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The entire journey is very inspiring. I wonder what she will do now that it's done? You could take this idea and run with it into other niches, like music or photography projects.

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Or if you're really ambitious (also: independently wealthy), try a new niche each day. Must have been draining coming up with a new toy-size web project to do daily...

This is by far the most interesting aspect of her journey. What was her process for coming up with 180 unique ideas over 180 days? It's like there's some secret wellspring of creativity she happened to stumble across.

When I think about what she's accomplished here, I get stuck in a mental loop like, "How the heck did she think of 180 projects, each able to be completed by a non-veteran developer within a single 8-hour work session, and then unfailingly complete them all?"

Congrats, Jennifer!

The secret is that there is no secret. The more time you spend on generating ideas, the better you will be at it-- just like any other skill.

"Before I started the project I freaked out and wrote down a list of every idea I could think of. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to run out of ideas but I usually get inspired by what I've been working on."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6097456

Wow. Kudos!

a good friend of mine had done a similar photo project a few years ago: 100 days of kissing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29413748@N00/sets/7215762279459...). He was capturing a "kiss a day" with his girlfriend in front of a different London landmark for 100 consecutive days :)

So, he was learning to kiss? the 180 web project was about learning.

I don't know about you, but I'm sure that there could be some benefit from practicing something like that with diligence.

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