Idea Is Queen!

This morning, a new possibility of BegForVisit + MyBlogLog suddenly strikes me. Under MyBlogLog’s current design, If I want to check a reader’s website, I have to click his/her icon or ID, and I will be led to a personal profile/ communities page. Then again I have to click on the link beside a […]

An interesting new startup, BegForPost, where you can beg influential media to cover your startup/ blogs. But I think even you beg Michael Arrington 3 times a day, he is still too busy to mention yours on TechCrunch. So, for me, I would like to beg readers directly, if one day I have no choice […]

Steve Poland’s new (not quite new now) startup, RingSide Startup, provides an opportunity for everyone to learn how to build a startup from A to Z, . He will disclose the process and progress everyday on its blog, along with advice/ comments from experienced entrepreneurs and VCs. If you donate money (ranging from $5 to […]

After posting the Idea Day25, in which I mentioned continuous partial attention syndrome in the end, my mind was occupied by brainstorming a way to alleviate this problem. And the following is what I came up with, though it’s not a web based idea.
As web workers, we are multitaskers, and often suffer from syndrome of […]

So here is scribd, youtube for documents. That’s brilliant, which makes me think: Is there anything that can’t be uploaded to the Internet and share with others and become the next youtube-of-*.*? It seems that files in a garbage can can also be users generated content on the net. I call this cyberspace recycling, RecycleTube.
From […]

To synchronize status of read/unread RSS feeds at different computers/locations, we can take advantage of the likes of Google Reader, Bloglines, NewsGator, netvibes, as long as there is Internet connectivity. It’s useful enough for most users, but not for the ones (me) relaying heavily on offline feeds readers. I endlessly face a problem of sorting […]

Many new startups can help you make choice of websites. StumbleUpon picks up websites for you, based on your past selection, your interest as others, or sites popularly ranked by other viewers. Most recommendation mechanisms of web 2.0 sites are derived from users’ “past rational behavior”, such as what SNS I have engaged, what key […]

Every time after a trip, you may bring back tons of photos with you. Normally, you need one more step to complete your trip - upload all photos to online galleries, and share them with your friends. If you are a blogger, you may share your happy hours with some additional story telling on […]

How about utilize crowdsourcing to write history of import events?
While you are engaging in an event, you can use your cellphone or laptop to upload texts/photos/videos/voices to your blog in realtime. After that event, you can recall what you still remember and better organize them and write them down at your blog. In fact, everyday […]

Other sites have offered more than overloaded stock advise. And still other stock 2.0 sites are trying complex models of crowd-prediction. (i.e. Motley Fool Caps, SocialPicks) To lower entrance level, and attract experts hidden in crowds, my proposed website collects only one type of information (KISS):

If you think price of a stock will go upward […]

2 minutes before, MSN Messenger notified me an incoming email from my friend. It’s a spam-like emergent call. I’m not surprised since she used to forward mails regarding search for somebody/something with certain attributions to save someone’s life, such as “Please send this email to your friends, this boy needs sources of bone marrow transplanting […]

It’s a crazy, wild idea.
Each religion has their own form of prayer, so how about a new “channel” that fits all prayers around the wold - speak to your God on the web. This idea might sound no good at all for conservative/serious religious group, but I’m not here to spark depute. What I’m thinking […]

Because of your job, interest, concentration, or connection in virtual social network, you may find yourself getting used to visit/revisit almost the same group of websites everyday. I would like to call this “comfort zone of websits”. If there is an incentive that encourages you to try different styles, topics of websites, out your […]

In addition to google AdSense, is there any way for individual to earn money from audience-targeting ads? Content of reviews is what I come up with. Before making major decisions, say buying a laptop, checking available reviews online is a smart move. The process of reading reviews is highly involved, not to mention the motivation […]

I believe URL (web address) is a potentially big market, since more and more people want to have their own domain name to be independent blog/photo-gallery owners. Besides, no matter web Apps or web OS are buzzy words or illuminators in the future, it’s an inevitable trend that every individual has to own an unique […]

Most webmail service providers have their own mechanism to block spams. This kind of firewall system grows stronger and srtonger through users’ submitting of blacklists. We delete/filter/mark spams everyday, but blacklisting info goes to the system itself, not a community. A man-powered mechanism of collaboration to categorize, describe or even sue those spammers […]

This is another niche of Ask*.com buzz.
Nowadays, we can almost find any information from the Internet, except some priceless wisdom. people get overloaded information, but never sufficient experience. The generation of baby boomer is retiring, and moving toward the Internet. It seems that we can leverage vintage wisdom of the ederly, find out an online […]

1. Of course, an ID to Sign in first (OpenID?)
2. A centralized service collects websites a user visited. Other info including: How long users have stayed, and how many times they have been there.
3 All information is encrypted. Only track owners can decode it by a pair of digital keys. (RSA ?)
4. Users can search […]

Some amateur artists of fine art, including painting/carving/sculpting/literature/architechture/music/vangard, are solitary (even caviar to the general), while others want to reach as many appreciators as possible, especially those love arts and don’t exclude the possibility of earning some money from their arts.
I’m no expert in the field of arts, yet I would […]

I like the idea of HeavenGate, from reader a piece of new china’s comment on the BusinessWeek report of Eone.com:
“I have thought about launching a Web site, heavengate.net (much better name), part of it will be an online or virtual cemetery dedicated to the passed away spiritual people, where families and friends will make […]

I’m wondering why we can’t post demands on a website first and wait for supplies matching those demands later?
For example, I want to buy a DVD of Superman Returns, so I post the name of the good, (with or without photos), the price (or range of price) I am willing to pay, and my location. […]

Ok, I’m trying to stop dig-looping today. Actually I got an idea derived from concept of digging, (no kidding this time), Dig-Yourself. In other words, dig your personal behavior patterns of interacting with various applications both online and offline. But no more harnessing collective intelligence is needed.
The “digger” is a program designed to dig, […]

I know I know, too many dig-clone sites, too much discussing about digg. But when it comes to dig-girls…

Diggirl.net, a Taiwan based startup, is a platform where users upload/link (seductive, sexy, sexual) beauties from online photo albums and dig/bury for photos they like/dislike. It’s not adult-only, but almost is. Unsurprisingly, it has raised […]

Case A:
A college student doing his own term-paper project wants to have information about web 2.0. He/she is very good at organizing presented information, but poor at data mining. Can he/she outsource the job of searching/filtering valuable information to other students or professionals that are currently on line?
Case B:
I want to bid something on […]

Recently, TechCrunch reported CHACHA, a manpower-ed search engine that offer human guides with interactive session. Comments are extreme. Most users got negative experience of the service, while a few others found it interesting to have human help behind a search engine.
It reminds me of an idea that several months before, I was day-dreaming about a […]

We all are benefited from open source software a lot, so why not have ideas opened as a member of open source culture?
I know, first of all, the issue of Intellectual Property, or IP, should be settled. I believe this can be done by some kind of public license like GNU/GPL. On the other hand, […]

Actually, I don’t like the presentation of tag cloud too much, as it always disrupts web sites’ visual design. But how about a web site full (and only) of tag cloud? Tag cloud has one advantage that clearly delivers the most important (or top rated, or most popular) subject on one page. If most majority […]

Let’s get back to the origin of this idea. In Taiwan, BBS (Bulletin Board System) is still a very popular service, especially among high school and university students. The biggest BBS, ptt.cc, is now made of thousands of forums. One of the hottest forums is the “Hate Board”, where users can share their hatred with […]