- Location: Durham, North Carolina & everywhere
- Originated: December 6, 2009
- Updated: September 2, 2010
- Status: By Request Only
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Original Projects Inc.
Nathan Wieler: Mark, Thanks for pointing out that bug. We've added this to our high priority bug jar, to ensure keywords and tagwords are searchable on the site. Thanks for your patience as we continue to fix bugs and add new features to the Original Projects site. Actually we'll be adding quite a few new features to the site this month. Regarding where to ask questions, free to message me directly with questions, or post them on the Original Projects Website project at www.originalprojects.com/projects/original-projects-website. Thanks again and we definitely appreciate your feedback!
October 31, 2010 @ 02:48 PM EDT
We are developing a destination where people can share and cultivate their original projects - ideas, passions, pursuits, inventions, endeavors, projects, experiences, etc.
Far too often, original projects are never realized because the process of developing and executing them can be complex, risky, and frustrating.
Through our unique platform, users may communicate their original projects along with the resources they need - allowing people to connect , share resources, and collaborate.
Original Projects features projects, people, articles, and videos that inspire creativity and document the art of possibility. So dive in, find a project, and change your world.
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Aaron Lubeck: Need collaboration widgets! Which ones? I have no idea. Host a charrette, use 3-4 OPs as target collaborations and see what kind of widgets multiple originators, or projects would use. I'll bring the beer.
01-25-2010 @ 9:07 PM EST
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Kurt Djemal: Bonus points for use of the word "charette" here. I'm in.
01-26-2010 @ 4:02 PM EST
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Che Patterson: Thats his second time using it. He's clearly showing off.
01-27-2010 @ 10:57 AM EST
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Alex Paulson: Must be trying to impress Kurt.
01-28-2010 @ 10:40 PM EST
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Gregg Tracton: I had to look up "charrette"... now I think I need to use it at least 3x/week @ work. thx!
02-07-2010 @ 10:39 AM EST
Recent Press
We've had some cool blogs cover Original Projects recently - check out... www.bullcityrising.com and www.architectsandartisans.com enjoy. Parting thoughts...what's your original project? and what are you doing about it? who's cultivating it with you? Nate
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What's your original project?
What’s your original project? What are you spending your time on these days? What are you passionate about? What occupies your mind? Your original project could be anything. Are you starting something? Are you building something? Are you quitting something? Are you training for something? Are you painting something? Are you growing something? Are you writing something? Are you documenting something? Are you thinking of doing something? Maybe you have an old project that you’ve been thinking of reviving—and sharing. We'd love to be the platform through which you share what you do—and aspire to do—and connect you with others who can offer you feedback, support, ideas, and even moral support—or, in some cases, needed resources. In turn, we hope you explore the site and begin to follow or join those projects that appeal to you. Of course, over the coming months, as we shift from a closed Beta to a site that’s open to the general public and our membership grows, the number and scope of projects will grow exponentially, as will points of connection. But for now, look at this as a time to get your project set up on the site and begin the process. Soon we’ll be providing you with invitations you can give others so they can join the site. For now, my parting thought is this: I think we’ll all be amazed by where connections end up coming from and what they bring to our original projects—and what we may end up creating, sharing, and discovering on the site. For let’s remember, the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. Nate
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Upcoming posts
I'm looking forward to making some posts that I've been working which include: (1) Some background and insight on Original Projects. (2) My meetings with seven venture capital firms in the month of December. Sharing thoughts and experiences of raising money for an original project (I've been through this a few times now.) (3) The struggles of developing an original project. Thoughts, insight, and Questions! on how to survive. (4) User interface design ideas, sketches, and mockups we're working on (and would love your input on). (5) A bunch of ideas for collaborative projects you may want to start up or collaborate on. (6) Why you might want to get your original projects ready for the upcoming Original Projects store and marketplace. And you may also want to keep an eye on my How to Collaborate project - where, along with other contributors, we'll be getting into ways to collaborate. My intention is to write at least one new blog entry per day (which could be on any of my original projects). So, I'm hoping this one counts! A parting thought (hey, maybe I should start trying to end my posts with this?) That wasn't it, this is it... Happy People Have Projects. Find a Happy Person and They Have a Project. (Thanks Whitney). Nate
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HELLO, Hello!
Hello, All. Welcome to Original Projects. We launched our Beta on Friday, January 15th, bugs and all! I can't wait to start blogging here (or project logging, p-logging, plogging, op-loggin, oplogging, whatdya think? cheesy?) and I'll get to that in a minute! We're going to have a ton of fun together and create hundreds, thousands, maybe millions, of super cool, interesting, fun, and inspiring original projects and change the world in a positive way, together! Let's do this! Nate
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Resources Needed
In the spirit of what we're all about - we are of course always open and in search of collaborators who are interested in helping to develop Original Projects (the website, the company, and our projects).
Web Development, Programming, Technology
We're on the lookout for some top-notch Ruby on Rails programmers who would like to join the Original Projects team. If you are one, contact us. Or if you know of one, please send them our way.
Graphic Designers
We love design. Ahhhh, the joy and contentment we feel when we create or experience wonderful, clean, simple, modern design. And that's generally the focus we try to take with respect to the interface design of the Original Projects website. Of course, in areas outside of the interface design there's also definitely a place for design that goes in all sorts of direction to stimulate the senses.
Illustrators
Have a special place in our heart. We'd love to hear from you and see your work. Illustration will become a huge part of Original Projects. There's a reason why our logo is a handwritten font.
Writers
We have a few great writers on our team, but we're on the look out for a few more.
Attorneys
We like the experience and perspective you can bring to collaboration models, structures, and agreements. And of course, many of our members want to better understand and execute ways of protecting their intellectual property - some of which will be owned by individuals other times groups. We're looking for attorneys that love getting involved in cutting edge stuff and are open to various compensation structures.
Filmmakers, Photographers, Animators, Motionographers
Ohhh yes. Send us some love.
We'll stop here for now. But you probably get the picture that Original Projects is an original project, like every other original project on the site, and we choose to build through collaboration.
Let's do this together!
Current Resources
Design
We are fortunate to have a great design team with a background that spans web, video, product design, architecture, land design & development, and even modern birdhouses :)
Technology
Consisting of a team of individuals who have worked together before from 1999 - 2003 developing a prior company called Zoom Culture along with new faces. We're developed our site on the Ruby on Rails platform (after initially developing the site with PHP).
Sales & Business Development
Individuals with a track record creating deals out of thin air, creating business from scratch. This is soon becoming a larger focus as we turn on:
(1) the Original Projects store/marketplace where members can sell and raise funds for their original projects (and goods & services related to their original projects),
(2) the Services side of Original Projects where we'll be featuring a line-up of original service providers who can help members develop their original projects,
(3) Original Projects events in cool physical spaces downtown in cities around the world.
(4) some other cool stuff in the works to bring value to our members and your original projects.





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