A few thoughts on Open Sourcing to chew on...(Please excuse me if I ramble):
Open Sourcing is awesome. And trendy. Hence my blog. (Don't hate)
Part of me wants to link Open Sourcing to communism, since so many people can benefit while no single entity takes ownership. At the same time, something about Open Sourcing seems to be so inherently American. The idea that anyone, rich, poor, old, young, smart, or stupid - can contribute to a cause greater than any one person and somehow, for better or for worse, (but hopefully for better), insert a piece of themselves into the eventual final product.
One should always wear protection when open sourcing or when getting involved with someone who has been around the open sourcing proverbial block. It's true! The statistics that I estimate in my head don't lie, but the latest I heard is that 1 out of 4 of all open sores, er sourcers, come out of their open sourcing experience dejected and used with nothing to show for it. Though the majority will play the game by the unwritten open source rules, you always have to protect yourself from those out to make a quick profit.
Shouldn't there be a set of written rules for Open Sourcing? Is there? Or does that take away from the whole mystique of Open Sourcing? If there is nothing established (please let me know if there is), maybe we should start a movement to open source some rules? Just a thought.
What if you could open source your girlfriend (or boyfriend)? Actually, it would probably be best to try the open sourcing first on girlfriends. Guys typically are looking for the same sort of assets and traits in their girlfriends. Girls do not seem to go for the same predictable qualities, so we will probably have to polish the process a bit before attempting to open source the perfect boyfriend. Actually, thinking back, my experience with girls has led me to the unbiased conclusion that women don't know what they want - so maybe we need to wait a bit for evolution to catch up for open sourcing to be a viable solution for the ladies looking for the right guy.
Anyways, back to my original point, how far away are we from open sourcing our girlfriends? Or, what if we just need a solution to an argument, can we somehow open source our disagreement to use the wisdom of the crowds to come up with the best solution? What benefit, then, do the assisting open sourcers get out of helping my lady and I through a fight? Any ideas? Is it a pay it forward kind of system?
I think if we would have open sourced the SuperBowl, the Cardinals would have won. In a not really but kind of related note, if one day we're able to open source our girlfriends, I think I'd rather have Kurt Warner's inputs than Ben Roethlisburger's. I'm just sayin...Picture of Warner's stable and attractive looking wife aside, Big Ben just doesn't seem like a guy that would have the same interests in women as myself. To bring this blog full circle, I would definitely add some sort of protection into the mix if Big Ben were somehow linked or involved with my open sourced girlfriend - if you catch my drift. I don't want to be running post routes on the same field as him...
So, I'll add more rambling as I can, but my stomach is starting to grumble. Maybe I should open source my lunch decision for the day? Any ideas?
I'll pay it forward at a later date by supplying my inputs as to how we can make your boyfriend or girlfriend better.
