This story, including photos of some of the people involved is posted in full on the nowPublic News site ( http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/new-software-tool-elguji-software-designed-cultivate-nurture-ideas ). I invite you all to visit the site and read the full article (if for no other reason but to see the smiling mugs of some well-known people in the Lotus software community).
"New Software Tool From Elguji Software Designed to Cultivate, Nurture Ideas
Vancouver, WA (Oct 16, 2007) – Vancouver (WA) based Elguji Software (pronounced “el-GOO-jee”) has announced the pending availability of their new “Elguji Ideas” software. The software that will be used to support a new social networking site for the IBM Lotus Software Community called “Idea Jam”. This site will be unique in that it will allow worldwide users of IBM Lotus Software to exchange ideas on how to improve Lotus software products. User on the site can help promote and/or demote ideas, as well as providing feedback through participatory comments. This will allow for popular ideas to rise to the top, while bad or poorly conceived ideas will be vetted out. Unlike blogs and discussion forums, Idea Jam will provide a single place for the Lotus Software community to share and promote ideas and suggestions on how to improve IBM Lotus Software.
“The model of blogs and online discussion forums does not support the generation and ranking of ideas,” says Bruce Elgort of Elguji Software (left). “There are too many different ones scattered around the Internet, with no one place to come to consensus.”
There is also a personal mission for Elgort in this project. His daughter Danielle died at age 7 of a brain tumour. Part of the revenue from all sales of the software, and from revenue generated by ads on the Idea Jam site, will be donated to a yet to be named charity that supports the care of children with Cancer.
Sean Burgess (right), along with Matt White of Fynn Consulting in the United Kingdom were key players in the development of this new software tool and social networking site.
The full story is available on nowPublic ( http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/new-software-tool-elguji-software-designed-cultivate-nurture-ideas ). "