How it works
(and submission guidelines)
Roundtuit is a moderated community blog to connect people who have great ideas with people who have the desire and wherewithal (skills, time, tools, etc.) to make them happen. We call these ideas roundtuits, and there are three things we want to help you do with them:
- Give a roundtuit: You have an idea, and share it here.
- Claim a roundtuit: You see an idea that you will make real.
- Get a roundtuit: You do it (and share your success with us here)!
Give a roundtuit
A roundtuit is an idea that you know can be done, wish would be done, and that you’d just do yourself, if you could ever get a roundtuit. Note those criteria! Give a roundtuit if:
- You know it can be done. In fact, you can see exactly how. “Develop transporter technology” or “create a world without war”, despite some merit as ideas, are not roundtuits, and they don’t belong here (sorry).
- You wish it would be done. You, and hopefully the multitude, would find it wonderful, or at least slightly useful, if someone ever gets a roundtuit. Feel free to explain why, with as much entertaining detail as you can muster.
- You, personally, will never get a roundtuit. Specifically, you won’t mind if someone else gets a roundtuit, even if they give you no credit whatsoever! There shall be no legal battles when someone gets a roundtuit here!
For emphasis, we'll repeat: the more detail you can give on how to do your roundtuit, the better.
A roundtuit is not a question you want answered, useful though that might be to you. There are plenty of other fora for this (cf. lazyweb, Ask Metafilter, etc.)
A roundtuit need not be a technical idea. We'd like to see roundtuits on art, gardening, literature, juggling, music, whatever.
Roundtuits are submitted by email to givearoundtuit@gmail.com.
By default, we include your name in the contributor line. If you'd like us to include your email, another link, or would rather be anonymous, please specify this clearly in your submission.
Claim a roundtuit
Yes, go for it, make it so. Claim the roundtuit in the comments. This is also a good place to find collaborators.
Get a roundtuit
You rock! Please email us detailing on how you got a roundtuit that was posted here, and your struggles and triumphs along the way. If you have a website or blog, and want to detail your "get" there, we encourage this; send us the link. Your email should also contain a link to the roundtuit that you got.
Legal Stuff
By submitting to Roundtuit, you agree to release your submission to to the public domain, using the Creative Commons public domain dedication.