''Ideas are works in progress '' -- ThinkingOutLoud DonaldNoyes Started.20060922 Followup.20110812 

They progress as they interact in the mindsets of the people engaged with them. They exist in many different forms and are found to be valuable by those who fit them in to their plans of action.

''This sounds like Memetics. Transfering memes back and forth and forming ideas in the heads of the people involved.''

That is one way an individual may find of valuing this concept.
----
'''Idea Forms'''
* O''''''ralPresentationOfIdeas
** P''''''resentingIdeasToAudiences
***  http://www.cs.duke.edu/brd/
***  http://www.virtualsalt.com/oralrpt.htm
***  Designing Oral Presentations
*** http://www.howtostudy.org/resources_subject.php?id=25
* I''''''deaConversations
** C''''''onversationWithUsers -- http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HowUserStoriesAreExtractedFromUsers....

* W''''''rittenPresentationOfIdeas
** Preliminaries
*** B''''''rainStorming
**** H''''''andwrittenNotations
**** . CrcCards -- http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CrcCards
**** . F''''''ormingIdeas -- http://www.zimmertech.com/mega4_2.html
*** Sharing Thoughts
**** Expressing/Sharing -- http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ThinkingOutLoud
** W''''''ellFormingIdeas
*** S''''''tructuredApproach
**** http://www.elec.uq.edu.au/doc/Thesis_guide/phdth1.html
**** http://www.elec.uq.edu.au/doc/Thesis_guide/phdth2.html
**** http://www.elec.uq.edu.au/doc/Thesis_guide/phdth3.html
*** P''''''rojectSpecifications
*** Reports
*** Research
*** Schemas

* K''''''indsOfIdeas
** P''''''rocessIdeas
*** E''''''xtremeProcesses -- http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgrammingRoadmap
*** A''''''gileProcesses -- http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AgileProcesses
*** ...
** P''''''atternIdeas
*** S''''''oftwareReuse
**** Patterns
**** . Software -- http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SoftwarePatterns
**** ...
** P''''''ictureIdeas
*** I''''''deaVisualizations
*** Lateral thinking - D''''''rawAndConnectIdeas -- http://www.conceptdraw.com/labs/index.php/2007/03/02/omega-mapping/
** Quotes
*** ''Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.''
***  Blog: The four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don't take anything personally. 3. Don't make assumptions. 4. Always do your best. 
**** -- http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Optimism
** GroupThink
*** Mackay on madness of Ideas -- http://www.econlib.org/library/Mackay/macEx.html
*** Small group communication -- http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html
*** Balanced group thinking - storyboarding -- http://transitionstressmanage.com/BGTdefined.htm
----
Related:
* IdeasAndWork
* IdeaConception
----
CategoryIdeaForm