What crazy, wonderful ideas would you implement if your income came from a different source (such as a day job), and, as such, you simply wanted to make things people want, but didn't have the pressure to monetize?
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#2I created StoryMash.com
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#3Something blurring the lines further between Pac-Man and pie charts.
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#4I would do more hardware based kind of stuff.
I would want to work on life/work/web integration. Like cross referencing gallons of gas in your car, with the number of gallons expected to burn on the way home, and anticipate the next time you will need a fill up, while checking your bank account balance, and having a web interface to do ALL of this.
Making things like a webcam you pin on to your kid that is also a gps tracker that will let you see what your kid see's at pre-school.
Stuff like that.
Note: I would have to learn a lot of stuff to make these things happen.
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#5A network of independent, redundant, internet archives.
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#6a social network for fictional people. like facebook except you don't have to feel guilty when you lie about everything
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#7A programming language. And possibly a peer-to-peer filesharing network using it.
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#8An alternative to hierarchical file systems.
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#9Something blurring the lines further between Pac-Man and pie charts.
You could totally monetize the hell out of that idea.
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#10An open social graph where each user owns their own data that would 1) keep that data protected, 2) let the user decide which parts of their data is visible to the web applications of their choosing, and 3) not able to be exploited by the likes of Microsoft and Google to better merchandise to users. This type of system will never get built because there's only money in using a user's data against them and users won't pay out of pocket for such a service.