Ideas for your next web app?
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On a slight tangent, for the past month or so I've begun making a list of all the random ideas that pop into my head or get suggested by others. My old-self would guard this list to death but having been on HN for years, I realize sharing ideas is often better. Here's my list of every idea that interests me: http://bulletxt.zetabee.com/share?n=1548888784&h=SHdydmJ... - it is in no specific order other than small/medium/large to denote the expected effort I think a project will take.
I'm very optimistic that now that I have a real list, I will be more easily able to check some of those off. Do others here on HN maintain similar lists of apps/projects that you want do some day?
It's clear that some of those are just thoughts you have bouncing around, and are not very well fleshed out on your list. Or in other words, I read them on your list, and I'm not sure what you are trying to propose as a project.
I think some of the projects that you have marked "small" could easily become large projects if not careful!
And, I think the screenshot web page is a good idea! Would you be offended if someone else did that? (I probably won't, but I still think it's a good idea.) This is one of those cases where registering the domain name (I checked) might be a good idea, if you would get offended by someone taking that idea, at least force them to choose a new name.
I have absolutely no problems with anyone else making these apps or buying the domain names including screenshotnow.com. In fact I expect others to either make these apps or completely obsolete them by making other things that work even better. I move things down to the 'baked' section once I find something has been already made well. E.g. I wanted to make an equation solver/calculator-creator using JSMath. It would let anyone with very basic math skills to create say, a mortgage calculator using simple formulas. Then anyone could fill in the variables to get the answer. And you could share your calculators with others. One day I found this: http://my.instacalc.com/calc/429c5824467344b29f3dbdb57c58498... and it does almost exactly what I wanted to do (though I would have a different/nicer UI).
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ag-R_ZlGO21NdE9HSWRk...
It's all about execution right? Not exactly. As this list proves: good ideas are hard to find, don't like to be let out of their secret boxes and don't exactly grow on trees.
So no.. it isn't all about execution as so many people have said on this board.. It may be that through execution you come to refine the original idea but to make something people want you need a good idea + good execution.
Would you mind posting some designs? I'm always interested in seeing others' ingenuity in the clothing industry. (/pun)
Isn't there a YC-backed startup that does this? I seem to recall meeting one of the founders at one of the parties after last year's Startup School, but I can't remember the company's name for the life of me.