I’ve had this idea for a few weeks and I finally want to move it forward or forget it.
In a nut shell Prior Art will be a podcast (weekly or bi-monthly to start) that will discuss ideas and inventions sent in by listeners. The stated invention is to enter into the public domain ideas and systems before large corporations and patent trolls can patent them.
By discussing them “on air” with technology experts and providing a forum to discuss these ideas I hope to speed up the dissemination of great ideas ultimately leading to real world and practical applications.
The show will be 30-40 minutes, consisting of 3 or 4 segments with technology experts, commentators, bloggers, developers etc. Interviews will be conducted over Skype, interviewees will be encouraged to constructively comment on the ideas of that weeks show. A range of experts will discuss the technological and business aspects of the idea.
Listeners will be encouraged to comment on the ideas and also create examples, hopefully leading to some interesting collaborations and great new technology.
A tentative tag line is, “Open Source Ideas” and the show its self will be licensed under creative commons.
What I need is, firstly you thoughts on the idea and show format. Secondly ideas to discuss in the show and thirdly experts, commentators bloggers, enthusiasts willing to give up 30 minutes to recored their segment. I won’t be paying anyone, but you can shamelessly plug your blog, book, web site etc…
How can you help?
1. Send me ideas
2. Sign Up to record a segment (send me an email or get me on Twitter)
3. Tweet about it (don’t forget a link to this blog post)
4. Leave a comment bellow about ideas etc
5. Digg this blog post
6. Blog about the idea.