1.) The average computer users fear of their own computer. It hurts me on a deep level (Deeper than just seeing a business opportunity.) to see the bicycle for the mind being marginalized in it's potential by people trying to sell things. (Microsoft, IBM, and co. Have probably done permanent damage to humanity by spreading the meme that computer knowledge is for 'nerds'. Whatever those are.) As we move further into the 21st century, and computers become ever more ubiquitous, it seems that computer knowledge becomes ever more scarce. (I'd have to run the numbers to be sure, but while the number of computer literate people has objectively gone up, I would think that the percentage of people with any sort of understanding deeper than the surface of point and click has gone down.)
I'm not even sure if it's a solvable problem. But if someone did it would be a great service to humanity.
2.) I'm 99% sure that this can't be solved by an external third party. But my 1% nagging doubt is enough to make me list it.
Quite simply, I have problems getting things done. It's not necessarily that I'm lazy, it's just that It takes more effort to figure out what I should be doing right now than it does to just keep procastinating on the same task. To-do lists help, but are ultimately inadequate. A pen and paper to-do list always seems to evade my attention when I try one. Writing it out in a text file usually works better, but it's still not a surefire thing. It's not necessarily that I need better to-do list software so much as it is that I need a better way to manage my time in a way that either:
A] I don't have to manually write down and erase tasks as I do them. Besides an erase shortcut I don't think that this is really feasible. Computers can't read my mind yet.
B] It will make or convince me to habitually update and read it in such a way that it's not annoying or somehow feels out of sync with my workflow.
Maybe I'm alone on this one, maybe I'm not. Maybe it's solvable, but I doubt it.
I'd just like to remind anyone who's read this far that not every problem is best solved by a start-up or business. If you feel strongly about anything in this thread you should at least consider the possibility of other methods of achieving your goals. (But being able to potentially make sizable sums of money while you do is a sweet bonus.)
I'm not even sure if it's a solvable problem. But if someone did it would be a great service to humanity.
2.) I'm 99% sure that this can't be solved by an external third party. But my 1% nagging doubt is enough to make me list it.
Quite simply, I have problems getting things done. It's not necessarily that I'm lazy, it's just that It takes more effort to figure out what I should be doing right now than it does to just keep procastinating on the same task. To-do lists help, but are ultimately inadequate. A pen and paper to-do list always seems to evade my attention when I try one. Writing it out in a text file usually works better, but it's still not a surefire thing. It's not necessarily that I need better to-do list software so much as it is that I need a better way to manage my time in a way that either:
A] I don't have to manually write down and erase tasks as I do them. Besides an erase shortcut I don't think that this is really feasible. Computers can't read my mind yet.
B] It will make or convince me to habitually update and read it in such a way that it's not annoying or somehow feels out of sync with my workflow.
Maybe I'm alone on this one, maybe I'm not. Maybe it's solvable, but I doubt it.
I'd just like to remind anyone who's read this far that not every problem is best solved by a start-up or business. If you feel strongly about anything in this thread you should at least consider the possibility of other methods of achieving your goals. (But being able to potentially make sizable sums of money while you do is a sweet bonus.)