Progress
The planning began in 2000 when we filled dozens of notebooks with ideas that later turned into a wide array of technical specifications. More and more skilled people continued to join, brainstorm, and code the project. We formally incorporated in 2006. We have a solid development environment, a well developed database, extensive screen + Ul design, a streamlined framework, well-implemented features, detailed specs, and business and financial plans. Much of the initial phase of the site is currently functional, but not yet open to the public. We expect to be launching an alpha release in mid-2008.
The ideas we've had are good ones. Many of our initial plans from 2000 and 2001 have since been proved prophetic in the marketplace. We have been pleased to see other well implemented "web 2.0" sites prove many of the ideas we've been toting. This includes sites such as flickr, YouTube, facebook, iTunes, iStockphoto, and del.icio.us. The Human Creativity Project will interoperate with and benefit other sites which also help creators.
There are an astonishing number of concepts and technologies which we will be introducing to the world. We have detailed technical specifications and plans for many future projects which are ideal for building on top of our most current work