Too Late To Be First

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

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

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

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

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

Yep, 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

If 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.

A Leaning Sytem of keywords or lists to find relevant blogs, reviews, news, and such

It's called Megite, and It's Alive!

Visual Process Management for Tablet PC

You were too late to this party way back in 1994. I've been using Mindjet MindManager since 2004. It takes some willingness to learn new ways of working, but can be very effective for all kinds of project management and process visualization. Fantastic for tablet PC, but great for any PC. Free trialware available for download.

From books on tape to books on iPod

Yep. You can check 'em out, 10 at a time, 24 hours a day. Thanks to NetLibrary, you'll have to hit the books again in search of your shot at Original Glory.