A Full-on Spreadsheet Program, Web 2.0 Style

0You know you totally missed the innovation window if even the Wall Street Journal is clued into this one.

Shouldn't somebody be archiving all this interweb thing?

0Brilliant! Yes, you are sooo far ahead of the curve on this one. It was started in 1996. Better luck next time.

The Original TagCloud

0You might think you knew where clouds came from, but now you actually do know. TagCloud started in June 2005.

Build the Fastest, Lightest Cross-Platform Java RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader

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Done. In addition to an exceptional newsfeed search engine, rating and ranking tools, and requisite OPML import, RSS Owl can also export feeds or mix-n-match customized abridgements to PDF, RTF or HTML. First of kind or first of category? Not exactly, but a good reason NOT to waste time developing your own new Java RSS reader. Too late, somebody is already doing that.

3-D Contextually Aware Web Navigation

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Oh! I know! What if you could search the Web visually, so you can explore a dynamic picture of related information, instead of searching through long lists of text? That would be new and original!

Um, yeah ... in 1997 maybe.

Use tags and AJAX to transform citizen journalism

0That world be called Newsvine. You're too late, again.

Shrink a Mile-Long Linear Accelerator Down To A Couple of Meters Length

0Yep, that's done, too. You'll have to move on if you're still obsessed with acheiving the Truly Original. Newsvine - Miniature synchrotron produces first light.

Human Context Applied To Exploding Volumes of Content

0If only there were a way for humans to provide context for all this wildly proliferating content. Yep, your too late for this idea too. Since 2001, more addictive every day.