Figmentations

Have you ever found that as soon as you think you’ve thought up a new and original idea or potential invention, you come across the fact that it already exists? And, that sometimes it even exists in a form or format that is far better than you had even imagined?

But then once you discover that your brilliant invention already exists, you have those mixed feelings of, “Wow, glad that this exists already now and that I don’t have to take the trouble to create this” but also the feeling, “Damn, there goes the opportunity for me to become rich and famous trying to invent this” which sometimes leads you to want to think “they stole my idea”.

So, we have to bathe ourselves in the feelings of community that “good minds think alike”.

The “invention” that I came across is generally what about.com is all about. In trying to figure out how to create back ups for my blogspot postings, I thought that “what the world needs now is an independent site that listed all types of info about blogging”. Lo’ and behold, Google delivered. Check out: about.com’s section on weblogs .

Addendum: And, now someone else “stole my idea, too”. Just kidding Check out the “Build a Better Blog” FAQ for general info on blogging, too.

On a separate but related chronological thought…. While I would swear that I always ignore web ads and never click through to them, I must admit that they do on occassion catch my attention. Check out the one I just came across on about.com, see: dogpile.com, with the tagline: “All the best search engines piled into one.”