@-- ideas and scribbles
twitter app to plot tweets by the number of followers (x) and following (y) a person has
-- bar graphs, scatter graphs, pie charts -> compare number of tweets for search term 1 against term 2
-- -- weight the tweets by the number of followers a user has
-- -- -- those tweets have a higher chance of being read by more people
music app to generate good musical flow based on trends that someone likes
-- analyze a selection of songs: the tempo of each one, the different instruments used etc.
-- -- recreate new songs based on users selection
-- -- -- new songs will hopefully be good for the user, they can rate song
-- -- -- -- this helps improve the algorithm
using css3 or html5 or something, find out how to make text appear as if it's flying towards you
-- similar to stars in space screensaver, except with text, make a whole webpage just from that
-- -- users will watch the text fly towards them and read it
-- -- -- if people can use mouse to zoom in and out of the text that would be good
a smile goes a long way, but how far?
-- a web app where people post a picture of themself smiling
-- -- all pictures will be geo-tagged, try get location via app if picture is not geo-tagged
-- -- -- allow people to view a global map of where the smile has gone, maybe circular pixel growth
-- -- -- -- app could be applied to other things, not just 'upload picture of smile'
-- -- app will auto crop and zoom in on smile via algorithm (maybe)
-- -- -- only allow a limited number of links that can upload a picture
-- -- -- -- once someone uploads a picture they gain a new link to share
-- -- -- -- -- this link is now the new link to upload a picture
twitter app game - complete the tweet
-- the app will grab tweets from the public timeline and then display them to the user with words missing
-- -- the user will have to select the correct word from a list of 4-5 different words to complete the tweet
-- -- -- the app would randomly remove 1 or 2 words and then use a theasaurus to display similar words in the 'pick list'
-- -- -- -- the app should ensure the tweet length is no more then 140 chars long with each word from the 'pick list'
-- -- -- -- -- else it will display different words in the pick list or remove a different word or select a different tweet
-- -- -- -- -- -- app will never pick a tweet with a link inside it, or with rude words (unless people tick adult-version)
social public ideas website
-- allow people to post ideas with some sort of "open-source license" attached to each idea
-- -- maybe allow different types of licenses
-- -- -- hopefully, more ideas posted = more people stepping up and changing the world
-- -- -- -- simple interface, people should be able to post an idea as easy as it is to tweet
-- -- -- -- -- add trends and stats for different idea topics
relationship match - facebook app
-- grab a users friends and get the relationship of each friend
-- -- if a user is single - add to singles list, if not - add to not single list
-- -- -- check each day and update the singles list
-- -- -- -- show recent singles (past X time) in a display area
-- -- -- -- -- might be fun for people who want to hookup over facebook
data visualization tool - allow users to input data set and add rules to how they want it displayed
-- for instance a user could input various numbers and set the output as a 2D graph
-- -- then add rules where each odd number divisible by X must show up green
-- -- -- or each number that repeats itself more then once must start to become larger
-- -- -- -- or for each number that follows a number larger then itself
-- -- -- -- -- must have a line that connects with the preceeding number
-- -- -- -- -- -- the possibilities could be endless but also quite pointless
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- however could be fun to view random crazy visualizations
twitter tool to analyze when a user should tweet to get the most coverage/views
-- take the users' followers and analyze each follower to find out the average time they tweet
-- -- take all times and find out the best time the user should tweet
-- -- -- certain followers could influence the time if those followers have more followers then other followers
-- -- -- -- or if a users' follower interacts more often with the user, then this could have a larger effect on the time to tweet
dream job maker - website
-- users would log on to the site, input what they like/don't like in a job
-- -- then input where they would want to work
-- -- -- input as much details about the dream job as possible
-- -- -- -- then the service would analyze everything and work out whether the dream job is feasible for that person
-- -- -- -- -- it would provide the likely chance of gettting 'that dream job' and provide the best location for pursuing the job
using sound to draw
-- depending on the pitch, level, or even recognition of the sound - the application would draw something
-- -- it would draw in a certain direction, with a certain brush, with a certain size, and even a certain shade of colour
a fun infographic generator
-- so maybe you drink a lot of coffee and drive a lot, then write a lot of code, and eat
-- -- what if you could just fill in a weekly schedule and throw in a few times when you went somewhere on holiday
-- -- -- then the tool will generate a large picture with small images of how many coffee you've drunk this year
-- -- -- -- and how many miles you've driven (with a simple "equivalent to driving to moon and back" or something)
-- -- -- -- -- it is aimed to be fun and presented in that way
-- -- -- -- -- -- users could save the image and post it on facebook
the smart TV remote
-- software that records when a user switches channel
-- -- from which channel to which channel
-- -- -- which time and date
-- -- -- -- then learn the user and automatically switch channels after completing the learning process
turn last.fm artists into facebook likes
-- don't want to like each artist you listen to on facebook, then use this tool to import all of your artists
-- -- tool would simply get a last.fm user account and get the artists they listen to
-- -- -- then take a facebook account and for each artist
-- -- -- -- find artist on facebook and like
-- -- -- -- -- if not found - skip and warn user at end
music powered energy - tweaking the learning experience for a new instrument
-- link a piano to a device which is set to throttle your electricity in a certain room (i.e. kitchen)
-- -- the more you play the piano notes correctly according the current selected song on the device
-- -- -- then the more electricity is allowed to pass through into the kitchen to cook your meal
-- concept could be used for other things like throttling the broadband for the next 2 hours
-- -- or you have to correctly play a song to be able to log into your computer
what would text look like in a graph - simple web app for fun
-- take each characters' hex code and map it to a 2d or 3d point on a graph
-- -- each point could be coloured to show the direction of the text
-- -- -- multiple instances of the same character could show as a larger point
thesis generation type web application
-- generate aims/thesis titles using a set of noun-verb-verb-noun algorithms
-- -- app would randomly select different words and generate the title
-- -- -- it could be improved with AI by reading titles from ACM, IEEE etc.