maverick2

I've been a Business Analyst(BA) for past 6 years in traditional setup working with big insurance companies on projects related to online sales funnel optimization, creating tools for underwriters and actuaries.

The people and process are slow and archaic. What are ways to move to build/maker type companies.

Web search (Google in particular) evolved and optimized over last decade. It has been optimized for users to search and find the most trustworthy sources of information in context of the query.

However as web evolved and economies evolved, a majority of web searches are to make a purchase(concert/bus/train/airline tickets, order food, buy anything off of amazon/ebay etc).

So for the times, when you know exactly what you are looking to buy. You are still sent of to different websites/app to look for best price. So there no knowledge graph like feature for shopping.

What if an app had your default shipping address, and knew all the card you have and then once you look up for an item it hunts the best price across all reputable sites and applies any discount codes. Also figures how you should pay depending on which card will get you maximum cash back.

Thoughts?

I've realized that once I am done watching a Ted talk, reading an article/HN post etc and left with a feeling to have learnt something. Then I just move to next interesting thing. Doing this over and over does result in having knowledge about alot of topics. But sometimes when I am going through web history of what all I've watched or shared of social media, and although I remember being awed by that subject at the time I watched it. But I do not remember much about it at all. Then what is the point to reading books watching so many good talks etc ?

I've been on HN for quite sometime, it is probably my most frequented aggregator. What keeps me hooked is the quality of comments and the content.

So it crossed my mind, what if I am in a public space(small town bar, airport etc) and I can know if some person around is from HN community then may be we can have a chat about some relevant topic. So a badge worn on bag etc will be helpful? or How about an app to wear virtual badges, and people can see around what kind of folks are in their vicinity. Then have an online chat and if interested meetup too.

I've come across this problem a lot of times. 1.My non less techy/friends/small business owners etc suggest me to build a site/app which they think would be a great use. The thing is their are already a ton of free and paid solution just a google search away.

2.Professionals who do not know the good tools for their use on web(imagine meeting a front end Dev who has never heard of codepen.io etc)

Whenever I show them something that they could use they are just so thankful.

So I've always felt that their is a huge gap. The app devs can benefit from this untapped market. But problem is how to solve this problem. Building a search engine will engine will not help since these folks never bothered to google it in first place. So what could be the solution? Suggestions?

The app store guidelines(11.1) say 'Apps that unlock or enable additional features or functionality with mechanisms other than the App Store will be rejected' but there are apps like Netflix etc. So I am doubtful about this, anyone with experience please share. Thanks.

The app store guidelines(11.1) say 'Apps that unlock or enable additional features or functionality with mechanisms other than the App Store will be rejected' but there are apps like Netflix etc. So I am doubtful about this, anyone with experience please share. Thanks.

We usually see the landing pages with al sorts or bells and whistles. Color changes backgrounds while scrolling, fancy navigation etc. So my dilemma is should the landing page just deliver the message fast(page load) & simple. Or the design/UI of a landing page makes first impression of how the product is going to be.