April and May ideas

ideas from April + May, 2024

published on 4.20.24, updated 05.03.24

I've had a few ideas that need somewhere to go besides my text threads with myself.

• A simple site that lets you type any public person's name in and returns one video, one essay or article or interview, and one book. That's it.
• A universal review site. A protocol for book reviews.
• A translator from cities you know and love to new ones you are visiting. It takes a location as input (say your favorite bookstore, cafe, or vinyl store back home) and outputs the closest match to the city you are visiting.
• A podcast radio station that lets you hop around stations dropping you into the middle of ongoing podcasts.
• A shared idea space where anyone can upload their ideas that they don't quite have the time or skill to execute on at the moment. Then use LLMs to "cross-pollinate" ideas between users.
• Austin Texas app. Open source. Make it cute and cozy like an animal crossing app, featuring local ads, events, recommendations, and announcements.
• walking watch, simple beautiful watch with up to ten mins of audio recording for ideas. save audio when reconnecting to home wifi after a walk.

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