Airlines - They are nearly all just a pain in the ass to deal with. When was the last time you heard someone tell you how they had a great experience with an airline?
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#12Sheep herd mentality. It also annoys me when my CD skips
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#13People in the left lane driving with a speed <= or 1mph faster than the people in the right lane.
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#14Reading posts with a lot of comments in HN. I never know what comments are new without looking to the date (sometimes they are hundreds).
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#15Naggers
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#16Politicians
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#17Email - Not a lot has changed in the past 20 years, I think we can do better.
Yes, Gmail was pretty innovative but I still think there are plenty of things to improve.
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#19Things to do - I find it really hard to find things to go out and do in my spare time, events listings never seem to have something that interests me, same with tourist guides although they can be better. Asking friends is always an order of magnitude better.
I've long thought there is a serious opportunity in connecting organizations who provide fun things to do with people looking for fun things to do. I had an (unpursued) idea a while back to create a single-serving site called, "What should I do this weekend?" Another idea was a subscription-based service that organizes adult "field trips" every weekend.
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#20Email - Not a lot has changed in the past 20 years, I think we can do better. Yes, Gmail was pretty innovative but I still think there are plenty of things to improve.
Fully agreed, I think wave was an awesome concept, but a terrible implementation.
Managing email programatically in particular for me is a nightmare, sendgrid is an awesome service, but processing incoming email should be much easier. (I have yet to try lampson)