Lyst: Hopefully Something Useful Soon
Introducing: Lyst
This has been a little side project for a while. I kind of gave up on it for a bit when I realized that it had already been done over at instapaper.com.
But recently I’ve been thinking about all the cool stuff that’s going on with Free Network Services like laconica. This project could still prove useful if it’s built as a Free Network Service. The Free alternative to instapaper. Plus I’m sure I could think up some cool features that instapaper doesn’t have 
So I want to turn this into a FLOSS project. I don’t really know what that entails. To start, I’m going to add a little “about” page and GPL the code very very soon (hopefully). From there, maybe it’s an svn repo, an project on sourceforge, and a wiki? I don’t really know, and to be honest I don’t mind handing this project off to someone else if she has more time to organize it and make it happen. I just want to see it happen.
Please contact me if you’re interested in helping out with this project.
FLOSS projects can take a fair bit of time. But they can be fun!
Take a look at any project you use now, and see how they structure their community. If you like it, and it’s working for them, flat-out copy them.
One of the big things you’re competing for is volunteer and attention time from other people.