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: Existing
Ideas that are meant for the digital world, which operate in spaces that have already been invented
Going beyond just character names in the Wikipedia plot description
They say elephants never forget a face. And dogs never forget a name. Scratch that… I think the latter isn’t true. In any case, it turns out that humans are a lot more varied in their ability to remember faces, names or context. Personally, I’m terrible at remembering names, especially after I’ve just been introduced… Continue reading Going beyond just character names in the Wikipedia plot description
“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”
“Pocket app to offer removal of query parameters & duplicates and allow easy export/import”
I have been using Pocket to bookmark URLs for a while now. And one of the annoying things I find is the fact that Pocket adds the following string at the end of all URLs I save with them – “?utm_source=pocket_shared”. At the very least, Pocket should provide users with the ability to strip away… Continue reading “Pocket app to offer removal of query parameters & duplicates and allow easy export/import”
“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”
A primer on basic decision science using the Indian online marketplace for SDHC cards
The market for electronics products, especially in India, is still quite fragmented to say the least. Apart from the fact that every dollar price is inflated, it becomes all the more important, to not only compare published prices across brands but also look at which of the brands are available in India, and at what… Continue reading A primer on basic decision science using the Indian online marketplace for SDHC cards
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
Group-sharing public albums on Facebook
Facebook has connected the world like never before, but there is still a long way to go. Take a simple example. You go out with friends for an event. If you’re like most groups, none of you have a thing for taking photos – at least not with anything except a phone camera. But if… Continue reading Group-sharing public albums on Facebook
Save Facebook advertising costs using arbitrage opportunities
A couple of months ago, I was looking at Facebook Ads to spread the word about this new restaurant my friend is setting up. I’ve always been intrigued about how online advertising works, and the level of potential it has to improve intelligently based on its target users. So I went through the basic fact-finding… Continue reading Save Facebook advertising costs using arbitrage opportunities