Jacob's Ideas
A collection of ideas, brainstorms, and project concepts spanning from MIT hackathons to current AI research. Some are actively being pursued; others are seeds waiting for the right moment.
Active Ideas
Ideas being actively pursued or developed.
| Idea | Description |
|---|---|
| [[lifex | LifeX]] |
| [[model-skill-files | Model Skill Files (World Diff)]] |
Brainstorms
Written up and thought through, but not yet started.
| Idea | Description |
|---|---|
| [[context-engineering-prize | The Context Engineering Prize]] |
| [[universal-identity | Universal Identity System]] |
Research Directions
Ongoing research and monitoring, not a single buildable product.
| Idea | Description |
|---|---|
| [[open-social-web | Open Social Web]] |
Hackathon Concepts
Ideas from the MIT era — some prescient, some playful, all genuine.
| Idea | Description |
|---|---|
| [[thunderpledge | ThunderPledge]] |
| [[instaquote | InstaQuote (PhotoQuote)]] |
| [[ideaoverflow | IdeaOverflow]] |
| [[favorverse | Favorverse]] |
| [[political-donation-clearinghouse | Political Donation Clearinghouse]] |
| [[shortcut-coach | Shortcut Coach]] |
| [[pitch-based-scrolling | Pitch-Based Scrolling]] |
| [[guitar-hero-typing-tutor | Guitar Hero Typing Tutor]] |
| [[instadefine | InstaDefine]] |
| [[admitsphere | AdmitSphere]] |
| [[bigscreen | BigScreen]] |
| [[emergency-pizza-button | Emergency Pizza Button]] |
| [[digital-oxford-libraries | Digital Oxford Libraries]] |
18 ideas and counting. Last updated April 2026.