'Make something you yourself want' is what I would recommend to hackers in general. No offense to them, but when it comes to understanding what others want, th

'Make something you yourself want' is what I would recommend to hackers in general. No offense to them, but when it comes to understanding what others want, they aren't able to do it, and often lament, criticize, put down, or devalue other people's actions or responses that don't make sense (instead of trying to understand them). For instance, many hackers can't fathom why so many people use Facebook (and don't try to understand that target population, but just ignore it or write a blog post about how Facebook has no value to them). If you have the ability (and I really think it is a skill that you have to train) to understand other people and their motivations and needs, then I would suggest doing what edw is saying. But, from experience trying to teach my own hacker friends, this ability is very hard to learn. Unfortunately for hackers, making what they themselves want often only caters to a small niche market in the vast world of people out there, so it might be useful to invest some time in learning how to understand other people, or team up with someone who has that ability in one form or the other.