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Where did your ideas for these plugins, libraries, apps come from?
by nicolashahn 8y ago
Where did your ideas for these plugins, libraries, apps come from?
- conesus 8y agoStay curious and well read and ideas will come to you. Well read, to me, implies reading about advances in tech, in culture, and in environment. Reading a lot of books is great for synthesizing crossovers.
- mathinpens 8y agoreading books is one of the essential pleasures in life also so it is always good advice
- charlesdm 8y agoDepends. First one was a copy of something I had seen work, but integrated with a different service. Second (higher grossing one) was just something I noticed in the marketplace that was getting bought but didn't work very well. A third app was a copy of the second, but a bit different, which also did well. You'd think all low hanging fruit is gone, but I don't think this is the case. It doesn't need to be an original idea if the alternative isn't working very well, for example. One thing I can tell you: there are a lot of opportunities you miss because you're not paying attention and busy with work or other random things. I personally wish I had more industry specific knowledge so I could go disrupt things, but getting up to speed in an industry is a lot of work if it's not something you're at home in. I also read a lot (and probably too much)