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web/internet ideas
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The Tribe of Woolgatherers
In 1992 I got my first email account (@tuba.aix.calpoly.edu) and like everyone at the time, whenever I’d open up Pine at one of the university provided terminals, I’d have an inbox full of jokes someone forwarded to me. I loved the jokes, but I was always annoyed by the endless scroll to get down to…
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Ransom Letters
One of my earlier web experiments was to make an “image font” of the letters used in stereotypical ransom letters (see Ransom Letters). These were letters of the alphabet cut out from magazines. I still remember the old card table I had that was covered with these letters I cut out of old Wired magazines.…
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The New Baby Name Index
One of my earliest websites that had its own URL and press was The New Baby Name Index. It was one of the first of its kind and someone with less ideas would have run with it and found a way to translate the press it got into money. But alas, I had many other…
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Super Bowl Ads
I had this idea back during the Internet bubble (before we knew it as such) when everyone was spending gross sums on Super Bowl ads. A startup that wanted to be noticed needed to spend most of their VC money on the ads. But what about all of the startups and brands that couldn’t afford…
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Historical Wiki
I think that I speak for nearly everyone in the world who’s been on the internet that Wikipedia is an amazingly useful website. Just blows my mind the ways I use it and to think of what I had to do to find the same information before it came around. But while Wikipedia is a…
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WeatherSMS
So today, was out, and it rained. Happens every day in some place in the world, right? But we’ve got the internet! So, just as my Google Calendar will send me a text message before my dentist appointment, why can’t I get the weather messaged to me? Well, that’s not too revolutionary. But what about…
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Outsource This!
outsource glossary. provide the text for pop-up glossary terms forwebsites. they can brand. include text ads? upsell for branding? no ads? users can provide feedback and hone blurbs… faq too?
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To Do, More Done
There are a lot of sites that have tackled the “to do” list niche. Not sure if any of them is going into territories such as: Taking these factors into consideration could allow for Gantt chart style output that helps see when to do items can actually be done.
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Take Picture Here
This one brings the “real” world in line with the “virtual” one. We’ve all seen those “scenic vista” and “photo opportunity” type signs at national parks, theme parks, zoos, etc. They try to highlight just the right place for a little excitement to capture on film (or pixels). Listening to a discussion today about moblogging…
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Shut-Itster.com
Sitting through a web conference hyping Web 2.0 and web communities, I realize (yet again) how much I am not that demographic. I have rarely ever chatted, posted to newsgroups, hung out on blogs, etc. So, with the proliferation of MySpace, Facebook and Friendster, why isn’t there a Shut-itster which would be a (parody) social…