Thread by @minney_cat

I keep a notebook with me at all times where I jot down all my random, silly, stupid, inane, certainly not always unique or original #requestforproduct ideas. Going to start sharing that list 👇🏼. If anyone is working on these or anything related, say hi!

📞 Phone chat roulette for those on hold for customer service

(@roybahat likes this #requestforproduct 😆)

I've said this #requestforfeature before, and I'm still astounded iMessage doesn't yet have it...

🗓️ Text to calendar appointment setting

🎧 #podcast snippet (w/ transcription) sharing

Maybe this is a #requestforfeature for @OvercastFM 🙏🏼

📜 With more sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior coming to light, is there a lower-cost, more user friendly version of an affidavit? A #requestforproduct from @jamescham around a different way people can log statements, ensure they're verified, and share as needed

🙅🏻‍♀️ I certainly can't be the first one to ask about this #requestforfeature -- ability to Bcc myself on an endless email thread

🎵 Maybe just me, but #requestforfeature for @YouTube to add "Copy link to share" in their drop-down options. It'll save me click 😅

👩🏻↔️🧔🏽 #requestforproduct for better social graphs. I need more than @LinkedIn connections 😭 It feels like @Twitter & @instagram might have some handle on this; its follow recommendations are better at IDing who may be relevant for me to know

🤢 something to fix carsickness. Please. #requestforproduct

It feels like there must be a good way to meet new people and connect in a low-key way while you're sitting in a lecture or big conference talk (kind of like how you'd Gchat with friends while listening to your Prof in uni 🙈) #requestforstartup

Chef's Table series but for dancers #requestforshow @netflix @KeoneMadrid 🙏🏼

#requestforstartup for all the companies solving for loneliness in an increasingly isolated, on-the-go society

nytimes.com/2018/11/23/opi…

A #requestforstartup for a personalized @pewresearch to point me to users, especially with some significant follower base (like on Twitter or Instagram, who can ask a question on my behalf and give me the results fast

Things that still feel broken (fodder for 2019 creativity/ #RequestforStartups?):
👥 Smarter use of personal & extended networks. Several personal CRM efforts but still no ideal solution
↕️ Auto-ID file size limits & auto-compress plz 😅
🎧 #podcast content creation & discovery

Speaking of podcasts, what about some reality #podcast shows!? 😅 one of favorites this hear was @Gimletmedia's Habitat, which followed the lives of 6 people in a simulated Mars environment. Weirdly familiar to "watching" an ep of fly-on/the-wall type TV

Today, my doctor's office agreed to print out my lab report without confirming my identity over the phone. What's the real life version of 2FA? #security questions abound...feels like a #requestforstartup

Morning #requestforstartup: Pair programming but for other kinds of knowledge work. What "shadowing" was intended to do but feels like we need an updated version for upskilling workers quickly. Like a @focusmate but in person perhaps?

What does a #requestforproduct look like for something that provides simpler, intuitive data control? I accept that none of my data may be private to me, but I'd like more control over who has access and what companies can do with it

Niche expert tools that help users type smarter seem ripe for a #requestforstartup. @roybahat @jamescham noted Granthika for writers. What are others?

#requestforfeature FIND MY AIRPODS

Hair brained dog ideas 🐶🐕

📺 Dedicated TV channel ft compilation of dog stories. @instagram TV, get on this
🧡 Wing pup: attract good looking strangers and let a dog help you find love
📞 Dog google translate

A facetious #requestforstartup list but also... Maybe not? 😅

#RequestForProduct TimeHop for my favorited/Bookmarked Tweets

I want a digital twin. #requestforproduct. Something to expand my ability to have high fidelity, bursty communication

Recurring and currently top of mind #requestforproduct ideas:

- How to live life with less stuff. Ownership vs rental/access. That #marikondo life 🙏🏼

- Software design nudges that help distributed teams better collaborate

- digital doubles

What are examples of trade associations that bring for-profits together to combat prelevant social issues like homelessness, climate change, mental health, etc.? Sort of a #requestforstartup?

Is there a @QVC for podcasts?

Is there a @birchbox but with products for old people? 😅

Excited (and mostly petrified) about getting old (mind you, nowhere near old age...), and looking for all the #requestforstartup solutions around making our aging lives better 🙏🏼

@birchbox #requestforstartup for anything that makes audio snippet sharing easier and faster!

Text and images go viral fast because there's instant gratification for the recipient, which creates immediate incentive to share. For audio, that's still tough to recreate

@birchbox Female founders recognized the opp in building products & services to serve women, & venture (finally) started to notice.

We need the same for elder care; fastest growing demographic in the U.S., and we've so little to serve them. #requestforstartup

https://twitter.com/roybahat/status/1161646736559001602

@birchbox Lots of chatter re: the #futureofwork being more remote, distributed, flexible. I (& @BloombergBeta!) believe this too

But this also belies the fact that workers value stability. So another #requestforstartup: better tools to serve our life infrastructure

https://twitter.com/roybahat/status/1161646739092312064

A lot of content should be viewable in swipes.

