As a consumer, I’ve usually been at the forefront of the digital revolution that has taken over the world in the past 2 decades or so – an early-adopter of technologies, if you may. When it comes to Amazon, this means that all my book purchases have been on Kindle since a while now, and… Continue reading “Amazon to enable peer-to-peer lending & borrowing of Kindle books”
Category: 1 Line Ideas
Ideas that are meant for the digital world, which operate in spaces that have already been invented, but which are unique additions that can be described succinctly in a couple of lines
“Swiggy to build a ‘tongue print’ for every user”
Swiggy should look to build a ‘taste fingerprint’ for every user based on their order history. This ‘tongue print’ will represent the unique food preferences of the user, which will differ for everyone, based on the distinctions in our choices. Based off this ‘tongue print’, Swiggy should then look at identifying dishes that are best… Continue reading “Swiggy to build a ‘tongue print’ for every user”
“The flip side of Google’s always-on single sign-on experience is the lack of privacy when you need it the most”
Most people who use personal laptops stay signed in to their email & social media accounts, and Big Tech firms like Google encourage & enable this behaviour – for instance, Chrome asks you to ‘sign in’ to your browser by using your Google account credentials. That allows Google to keep all your content & browsing… Continue reading “The flip side of Google’s always-on single sign-on experience is the lack of privacy when you need it the most”
“Outlook calendar to find earliest meeting slots with N, N-1, N-2 participants”
In the corporate workplace, often there are times when you need to find meeting slots when everyone is available, but the process to find the slot is manually tedious and time-consuming. Outlook should come up with a tool that allows you to select participants (where it auto-populates their work timings, presuming people work across timezones)… Continue reading “Outlook calendar to find earliest meeting slots with N, N-1, N-2 participants”
How Google Chrome can be further improved
Over the past 15 years, I’ve used almost every browser that has come along – starting with Internet Explorer, then Netscape Navigator, then Opera, then Mozilla Firefox and then finally Google Chrome. IE was always too bulky and slow, and it amazes me that it is still the leading browser in use around the world.… Continue reading How Google Chrome can be further improved
“Share what you’re watching on Facebook”
If you’re watching something, and you want to share that as a post, there should be an easy way of doing that on the Facebook Feed. Currently the best way I know is this – find the page for that movie, like it, and write a status update that tags that page – which is… Continue reading “Share what you’re watching on Facebook”
“Facebook to allow scheduling of photo uploads/posts”
Human nature means that we don’t always do things in a disciplined and timely manner. Spurts of creativity or mood make us write all at once, or get in touch with many long-lost friends at the same time, or even upload all photos on Facebook at one go. So, it’s a little surprising that, when… Continue reading “Facebook to allow scheduling of photo uploads/posts”
The Positivity of Facebook
Even though I’ve been using social networking for aeons now, it was only recently that I noticed an aspect that hadn’t quite struck me before. What struck me was the fact that Facebook has consciously chosen to keep only the Like button whereas YouTube has both the Like and Dislike buttons. I know what you’re… Continue reading The Positivity of Facebook