// I added a different problem that relates to this idea more. //

[ruta], where? link?

[Mindey], you're right! I added a different problem that relates to this idea more.

What's more important than teaching people how to make money is teaching people critical thinking and fostering motivation. We should translate an idea you talk about on your blog and share it here. I really like the motivation part.

[ruta], and... would this idea solve the problem completely? An idea that qualifies for solution should solve the problem completely, with high probability of success. Even if such book existed, I think, this book alone would not solve the problem. Let's post systematic ideas that would actually completely solve a problem. Maybe this should be a rule on our idea posting?

[ruta], how the book would let people make money? Provide the choices? I've thought about something along the lines of introducing kids with all possible jobs when writing this, however, I think just presenting all possible jobs is not a good way to facilitate thinking. Instead, it seems like a way to restrict thinking.

Ah.. and, the whole 'Book on Future of Jobs' - very cliché idea. A problem? Just write a book on it. Not very creative, not a solution that would present some innovative new principle.

[Mindey], okay, got it! An Idea becomes a plan when it has timeline, people, tools, etc. Thanks!

The book could be similar to "What Do People Do All Day?" written by Richard Scarry.

[Cabria],

_> Lonely Planet for business. Really easy to understand / follow (like the 'For Dummies' books), easy to navigate and easy to read. _

• Nice idea. It'd be very handy tool even for school projects. More students start to think about entrepreneurship as a career path, the problem is -- where do I start?

A specific project for this idea could be a website that explains the best practices of how to set up an online business step by step?

[iulia-link], you might like this idea! It relates to the problem you posted on how to enable people to earn more money. :)

Hey [Yuri-B], good to see you here! :)

I see the point of your idea - we acquire knowledge through people. Fostering local communities is important, although enabling people to interact with global communities and acquire different kind of thinking is even more important. I was just reading an article on personal networks today.

[Yuri-B], welcome to the Infinity Project! It seems like one of the solutions, of course, however, we have to be more specific, how people would make money via such initiatives. Could you elaborate?

[iulia-link], mentioning you, as it is relevant to the problem you raised :)

[ruta], originally, the difference between a project and an idea is that a project concerns specific group of people, using specific tools, trying to deliver specific deliverable. Just reducing the generality of an idea does not make it into a project. Adding concrete people and tools and scope does. Idea can be very specific and detailed, like a patent, but it is not a project without specific time and space, people, tools, scope in real world. :)

[Mindey], yes! we get a lot of feedback these days, so worth starting to share ideas for product features and milestones here.

[Mindey],

be more specific in the naming, because this 'Online Behaviour Tracker' is very general, could refer to much more than eye-tracking. Maybe 'Online Reading Time and Topic Tracker'.

-- this is a project then, not an idea anymore. no?

[ruta], btw., be more specific in the naming, because this 'Online Behaviour Tracker' is very general, could refer to much more than eye-tracking. Maybe 'Online Reading Time and Topic Tracker'.

[ruta], good idea, which certainly is doable. So many statisticians, computer scientists and data scientists working on computer vision. What you need, is a higher resolution cameras on computers, or existing solutions (tobii) to use your eyeballs as mouse.

Hey [Justin], what else do you think it's worth tracking to measure what people learn when they browse the web?

[ruta], wouldn't we want to have more public discussion about the project itself right here? :)

[Cabria], just let's leave a tag, like [marked-for-deletion] (redundant). Later, we can delete at some time in the future, when we have house cleanup. We should have some kind of house cleanup over time.

[Mindey] - would be good to be able to archive things like this Idea, once there's a consensus that they've already been implemented. What do you think? Deleting seems a bit harsh...

Espresso books - Perfecto! That's super, [Mindey], thanks for sharing that. Great. It's already done. :-P Tick.

[Cabria], sure, will keep you informed :)

Ah, looks a lot like our project, but we don't yet support these features. It would require much work with law in many countries, etc... [Cabria] :)

I'm thinking, once we have all tasks going, to integrate with 3D Study Maze thing.

[Cabria], sorry. I thought about publishing. I remember Google Books had previously offered the option to get books, which are out of print, printed, and delivered. I guess, they were using the Espresso Book Machine (video). Maybe there is an alternative to it, but to start such a company, I'd assume you'd have to lease or buy such a machine.

[Cabria], [Luke], let's do this!

" Packt’s mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals. " - Totally different mission. They're providing an education tool Does not address the problem at all. I don't know how the two would be confused?

Order to Print is more about out of print books. I'm talking about existing books or books that used to be in print and not limited to any particular sector (Packt target IT sector). Order to Print would also allow an author to avoid the risk of paying a huge amount of money for thousands of copies of their book to be published without knowing if people will actually want to buy it and at the offered price.