Tinder made the behavior a norm, @jamescham 💛 @Twitter's Moments, I 💛 @instagram Stories, & the cool kids 💛 @tiktok_us

What's the work version -- Stories for standups? And is there a good editor for it? #requestforstartup

I want @TheTileApp but in like...thin little sticker form to put EVERYWHERE because I misplaced EVERYTHING 🙏🏼 #requestforproduct

Lots of ventures tackle alternative higher ed: trade schools eg @LambdaSchool, alt bschool eg @SmartlyHQ, forgo college eg @thielfellowship. Often, these focus on ⬆️ hire-ability

Feels like there's opp to reshape earlier ed. Who's doing that, eg @soraschools? #requestforstartup

Does anyone remember @homescreenapp? I kiiiiind of want that but for people's ads (on Instagram, YouTube, etc).

Part #requestforstartup for a media platform on ads for ads (META 🤪🤔), part just a desire for a fun voyeuristic app heh

Per @ChipConley, we're going to live longer, power in co's is moving younger, & tech's pace of change shows no signs of slowing.

So here's a #requestforstartup that helps knowledge workers pursue growth mindsets, employ the middle-aged & elderly, & help with career transitions

@ChipConley I occasionally "A/B test" my emails--different intro formats, sign-offs, etc.-- and some of the best learning is when I receive a thoughtfully crafted email with inspiration for new phrase or tone to try.

#requestforstartup: what tools provide this kind of textual coaching?

I'm at @operatorsummit surrounded by A+ operators (mostly women too!), & what I want is a QR code on my name tag that scans to a mailto:[myemail].

Instead of contactless exchange apps requiring new profiles or going into my iPhone contacts, isn't this better? Help @jamescham

This is for sure a #requestforstartup

https://twitter.com/jamescham/status/1172225704164876288?s=21

As a consumer, I'd find something like Grouper + Tinder + fb events useful. Something that allows you to swipe left/right app for events you actually want to go on with a time expiration and a list of people with whom you could go 😅

#requestforstartup
I would 100% be a subscriber of an RSS feed called AntiLibrary that only sent me what my followers bookmarked in @Pocket but haven't yet read.

https://twitter.com/krisabdelmessih/status/1183857381433729024?s=21

@Pocket Great new products seem to borrow features from elsewhere & reorient them to create a new way to see the world:

@replit w/ multiplayer editing a la @figma
@MasterClass w/ @netflix production quality e-learning
@notion w/ grouped text a la code blocks

Others? #requestforstartup

@Pocket @replit @figma @MasterClass @netflix @notion I'm quite intrigued by the concept of "dynamic mail merge." Any good examples of this feature?

#requestforstartup

Love #requestforproduct lists from folks like @AlekaGurel who have deep domain knowledge and care a lot about the problem space 🙌🏼

https://twitter.com/alekagurel/status/1202327652465426433

@AlekaGurel Insects (ants, bees) also exhibit this cooperative behavior.

https://twitter.com/Unexplained/status/1218908594340536320

May be reading too much scifi lately, but I want to see more ex's of machines/robots programmed to have this kind of "sum-is-greater-than-its-individual-parts" behavior #requestforstartup

#requestforstartup I very much want to "subscribe" to friends' feeds to get insights into what they're consuming online. Something like RSS + Nuzzle + this. (I still miss this dearly @agolis 💛). Any good recommendations?

WHY isn't there a collaborative doc editor like GDocs, but one where you can highlight to hide certain sections, "fork and commit" changes, mark internal or external, and easily mark lines to-dos?

#requestforproduct 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

What's working for users of @Threads? How do others document and manage decision making?

https://twitter.com/jamescham/status/1262189807704240128

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One thing I wish more people internalized is that language (read:text) is humanity's longest running program (h/t @Smerity 🔥).

More low-/no-code tools that rely on building in words rather than drag-and-drop interfaces! #requestforstartup

https://twitter.com/laceykesler/status/1281284693678227456?s=21

https://t.co/XPPw4nvqJR

Information overload can be detrimental to cognitive performance (lower productivity, poor leadership, burnout). @CultivateAI aims to help manager ⬇ cognitive overload for their teams.

Sidebar: I really want a Fitbit for your 🧠. #requestforstartup

forbes.com/sites/forbesbu…

I'm enamored by tools that make a previously onerous task ✨very easy✨for its users.

@msexcel for analysis/modeling
@tiktok_us for video
@SubstackInc for newsletters
@getshuffleapp for audio snippets

#requestforstartups for tasks like text formatting, annotating, facilitating

Is there a browser plug-in that follows me around to recommend @zapier or @IFTTT automations, particularly for multi-tab workflows? #requestforproduct

Defining automations is sometimes just as hard if not harder, than the actual automating 😅

Who is working on redefining what is a personalized, searchable, useful web? Too often, I am disappointed in my inability to google and rediscover the blog post I'm thinking about but can't recall its author/title 😩

#requestforstartup cc @Smerity