicaly.
The idea that I've been pondering is the question of how many good ideas (vulns, neat hardware hacks, software designs, etc) never see the light of day because the idea creator does'nt have the skills or does'nt know anyone with the skills, to act on that idea. It just sits in a dusty corner and fades away. How many projects don't grow to thier full potential because of the limits of the original creator.
I've noticed over the last couple years with my projects have moved away from stuff that I have done exclusivly to me becoming some sort of idea facilitator.
I've had ideas for things and not had the ability to do them myself, but I was able to rally the right people to get them done. I've also noticed that I have been a wierd liason for things to develop further by bringing people working on something similar but in a different field together to grow things further.
The end question I have to ask is, given the huge amount of talent on the forums here and elsewhere, at Defcon (meatspace) and elsewhere where geeks gather, can we facilitate more collaboration between people working on similar things. Often I've noticed people keep thier current projects 'under wraps' and are'nt very loath to ask for help. How can we change this so that people know who can help them or where to take an idea so that it can be acted upon by people better equiped?
Wow, longer than I thought it would be.
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