There's no real pattern here. Just a few ideas for new websites that have been rolling around in my head.
1. Website idea: Central, shared contact information. I'd like to have a place where I can post my name, address, website, social media accounts (and a way to indicate whether I'm a regular user or I have an account but never use it), etc. for friends. Then, I'd like to show a slightly different profile to family. A third profile for prospective employers. Maybe a fourth or fifth for different clubs or hobbies that I participate in. Ideally, friends and family would create their own profiles, and they'd be able to subscribe to updates from mine. If I move or get a new phone number, I could update it there, and all of the right people would see it or be notified.
2. A "verifying" link shortening service. There are a bunch of services out there like https://tinyurl.com/ or https://is.gd/ . I'd like to see one that rates the honesty of the article or site that it points to, and then, if there are any questions about the integrity of the article, it stops to warn you that the article is bogus before you click through. This would be tremendously helpful for social media. Imagine someone sharing a link, but when you click it, the first thing you see is a warning that the article is false, and 93% of the articles on the site are false. I think it could be pretty useful.
3. A service-independent way to link to specific songs online. If you want to share a song with someone, it'd be nice if you could send a link that would work regardless of whether they use iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Deezer, etc. In the short term, this could probably be accomplished by creating yet another site that points people to all of the different services. In the longer term, a structured way to present this kind of information would be great.
1. Website idea: Central, shared contact information. I'd like to have a place where I can post my name, address, website, social media accounts (and a way to indicate whether I'm a regular user or I have an account but never use it), etc. for friends. Then, I'd like to show a slightly different profile to family. A third profile for prospective employers. Maybe a fourth or fifth for different clubs or hobbies that I participate in. Ideally, friends and family would create their own profiles, and they'd be able to subscribe to updates from mine. If I move or get a new phone number, I could update it there, and all of the right people would see it or be notified.
2. A "verifying" link shortening service. There are a bunch of services out there like https://tinyurl.com/ or https://is.gd/ . I'd like to see one that rates the honesty of the article or site that it points to, and then, if there are any questions about the integrity of the article, it stops to warn you that the article is bogus before you click through. This would be tremendously helpful for social media. Imagine someone sharing a link, but when you click it, the first thing you see is a warning that the article is false, and 93% of the articles on the site are false. I think it could be pretty useful.
3. A service-independent way to link to specific songs online. If you want to share a song with someone, it'd be nice if you could send a link that would work regardless of whether they use iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Deezer, etc. In the short term, this could probably be accomplished by creating yet another site that points people to all of the different services. In the longer term, a structured way to present this kind of information would be great.
In my opinion, idea #1 is the best and a good one. #2 makes me skeptical of how it could work, and since I rarely share links, well.... and #3, sure sounds good.
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