A 1-on-1 clone of GMail, but installable on any webserver. I love the GMail interface but I hate to have my mail on their servers for obvious reasons. Same goes for Reader, Calendar and Docs.
Post a possibly good app idea that you have no intention of doing yourself.
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#72Video games for dogs?
Yes! Clearly: a harness with a slot for a Wii-mote. Implement for cats also, branded "MWii-ow."
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#73something that takes my last.fm played feed and outputs a feed of new album releases I would like.
really last.fm should do this.
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#74A SLIME* for Python, Perl or Ruby (http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/).
All of these languages have a powerful reflection/meta programming facility (yes, Perl included). So technically, something like could be implemented:
1) The server (using Twisted in Python or POE in Perl) listens for requests. Requests are for objects.
2) The server looks at the request, serializes it into a s-exp describing the state of the object sent to it.
3) Emacs then looks at the s-exp and decides what to do with the object initially looked at (suggest a method to complete/use on? highlights it red if it's wrong? bring up HTML formated documentation, etc...)
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#75Some kind of GPS-based app for a mobile device that works out how you get to and from work and tries and puts you in touch with others who work closeby and the hours that you do for the sake of carpooling.
Using your phone to reduce carbon emissions.
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#76Something that takes blog posts from a related cluster of blogs and presents them as a threaded newsgroup.
I love that idea. I'd use it.
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#77A first-aid application for e.g. iPhone which shouts at me what to do when finding an unconscious person. With clear voice and pictures that I can even understand if my head's in "omg omg he's dying what to do what to do" mode.
(Perhaps such an app exists; I'm too far away from an iTunes-capable computer right now to check.)
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#78Ad exploder. An add-in for FF and IE that lets you "explode" ads by clicking on them, complete with sound effects and animation (or not). After you explode the ad, you'll never see any more material in that spot again.
I don't just want to not see ads, I want something with some visceral action, something to make the ads not want to come back! -- ie, something fun.
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#79A database of MAC addresses of stolen equipment. Participants install a client which listens for the MAC addresses of all computers in the local network, alerting the participant that the new possessor of a stolen MacBook Pro 15", 2006 edition, two deep scratches on the lid, seems to be nearby.
Of course, you'd have to find a way of guarding against malicious entries.
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#80Here's one I spent a month researching last year and couldn't find a partner -- a virtual commodities exchange. An online commodities market for WoW gold, HotOrNot flowers, anything else that only exists in virtual reality.
This would be complete with futures trading and derivatives.
(Lots of other details required to make it work. Email me if you'd like to hear more)