I was more than a little disappointed this morning when an RSS feed informed me that some enterprising young hacker over at Hacked Gadgets had created an Alarm Phone Dialer. If you’ve been keeping up with my Tumblelog, you could probably deduce that I was working on a similar design myself.
Gradually, my disappointment gave way to inspiration. Obviously my idea held some merit or the Hacked Gadgets post wouldn’t have found it’s way to the Make: blog, nor the other eight blogs monitored by Technorati that made mention of the project. I began to relish the idea that my own ideas were appreciable outside of my own imagination. The truth of the matter is that nearly any idea you can possibly conceive, there’s a strong likelihood that someone has already attempted it, accomplished it, or at least thought about it. Why should I be disappointed that another like-minded individual had the necessary skills to bring his design to life?
With that in mind, I’ve decided to start sharing a little more about the upcoming projects that I’ve been planning. I’ve been keeping things under my hat in hopes that other hackers with more experience than myself wouldn’t discourage me by getting their project recognized first. That kind of thinking is counter-intuitive of the free and open internet society that I claim to support. If someone is inspired by one of my ideas and wishes to implement it before I figure out how, all I ask is that they notify me so that I can learn from their experience. If you happen to know of any similar DIY projects or or commercial products, I’d like to hear about those too!
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