Schedule and Experience Life

by Rebecca Thorman on August 273 Comments
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It’s Free Idea Friday! I like ideas. Others might say I need focus. So here’s an old one cluttering my head. Ideas are free. Execution isn’t. Take my idea, let it live long and prosper in your capable hands.

I like the trend of experiences over consumption, and I like the proliferation of web services and apps that integrate your online and offline experiences – I’m thinking about  location-based apps (Facebook Places, Foursquare, Gowalla), and those calendaring and event services ( Plancast, Tungle, Socializr).

Wouldn’t it be hot though if these services married and made babies on your iPhone?

Start an Independent TV & Film Site

by Rebecca Thorman on August 134 Comments
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I like ideas. Others might say I need focus. So, here are some old ones cluttering my head. Ideas are free. Execution isn’t. Take my idea, let it live long and prosper in your capable hands. Tell me when you’ve brought it to fruition. I’ll be the first to promote it.

There are really great plot lines and true stories out there, but they’re often difficult to find even with, or likely because of,  the magnanimous amount of choice we have today. Let’s face it. It’s easy to start watching Dating in the Dark when you’ve watched all the newest TED videos and have nowhere else to turn.

Build a Good Place to Work

by Rebecca Thorman on August 068 Comments
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I like ideas. Others might say I need focus. So, here are some old ones cluttering my head. Ideas are free. Execution isn’t. Take my idea, let it live long and prosper in your capable hands. Tell me when you’ve brought it to fruition. I’ll be the first to promote it.

There is a huge market for a new kind of place to work.  No one wants to work in offices, which are formal and rarely conducive to teamwork or creativity, and few people – after the first few months of it, really – like working at home either. It’s lonely and it’s expensive to set up right.

Create Your Own To-Do App

by Rebecca Thorman on July 307 Comments
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I like ideas. Others might say I need focus. So, here are some old ones cluttering my head. Ideas are free. Execution isn’t. Take my idea, let it live long and prosper in your capable hands. Tell me when you’ve brought it to fruition. I’ll be the first to promote it.

Productivity systems are incredibly personal. What works for one person might work for another… if only it was tweaked a bit. Create a platform that allows the user to pull together different modules to create their perfect to-do app.

Much in the same way bloggers add widgets to their sites, to-do app users could easily add modules like “Weekly Lists,” “Goals,” and “Next Week’s Tasks” in a proprietary editor to create their custom productivity app.