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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by lukasm » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:57 PM UTC

grinich wrote: post #76

lukasm wrote: post #46

Spotify released iOS SDK. Can someone make an app that will just have one button? Just play the goddamn music. I think Spotify works on the wrong level of abstraction. It should work exactly like a radio. Many people just want to listen some good music for running, relaxing etc. They couldn't care less about following artists and making playlists. Also, I'd like to be able to play it while I'm on a train. Pre-fech 30…

Songza is pretty great for this. http://songza.com/ iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/songza/id453111583?mt=8

iOS app is US only and the website is broken. When I click on the play button it redirects to the home page.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

#92

Post by robobro » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:57 PM UTC

hooande wrote: post #72

A solution for the "too many tabs open" problem. Need a way to save my history in an organized and interactive manner, with a nice looking UI. Sort of like the old WebMynd ( http://webmynd.com ). I find that most of my tabs are open as a form of reminder. If I close it, I'll forget it and might as well not have seen it. Same if I hide it away in some kind of bookmarking app. I think it would be best to apply a UI lay…

How about tab grouping? Or multiple windows?

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

#93

Post by lucb1e » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:57 PM UTC

raldi wrote: post #44

A way for employees to push back against their coworkers when they email too much crap to too wide an audience. In other words, I wish my Inbox had a little voting widget next to each message: +------------------------------------+ | 4,376 people received this message | | | | [Cool, it was ] [It was a waste] | | [important and] [of my time to ] | | [worthy of our] [ read this ] | | [ time ] [ message ] | | | +-------…

That's actually brilliant, thanks for sharing!

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by raldi » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:58 PM UTC

pcx wrote: post #60

raldi wrote: post #44

A way for employees to push back against their coworkers when they email too much crap to too wide an audience. In other words, I wish my Inbox had a little voting widget next to each message: +------------------------------------+ | 4,376 people received this message | | | | [Cool, it was ] [It was a waste] | | [important and] [of my time to ] | | [worthy of our] [ read this ] | | [ time ] [ message ] | | | +-------…

Isn't Gmail Priority Inbox a solution for this use case? I don't use it, but keep an eye out on it's classification efficiency, looks like it does a fine job already.

No, because it doesn't close the feedback loop: It neither encourages good writers to keep writing, nor does it discourage de facto internal spammers.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by jrvarela56 » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:58 PM UTC

Im having trouble organising the information I consume. I have tried using a mix of Google Bookmarks, Youtube's watch later, GDocs, Evernote, Pocket, Dropbox (for pdfs/books) and tldr.io.

There has to be something that encompasses the full 'learning process': find content, read/watch/listen it, summarise its most important points, list actionables, revisit it in the future...

This maybe too personal to standardise, but even a 'convention over configuration' approach would keep people like me from feeling stuck.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by BraveNewCurency » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:58 PM UTC

postsantum wrote: post #21

A notepad that can send my handwritten notes to the cloud. It should have a mini-scaner embedded into the top cover so when I want to backup a note, I just close the notepad, push the cover, remove the first page, close, push again. None of these ipad apps can substitute the good old pencil drawings

This might be relevant: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mimototech/mimoto-smart...

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by marmano » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:58 PM UTC

A voting system based on the Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System behind Bitcoin. The major reasons votes couldn't be conducted electronically is because of trust issues and today we have a technology that solves that. I think this could potentially disrupt voting if properly executed.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

#98

Post by iamwithnail » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:59 PM UTC

quaunaut wrote: post #47

This is less an idea, more something for someone to think about. We need to figure out how to defeat the internet echo chamber effect. Notice how often, when a community gets started between a small group of people(such as early Reddit or HN), it's a place of intelligent, productive discussion, where people measure what they say instead of just spouting extreme rhetoric? Yet, once these communities grow, you inevitab…

The issue isn't just about the internet echo chamber though, it's a more fundamental thing that people seek out news sources and opinions that reinforce their own biases - totally the right thing to tackle, but it's not just about internet communities.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by robobro » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:59 PM UTC

gamegoblin wrote: post #9

A programmer social network. I find myself with two distinct sets of friends on Facebook: my tech friends and my normal friends. With my tech friends, I just want to post neat snippets of code as statuses and share github gists on walls and whatnot. So I'd like basically github with more social elements thrown in. Imagine seeing a cool repo, then being able to friend the owner, and open a chat box to have a quick cha…

Facebook Groups work well for this for me. Twitter too. And IRC...

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by lucb1e » Sun, Apr 06, 2014, 6:59 PM UTC

joshmn wrote: post #89

A demo mode for browsers. Incognito / private mode kind of solves this, but form autocompletes, and browser history when I enter a URL doesn't always contain stuff I want to show in front of my clients.

Doesn't Chrome have a guest session kinda thing? And Firefox Mobile?