For those that want to take time off from reading this big ass thread. Here are two handy links:

J-L posts: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=46556;sa=showPosts
C-F-B posts: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=166843;sa=showPosts

If anyone has an inspiration for an interesting NXT server/messaging/agents project and needs a developer, let me know by PM. I'll be in my code cave patiently awaiting 0.6.0 refactor and meditating on some novel ideas for NXT projects.