So, for example: I run 'Order to Print' Ltd. You, an author, approach me with your new novel and Ruta approaches me with her new cookbook. The book is designed and pretty much ready to print, can easily be sold as an e-book. I have an online catalogue of ebooks that readers can peruse. 200 people purchase the ebook of your novel but 20 people want a hard copy of it. 20 other people want a hard copy of Ruta's cookbook the same month. So I print 20 of each and send them to the requesters at the end of the month.

That way, I don't print shitloads of hard copies that will then end up on disheartening discounts or recycling bins with their barcodes removed. And if the hard copy of Ruta's cookbook is in high demand, I can print more and more of it as people request it and sell them.

It reduces the waste of overprinting and allows more control over the whole process. It also acknowledges the diversity of people's preferences for ebooks/hard copies.

Packt is totally different, does none of this, and is completely irrelevant to this discussion. Sorry.

[Cabria], there are such companies! Pact Publishing for example. What is missing to consider this baked?

[ruta] great. i have a lot embedded in memory too. we can hash it all out together in a google doc w/ luke ?

[Mindey] can you let me know when equity partners are addable so i can add ruta to this one?

[Cabria], :)) I should go through my notes and our IM chats, and add other ideas that we come up together!

[ruta] great, thanks :)

[Mindey] - Super! That's brilliant. Exactly. This happens a lot and all contributors should get credit. - This exactidea has to give some credit to Ruta.

// It would be nice to be able to be able to nominate super-equity partners. I'd add you for that. //

[Cabria], we can do that! Indeed, sometimes people come up with an idea in a collective conversation, so, there are situations when you want to have other people as idea owners as well. We'll do it :)

[Cabria], :)) It'd be very helpful! Then, we can add all the ideas brainstormed between you, me and [Luke] and get them implemented!

[Mindey], can you help? We need to allow users to add members to Ideas.

[ruta] like what we were talking about a few months ago.

It would be nice to be able to be able to nominate super-equity partners. I'd add you for that.

I can see this working better as a platform co-designed by game designers.

[Ruta] Yes, the effortlessness is a problem. Also, having to go through websites is an efficiency and interruption problem.

And for artists to have to sign up to and conform to pre-designed websites is band-wagony, which, by their very creative nature, a lot of artists might not like very much. It's filling a need but not in an optimal way.

With a direct donation button, that was attractive and pleasant to use (i.e. quick, no fuss, maybe with a little sparkle or something gratifying), people would be more likely to support.

I think the 'busking button' could also become a movement of artistic independence. Artists might be encouraged to allow people to donate to them directly and minus the need to contribute material to a contrived third part website. They'd have the freedom to do things their own way in their own online space, while also inviting people to be free to donate to them.

If it worked out, artists could maybe add a little 'thank you' note, either by an image/text/jingle/video, depending on their preferences. They could also add goals to their blog for projects they want to realise, which could then further encourage donations.

But if Paypal is already on it [Mindey] ... Probably best to leave it to them. Unless there are lots of people that would prefer to use something other than Paypal.

Some market research could be good here. Any artists on here, leave your thoughts as to whether you'd prefer paypal or something different and if different, what would you like different about it? {.5}

[iulia-link] -- how do you see it working? Needs more detail on how your idea would actually work.

not good enough

[Mindey],

PayPal is already providing the option for own websites/blogs to create such a button.

User experience could be more effortless.. When it comes to donations, if I like something, whether it would be a charity cause or a tip that I want to leave for a creator, I don't want to close one window, go to the next, sign in, type in details,.. I just want to give. :)

currently, one working way for video creators to profit is to sell ads on YouTube channel.

Adds are interrupting the single experience that viewers have when they consume art. It'd be nice to contribute to artists without friction.

[Niamh]

[Niamh], I like the idea, it replicates the real world behaviour of people (ie. artists playing on the street in various locations in town and people giving tips). It'd be nice to have the same behaviour online. No matter on what platform or website a creator is, people can still leave a tip without effort.

[Niamh], PayPal is already providing the option for own websites/blogs to create such a button.

The YouTube/Vimeo videos and fan pages there are under control by Google Inc., and Vimeo LLC. Google has its own payment services, like Google Wallet, but it seems that it had not integrated them to YouTube. The first step in making these changes on YouTube or Vimeo, is to find the decision-makers for these platforms, e.g., regarding YouTube, the CEO Susan Wojcicki, and Kerry Trainor on Vimeo. It is usually easiest for companies to introduce a feature, if it well thought-out by an internal developer, who knows the system inside-out, and knows how it would all integrate, much time it might require to deploy and support it.

Btw., currently, one working way for video creators to profit is to sell ads on YouTube channel.

[ruta], [Luke]

I actually spent about a month, that is about {240} hours to do the prototype, which is here, and quit my PhD studies to learn to do it. :)

You're very welcome, [yrik], welcome to Infinity Project :) Hope it helps!

Cool, [Mindey] thank you for contribution and Idea!

[yrik], I'd contribute to support buying even a little bit more expensive containers,..