[Razengan]

On the general topic of ideas, I think necessity really is the mother of invention.

Even if it's just the need to make a living, or a desire to see something that you think would be cool but doesn't exist.

As for coming up with "something truly new", sometimes it's just about re-arranging what already exists into a never-before tried configuration.

e.g. Some people would say the iPhone was nothing new, how it borrowed/stole something from everyone going back to the first caveman etc., while others remember how different the industry (I daresay, world even) was before and after it.

It would be nice if there was a public git repository of random ideas for everyone to add to and build upon. A crowdsourced brainstorming session over time.